GMPentala Harikrishna
- FIDE ID
- 5007003
About Pentala Harikrishna
Pentala Harikrishna grew up in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, where his grandfather Ranga Rao taught him chess at four. He won the world under-10 championship in 1996. At fourteen he made his Olympiad debut for India in Istanbul and earned his first grandmaster norm. Show more
Pentala Harikrishna grew up in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, where his grandfather Ranga Rao taught him chess at four. He won the world under-10 championship in 1996. At fourteen he made his Olympiad debut for India in Istanbul and earned his first grandmaster norm. In 2001 he became the youngest Indian grandmaster up to that time and won the Commonwealth Championship. He won the World Junior Championship in Kochi in 2004 with ten points from thirteen games. He added the Asian Individual Championship in 2011. Victories in the 2012 Tata Steel B tournament and 2013 Biel Open followed. He helped India win Asian team gold in 2009 and World Team bronze in 2010. He reached the world's top ten in 2016. In 2024 he was part of India's first Olympiad gold-medal team. He married Serbian chess player Nadežda Stojanović in 2018 and settled in Prague, playing club chess for Nový Bor.
Rating history
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Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Sam Schmakel | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 52 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Pentala Harikrishna | Christopher Guzman | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 53 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Zaur Tekeyev | Pentala Harikrishna | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 54 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Pentala Harikrishna | Raahul V S | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 55 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Evan Yin | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 20 | Open |
| 56 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Pentala Harikrishna | Hans Moke Niemann | 0-1 | 62 | Open |
| 57 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Pentala Harikrishna | Alexei Shirov | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 58 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Sargis A. Manukyan | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 55 | Open |
| 59 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Pentala Harikrishna | Pavel Eljanov | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 60 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Ivan Vihor Krsnik Cohar | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 63 | Open |
| 61 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Pentala Harikrishna | Alexander Velikanov | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 62 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Eelke De Boer | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 63 | 2025-03-18 | Titled Tue 18th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Pentala Harikrishna | Roberto Al Avila Bautista | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 64 | 2025-03-12 | Paris Play-In Swiss | chess.com INT | 7 | Sanan Sjugirov | Pentala Harikrishna | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 65 | 2025-03-12 | Paris Play-In Swiss | chess.com INT | 6 | Pentala Harikrishna | Raunak Sadhwani | 1/2-1/2 | 65 | Open |
| 66 | 2025-03-12 | Paris Play-In Swiss | chess.com INT | 5 | Pavel V. Tregubov | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 67 | 2025-03-12 | Paris Play-In Swiss | chess.com INT | 4 | Pentala Harikrishna | Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 68 | 2025-03-12 | Paris Play-In Swiss | chess.com INT | 3 | Bakhtiyar Askarov | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 65 | Open |
| 69 | 2025-03-12 | Paris Play-In Swiss | chess.com INT | 2 | Pentala Harikrishna | Shete Sammed Jaykumar | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 70 | 2025-03-12 | Paris Play-In Swiss | chess.com INT | 1 | Nikita An. Kalinin | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 71 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Nitzan Steinberg | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 72 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Markus Ragger | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 73 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Pentala Harikrishna | Sam Schmakel | 1-0 | 63 | Open |
| 74 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Mikhail Bryakin | Pentala Harikrishna | 1/2-1/2 | 62 | Open |
| 75 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Pentala Harikrishna | Eric Rosen | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 76 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Egor A. Koshulyan | Pentala Harikrishna | 1/2-1/2 | 73 | Open |
| 77 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Pentala Harikrishna | Ivan Yeletsky | 0-1 | 61 | Open |
| 78 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Lucas Cumpe | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 79 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Mayank Chakraborty | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 50 | Open |
| 80 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian | Pentala Harikrishna | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 81 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Pentala Harikrishna | Almas Rakhmatullaev | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 82 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Pentala Harikrishna | Saidakbar Saydaliev | 0-1 | 61 | Open |
| 83 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Pentala Harikrishna | Jan Gustafsson | 1-0 | 69 | Open |
| 84 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Roberto Junio Brito Molina | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 85 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Pentala Harikrishna | Aleksander Xhembulla | 1-0 | 69 | Open |
