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GMSantosh Gujrathi Vidit

IND Born 1994 (Age ≈32) Male
FIDE ID
5029465

About Santosh Gujrathi Vidit

Vidit Gujrathi grew up in Nashik, where his parents worked in healthcare. He attended Fravashi Academy and received chess coaching from an early age. In 2008 he became world under-fourteen champion, completing his international master requirements at the same event. Show more

Vidit Gujrathi grew up in Nashik, where his parents worked in healthcare. He attended Fravashi Academy and received chess coaching from an early age. In 2008 he became world under-fourteen champion, completing his international master requirements at the same event. He won world under-sixteen silver the following year. FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title in 2013, making him India's thirtieth grandmaster. He won the Tata Steel Challengers in 2018 and the Biel festival in 2019. In 2020 he captained India to a shared gold medal in the Online Olympiad. He reached the World Cup quarterfinals in both 2021 and 2023. His victory at the 2023 Grand Swiss qualified him for the 2024 Candidates Tournament. He also won the Gashimov Memorial in 2023. In 2024 he helped India win its first open over-the-board Olympiad gold in Budapest. The same year he earned team gold and individual silver at the European Club Cup. In April 2025 he married Nidhi Kataria.

FIDE ratings

2693.0

Classical

Published FIDE

2625

Rapid

Published FIDE

2677

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#35
National rank · IND
#6

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2747 Feb 2024
Recorded years
2004–2026
Archived games
3156

