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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

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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
2801 2016-04-16 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 5.5 Gopal G.N. Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 40 Open
2802 2016-04-14 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 4.11 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Diego Rafael Di Berardino 1-0 23 Open
2803 2016-04-13 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 3.8 Cemil Can Ali Marandi Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 48 Open
2804 2016-04-12 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 2.11 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Md Minhaz Uddin 1-0 49 Open
2805 2016-04-11 18th Dubai Open 2016 Dubai UAE 1.14 Sharma Hemant Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 31 Open
2806 2016-04-05 Asian Nations Cup 2016 Abu Dhabi UAE 9.3 Thien Hai Dao Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 24 Open
2807 2016-04-04 Asian Nations Cup 2016 Abu Dhabi UAE 8.2 Alexei Barsov Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 57 Open
2808 2016-04-03 Asian Nations Cup 2016 Abu Dhabi UAE 7.3 Al Rakib Mollah Abdullah Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 31 Open
2809 2016-04-02 Asian Nations Cup 2016 Abu Dhabi UAE 6.3 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Parham Maghsoodloo 1-0 40 Open
2810 2016-04-01 Asian Nations Cup 2016 Abu Dhabi UAE 5.3 Yi Wei Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 34 Open
2811 2016-03-31 Asian Nations Cup 2016 Abu Dhabi UAE 4.3 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Ishaq Saeed 1-0 34 Open
2812 2016-03-30 Asian Nations Cup 2016 Abu Dhabi UAE 3.3 Murtas Kazhgaleyev Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 64 Open
2813 2016-03-29 Asian Nations Cup 2016 Abu Dhabi UAE 2.3 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Gombosuren Munkhgal 1/2-1/2 104 Open
2814 2016-03-28 Asian Nations Cup 2016 Abu Dhabi UAE 1.3 Alshaeby Boshra Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 35 Open
2815 2016-02-04 Gibraltar Masters 2016 Caleta ENG 10.6 Dmitry Jakovenko Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 47 Open
2816 2016-02-03 Gibraltar Masters 2016 Caleta ENG 9.16 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Alan Pichot 1-0 36 Open
2817 2016-02-02 Gibraltar Masters 2016 Caleta ENG 8.3 Pentala Harikrishna Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1-0 33 Open
2818 2016-02-01 Gibraltar Masters 2016 Caleta ENG 7.3 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Yangyi Yu 1/2-1/2 60 Open
2819 2016-01-31 Gibraltar Masters 2016 Caleta ENG 6.1 Moulthun Ly Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 37 Open
2820 2016-01-30 Gibraltar Masters 2016 Caleta ENG 5.18 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Natalija Pogonina 1-0 40 Open
2821 2016-01-29 Gibraltar Masters 2016 Caleta ENG 4.27 Kristian Stuvik Holm Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 38 Open
2822 2016-01-28 Gibraltar Masters 2016 Caleta ENG 3.28 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Pablo Almagro Llamas 1/2-1/2 46 Open
2823 2016-01-27 Gibraltar Masters 2016 Caleta ENG 2.19 Raj Tischbierek Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 59 Open
2824 2016-01-26 Gibraltar Masters 2016 Caleta ENG 1.23 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Rolf Bergstrom 1-0 28 Open
2825 2015-12-29 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Doha QAT 9.13 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Dmitry Jakovenko 1/2-1/2 50 Open
2826 2015-12-28 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Doha QAT 8.11 Chao b Li Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 64 Open