| 86 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Artem Dyachuk | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 87 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Pentala Harikrishna | Hannes Stefansson | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 88 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Antonios Gkavardinas | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 89 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Magnus Carlsen | Pentala Harikrishna | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 90 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Pentala Harikrishna | Marco Materia | 1-0 | 73 | Open |
| 91 | 2025-03-11 | Titled Tue 11th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Pentala Harikrishna | Pa Iniyan | 0-1 | 22 | Open |
| 92 | 2025-02-25 | Titled Tue 25th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Pentala Harikrishna | Wiktor Golis | 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 93 | 2025-02-25 | Titled Tue 25th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Alexandros Papasimakopoulos | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 94 | 2025-02-25 | Titled Tue 25th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Pentala Harikrishna | Aarav Dengla | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 95 | 2025-02-25 | Titled Tue 25th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Jeevan Karamsetty | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 67 | Open |
| 96 | 2025-02-25 | Titled Tue 25th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Denis Lazavik | Pentala Harikrishna | 1-0 | 62 | Open |
| 97 | 2025-02-25 | Titled Tue 25th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Pentala Harikrishna | Parham Maghsoodloo | 1-0 | 18 | Open |
| 98 | 2025-02-25 | Titled Tue 25th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Pentala Harikrishna | Eric Feng | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 99 | 2025-02-25 | Titled Tue 25th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Daniel Centron Antuna | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 100 | 2025-02-25 | Titled Tue 25th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Pentala Harikrishna | Sultanbeibarys Dumanuly | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
- vs Sam SchmakelWon · 0-1Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
- vs Christopher GuzmanWon · 1-0Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
- vs Zaur TekeyevLost · 1-0Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
- vs Raahul V SWon · 1-0Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
- vs Evan YinWon · 0-1Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
- vs Hans Moke NiemannLost · 0-1Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
- vs Alexei ShirovLost · 0-1Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
- vs Sargis A. ManukyanWon · 0-1Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
- vs Pavel EljanovLost · 0-1Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
- vs Ivan Vihor Krsnik CoharWon · 0-1Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
- vs Alexander VelikanovWon · 1-0Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
- vs Eelke De BoerWon · 0-1Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
- vs Roberto Al Avila BautistaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
- vs Sanan SjugirovLost · 1-0Paris Play-In Swiss
- vs Raunak SadhwaniDraw · ½–½Paris Play-In Swiss
- vs Pavel V. TregubovWon · 0-1Paris Play-In Swiss
- vs Ngoc Truong Son NguyenLost · 0-1Paris Play-In Swiss
- vs Bakhtiyar AskarovWon · 0-1Paris Play-In Swiss
- vs Shete Sammed JaykumarWon · 1-0Paris Play-In Swiss
- vs Nikita An. KalininWon · 0-1Paris Play-In Swiss
- vs Nitzan SteinbergWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
- vs Markus RaggerWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
- vs Sam SchmakelWon · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
- vs Mikhail BryakinDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
- vs Eric RosenWon · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
- vs Egor A. KoshulyanDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
- vs Ivan YeletskyLost · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
- vs Lucas CumpeWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
- vs Mayank ChakrabortyWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
- vs Krikor Sevag MekhitarianLost · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
- vs Almas RakhmatullaevLost · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
- vs Saidakbar SaydalievLost · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
- vs Jan GustafssonWon · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
- vs Roberto Junio Brito MolinaWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
- vs Aleksander XhembullaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
- vs Artem DyachukWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
- vs Hannes StefanssonWon · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
- vs Antonios GkavardinasWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
- vs Magnus CarlsenLost · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
- vs Marco MateriaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
- vs Pa IniyanLost · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
- vs Wiktor GolisWon · 1-0Titled Tue 25th Feb Late
- vs Alexandros PapasimakopoulosWon · 0-1Titled Tue 25th Feb Late
- vs Aarav DenglaLost · 0-1Titled Tue 25th Feb Late
- vs Jeevan KaramsettyWon · 0-1Titled Tue 25th Feb Late
- vs Denis LazavikLost · 1-0Titled Tue 25th Feb Late
- vs Parham MaghsoodlooWon · 1-0Titled Tue 25th Feb Late
- vs Eric FengWon · 1-0Titled Tue 25th Feb Late
- vs Daniel Centron AntunaWon · 0-1Titled Tue 25th Feb Late
- vs Sultanbeibarys DumanulyWon · 1-0Titled Tue 25th Feb Late
FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-17 | 41st European Chess Club Cup - OPEN | Classical | 5 |