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Rating history

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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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
2751 2016-10-08 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 8.5 David W L Howell Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 30 Open
2752 2016-10-07 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 7.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Pavel Eljanov 0-1 57 Open
2753 2016-10-06 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 6.5 Max Illingworth Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 39 Open
2754 2016-10-05 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 5.7 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Lalit Babu M R 1-0 39 Open
2755 2016-10-04 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 4.1 Alexei Shirov Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1-0 60 Open
2756 2016-10-03 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 3.4 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Benjamin Bok 1-0 32 Open
2757 2016-10-02 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2.7 Abhimanyu Puranik Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 35 Open
2758 2016-10-01 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 1.9 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Lucas Van Foreest 1-0 28 Open
2759 2016-09-13 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 11.5 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Aryan Tari 1-0 45 Open
2760 2016-09-12 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 10.3 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Ian Nepomniachtchi 1/2-1/2 37 Open
2761 2016-09-11 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 9.1 Yuriy Kryvoruchko Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 30 Open
2762 2016-09-10 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 8.3 Gawain C B Maroroa Jones Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 47 Open
2763 2016-09-09 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 7.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Wesley So 0-1 41 Open
2764 2016-09-08 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 6.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Loek Van Wely 1/2-1/2 15 Open
2765 2016-09-06 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 5.4 Arkadij Naiditsch Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 37 Open
2766 2016-09-05 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 4.2 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Yuniesky Quesada Perez 1-0 42 Open
2767 2016-09-04 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 3.3 Ulvi Bajarani Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 46 Open
2768 2016-09-03 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 2.9 Bernal Gonzalez Acosta Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 32 Open
2769 2016-09-02 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 1.8 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Luis Miguel Aguilar 1-0 27 Open
2770 2016-07-26 Lake Sevan 2016 Martuni ARM 9.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Jan-Krzysztof Duda 1/2-1/2 10 Open
2771 2016-07-25 Lake Sevan 2016 Martuni ARM 8.1 Samuel Sevian Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 95 Open
2772 2016-07-24 Lake Sevan 2016 Martuni ARM 7.5 David Anton Guijarro Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 54 Open
2773 2016-07-23 Lake Sevan 2016 Martuni ARM 6.2 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Volodymyr Onyshchuk 1-0 47 Open
2774 2016-07-22 Lake Sevan 2016 Martuni ARM 5.4 Robert Hovhannisyan Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 55 Open
2775 2016-07-21 Lake Sevan 2016 Martuni ARM 4.3 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Arman Pashikian 1/2-1/2 44 Open
2776 2016-07-20 Lake Sevan 2016 Martuni ARM 3.3 Vladislav Artemiev Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 46 Open
2777 2016-07-19 Lake Sevan 2016 Martuni ARM 2.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 1/2-1/2 40 Open
2778 2016-07-18 Lake Sevan 2016 Martuni ARM 1.2 Hovhannes Gabuzyan Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 43 Open
2779 2016-06-03 15th Asian Continental Tashkent UZB 9.4 Murtas Kazhgaleyev Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1-0 40 Open
2780 2016-06-02 15th Asian Continental Tashkent UZB 8.6 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Rui Gao 1-0 46 Open
2781 2016-06-01 15th Asian Continental Tashkent UZB 7.6 Yinglun Xu Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 47 Open
2782 2016-05-31 15th Asian Continental Tashkent UZB 6.8 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Temur Kuybokarov 1/2-1/2 24 Open
2783 2016-05-30 15th Asian Continental Tashkent UZB 5.5 Jakhongir Vakhidov Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 54 Open
2784 2016-05-29 15th Asian Continental Tashkent UZB 4.9 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Jingyao Tin 1-0 49 Open
2785 2016-05-28 15th Asian Continental Tashkent UZB 3.3 Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1-0 58 Open
2786 2016-05-27 15th Asian Continental Tashkent UZB 2.6 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Huynh Minh Huy Nguyen 1-0 56 Open
2787 2016-05-26 15th Asian Continental Tashkent UZB 1.6 Bakhodir Kholmirzaev Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 60 Open
2788 2016-05-08 Hasselbacken Open 2016 Stockholm SWE 9.2 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Zoltan Almasi 1/2-1/2 37 Open
2789 2016-05-07 Hasselbacken Open 2016 Stockholm SWE 8.1 Dmitry Andreikin Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 41 Open
2790 2016-05-06 Hasselbacken Open 2016 Stockholm SWE 7.5 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Hannes Stefansson 1-0 55 Open
2791 2016-05-05 Hasselbacken Open 2016 Stockholm SWE 6.9 Ralf Akesson Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 37 Open