2827 2015-12-27 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Doha QAT 7.25 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Eesha Karavade 1-0 49 Open
2828 2015-12-26 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Doha QAT 6.11 Hua Ni Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1-0 34 Open
2829 2015-12-24 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Doha QAT 5.23 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Kidambi Sundararajan 1-0 18 Open
2830 2015-12-23 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Doha QAT 4.22 Daniil Yuffa Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 54 Open
2831 2015-12-22 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Doha QAT 3.24 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Yinglun Xu 1/2-1/2 35 Open
2832 2015-12-21 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Doha QAT 2.21 Mohamed Tissir Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 41 Open
2833 2015-12-20 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Doha QAT 1.35 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Alexander Seyb 1-0 46 Open
2834 2015-11-28 53rd ch-IND 2015 Thiruvarur IND 13.3 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Sundar M. Shyam 1/2-1/2 52 Open
2835 2015-11-27 53rd ch-IND 2015 Thiruvarur IND 12.5 Deep Sengupta Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 79 Open
2836 2015-11-26 53rd ch-IND 2015 Thiruvarur IND 11.4 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Das Neelotpal 1/2-1/2 49 Open
2837 2015-11-25 53rd ch-IND 2015 Thiruvarur IND 10.4 Murali Karthikeyan Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1-0 63 Open
2838 2015-11-24 53rd ch-IND 2015 Thiruvarur IND 9.5 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit P. Karthikeyan 1-0 36 Open
2839 2015-11-23 53rd ch-IND 2015 Thiruvarur IND 8.3 S.P. Sethuraman Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 48 Open
2840 2015-11-22 53rd ch-IND 2015 Thiruvarur IND 7.6 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Arghyadip Das 1-0 47 Open
2841 2015-11-20 53rd ch-IND 2015 Thiruvarur IND 6.2 S. Dhopade Swapnil Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 25 Open
2842 2015-11-19 53rd ch-IND 2015 Thiruvarur IND 5.7 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Abhijit Kunte 1-0 35 Open
2843 2015-11-18 53rd ch-IND 2015 Thiruvarur IND 4.1 M.R. Venkatesh Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 43 Open
2844 2015-11-17 53rd ch-IND 2015 Thiruvarur IND 3.7 Shyaam Nikhil P Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 39 Open
2845 2015-11-16 53rd ch-IND 2015 Thiruvarur IND 2.2 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit K. Ratnakaran 1-0 36 Open
2846 2015-11-15 53rd ch-IND 2015 Thiruvarur IND 1.2 Praneeth Surya K Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 36 Open
2847 2015-10-14 World Blitz 2015 Berlin GER 21.46 Zhong Zhang Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 43 Open
2848 2015-10-14 World Blitz 2015 Berlin GER 20.41 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Rinat Jumabayev 0-1 40 Open
2849 2015-10-14 World Blitz 2015 Berlin GER 19.46 Vladimir Akopian Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 78 Open
2850 2015-10-14 World Blitz 2015 Berlin GER 18.61 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Rainer Polzin 1-0 48 Open
  1. vs Gopal G.N.Draw · ½–½Black · 2016-04-16 · Round 5.518th Dubai Open 2016
  2. vs Diego Rafael Di BerardinoWon · 1-0White · 2016-04-14 · Round 4.1118th Dubai Open 2016
  3. vs Cemil Can Ali MarandiDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-04-13 · Round 3.818th Dubai Open 2016
  4. vs Md Minhaz UddinWon · 1-0White · 2016-04-12 · Round 2.1118th Dubai Open 2016
  5. vs Sharma HemantWon · 0-1Black · 2016-04-11 · Round 1.1418th Dubai Open 2016
  6. vs Thien Hai DaoDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-04-05 · Round 9.3Asian Nations Cup 2016
  7. vs Alexei BarsovDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-04-04 · Round 8.2Asian Nations Cup 2016