2792 2016-05-04 Hasselbacken Open 2016 Stockholm SWE 5.9 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Axel Smith 1/2-1/2 35 Open
2793 2016-05-03 Hasselbacken Open 2016 Stockholm SWE 4.12 Alon Greenfeld Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 44 Open
2794 2016-05-02 Hasselbacken Open 2016 Stockholm SWE 3.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Stefan Schneider 1/2-1/2 54 Open
2795 2016-05-01 Hasselbacken Open 2016 Stockholm SWE 2.1 Gunnar Johansson Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 25 Open
2796 2016-04-30 Hasselbacken Open 2016 Stockholm SWE 1.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Joerg-Martin, Dr. Schultze 1-0 29 Open
2797 2016-04-19 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 9.6 Mustafa Yilmaz Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 65 Open
2798 2016-04-18 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 8.11 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Zaur Mammadov 1-0 62 Open
2799 2016-04-17 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 7.16 Shahin Lorparizangeneh Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 29 Open
2800 2016-04-16 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 6.9 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Pouria Darini 0-1 38 Open
  1. vs David W L HowellDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-10-08 · Round 8.5chess.com IoM Masters
  2. vs Pavel EljanovLost · 0-1White · 2016-10-07 · Round 7.1chess.com IoM Masters
  3. vs Max IllingworthWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-06 · Round 6.5chess.com IoM Masters
  4. vs Lalit Babu M RWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-05 · Round 5.7chess.com IoM Masters
  5. vs Alexei ShirovLost · 1-0Black · 2016-10-04 · Round 4.1chess.com IoM Masters
  6. vs Benjamin BokWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-03 · Round 3.4chess.com IoM Masters
  7. vs Abhimanyu PuranikWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-02 · Round 2.7chess.com IoM Masters
  8. vs Lucas Van ForeestWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-01 · Round 1.9chess.com IoM Masters
  9. vs Aryan TariWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-13 · Round 11.542nd Olympiad 2016
  10. vs Ian NepomniachtchiDraw · ½–½White · 2016-09-12 · Round 10.342nd Olympiad 2016
  11. vs Yuriy KryvoruchkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-09-11 · Round 9.142nd Olympiad 2016
  12. vs Gawain C B Maroroa JonesDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-09-10 · Round 8.342nd Olympiad 2016
  13. vs Wesley SoLost · 0-1White · 2016-09-09 · Round 7.142nd Olympiad 2016
  14. vs Loek Van WelyDraw · ½–½White · 2016-09-08 · Round 6.142nd Olympiad 2016
  15. vs Arkadij NaiditschWon · 0-1Black · 2016-09-06 · Round 5.442nd Olympiad 2016
  16. vs Yuniesky Quesada PerezWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-05 · Round 4.242nd Olympiad 2016
  17. vs Ulvi BajaraniWon · 0-1Black · 2016-09-04 · Round 3.342nd Olympiad 2016
  18. vs Bernal Gonzalez AcostaWon · 0-1Black · 2016-09-03 · Round 2.942nd Olympiad 2016
  19. vs Luis Miguel AguilarWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-02 · Round 1.842nd Olympiad 2016
  20. vs Jan-Krzysztof DudaDraw · ½–½White · 2016-07-26 · Round 9.1Lake Sevan 2016
  21. vs Samuel SevianWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-25 · Round 8.1Lake Sevan 2016
  22. vs David Anton GuijarroDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-07-24 · Round 7.5Lake Sevan 2016
  23. vs Volodymyr OnyshchukWon · 1-0White · 2016-07-23 · Round 6.2Lake Sevan 2016
  24. vs Robert HovhannisyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-07-22 · Round 5.4Lake Sevan 2016
  25. vs Arman PashikianDraw · ½–½White · 2016-07-21 · Round 4.3Lake Sevan 2016
  26. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-07-20 · Round 3.3Lake Sevan 2016
  27. vs Samvel Ter-SahakyanDraw · ½–½White · 2016-07-19 · Round 2.1Lake Sevan 2016
  28. vs Hovhannes GabuzyanWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-18 · Round 1.2Lake Sevan 2016
  29. vs Murtas KazhgaleyevLost · 1-0Black · 2016-06-03 · Round 9.415th Asian Continental
  30. vs Rui GaoWon · 1-0White · 2016-06-02 · Round 8.615th Asian Continental
  31. vs Yinglun XuDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-06-01 · Round 7.615th Asian Continental
  32. vs Temur KuybokarovDraw · ½–½White · 2016-05-31 · Round 6.815th Asian Continental
  33. vs Jakhongir VakhidovDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-05-30 · Round 5.515th Asian Continental
  34. vs Jingyao TinWon · 1-0White · 2016-05-29 · Round 4.915th Asian Continental
  35. vs Ehsan Ghaem MaghamiLost · 1-0Black · 2016-05-28 · Round 3.315th Asian Continental
  36. vs Huynh Minh Huy NguyenWon · 1-0White · 2016-05-27 · Round 2.615th Asian Continental
  37. vs Bakhodir KholmirzaevWon · 0-1Black · 2016-05-26 · Round 1.615th Asian Continental
  38. vs Zoltan AlmasiDraw · ½–½White · 2016-05-08 · Round 9.2Hasselbacken Open 2016
  39. vs Dmitry AndreikinDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-05-07 · Round 8.1Hasselbacken Open 2016
  40. vs Hannes StefanssonWon · 1-0White · 2016-05-06 · Round 7.5Hasselbacken Open 2016
  41. vs Ralf AkessonWon · 0-1Black · 2016-05-05 · Round 6.9Hasselbacken Open 2016
  42. vs Axel SmithDraw · ½–½White · 2016-05-04 · Round 5.9Hasselbacken Open 2016
  43. vs Alon GreenfeldWon · 0-1Black · 2016-05-03 · Round 4.12Hasselbacken Open 2016
  44. vs Stefan SchneiderDraw · ½–½White · 2016-05-02 · Round 3.1Hasselbacken Open 2016
  45. vs Gunnar JohanssonWon · 0-1Black · 2016-05-01 · Round 2.1Hasselbacken Open 2016
  46. vs Joerg-Martin, Dr. SchultzeWon · 1-0White · 2016-04-30 · Round 1.1Hasselbacken Open 2016
  47. vs Mustafa YilmazWon · 0-1Black · 2016-04-19 · Round 9.618th Dubai Open 2016
  48. vs Zaur MammadovWon · 1-0White · 2016-04-18 · Round 8.1118th Dubai Open 2016
  49. vs Shahin LorparizangenehWon · 0-1Black · 2016-04-17 · Round 7.1618th Dubai Open 2016
  50. vs Pouria DariniLost · 0-1White · 2016-04-16 · Round 6.918th Dubai Open 2016