  8. vs Al Rakib Mollah AbdullahDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-04-03 · Round 7.3Asian Nations Cup 2016
  9. vs Parham MaghsoodlooWon · 1-0White · 2016-04-02 · Round 6.3Asian Nations Cup 2016
  10. vs Yi WeiWon · 0-1Black · 2016-04-01 · Round 5.3Asian Nations Cup 2016
  11. vs Ishaq SaeedWon · 1-0White · 2016-03-31 · Round 4.3Asian Nations Cup 2016
  12. vs Murtas KazhgaleyevWon · 0-1Black · 2016-03-30 · Round 3.3Asian Nations Cup 2016
  13. vs Gombosuren MunkhgalDraw · ½–½White · 2016-03-29 · Round 2.3Asian Nations Cup 2016
  14. vs Alshaeby BoshraWon · 0-1Black · 2016-03-28 · Round 1.3Asian Nations Cup 2016
  15. vs Dmitry JakovenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-02-04 · Round 10.6Gibraltar Masters 2016
  16. vs Alan PichotWon · 1-0White · 2016-02-03 · Round 9.16Gibraltar Masters 2016
  17. vs Pentala HarikrishnaLost · 1-0Black · 2016-02-02 · Round 8.3Gibraltar Masters 2016
  18. vs Yangyi YuDraw · ½–½White · 2016-02-01 · Round 7.3Gibraltar Masters 2016
  19. vs Moulthun LyWon · 0-1Black · 2016-01-31 · Round 6.1Gibraltar Masters 2016
  20. vs Natalija PogoninaWon · 1-0White · 2016-01-30 · Round 5.18Gibraltar Masters 2016
  21. vs Kristian Stuvik HolmWon · 0-1Black · 2016-01-29 · Round 4.27Gibraltar Masters 2016
  22. vs Pablo Almagro LlamasDraw · ½–½White · 2016-01-28 · Round 3.28Gibraltar Masters 2016
  23. vs Raj TischbierekDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-01-27 · Round 2.19Gibraltar Masters 2016
  24. vs Rolf BergstromWon · 1-0White · 2016-01-26 · Round 1.23Gibraltar Masters 2016
  25. vs Dmitry JakovenkoDraw · ½–½White · 2015-12-29 · Round 9.13Qatar Masters Open 2015
  26. vs Chao b LiDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-12-28 · Round 8.11Qatar Masters Open 2015
  27. vs Eesha KaravadeWon · 1-0White · 2015-12-27 · Round 7.25Qatar Masters Open 2015
  28. vs Hua NiLost · 1-0Black · 2015-12-26 · Round 6.11Qatar Masters Open 2015
  29. vs Kidambi SundararajanWon · 1-0White · 2015-12-24 · Round 5.23Qatar Masters Open 2015
  30. vs Daniil YuffaDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-12-23 · Round 4.22Qatar Masters Open 2015
  31. vs Yinglun XuDraw · ½–½White · 2015-12-22 · Round 3.24Qatar Masters Open 2015
  32. vs Mohamed TissirDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-12-21 · Round 2.21Qatar Masters Open 2015
  33. vs Alexander SeybWon · 1-0White · 2015-12-20 · Round 1.35Qatar Masters Open 2015
  34. vs Sundar M. ShyamDraw · ½–½White · 2015-11-28 · Round 13.353rd ch-IND 2015
  35. vs Deep SenguptaDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-11-27 · Round 12.553rd ch-IND 2015
  36. vs Das NeelotpalDraw · ½–½White · 2015-11-26 · Round 11.453rd ch-IND 2015
  37. vs Murali KarthikeyanLost · 1-0Black · 2015-11-25 · Round 10.453rd ch-IND 2015
  38. vs P. KarthikeyanWon · 1-0White · 2015-11-24 · Round 9.553rd ch-IND 2015
  39. vs S.P. SethuramanDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-11-23 · Round 8.353rd ch-IND 2015
  40. vs Arghyadip DasWon · 1-0White · 2015-11-22 · Round 7.653rd ch-IND 2015
  41. vs S. Dhopade SwapnilDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-11-20 · Round 6.253rd ch-IND 2015
  42. vs Abhijit KunteWon · 1-0White · 2015-11-19 · Round 5.753rd ch-IND 2015
  43. vs M.R. VenkateshDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-11-18 · Round 4.153rd ch-IND 2015
  44. vs Shyaam Nikhil PDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-11-17 · Round 3.753rd ch-IND 2015
  45. vs K. RatnakaranWon · 1-0White · 2015-11-16 · Round 2.253rd ch-IND 2015
  46. vs Praneeth Surya KWon · 0-1Black · 2015-11-15 · Round 1.253rd ch-IND 2015
  47. vs Zhong ZhangWon · 0-1Black · 2015-10-14 · Round 21.46World Blitz 2015
  48. vs Rinat JumabayevLost · 0-1White · 2015-10-14 · Round 20.41World Blitz 2015
  49. vs Vladimir AkopianWon · 0-1Black · 2015-10-14 · Round 19.46World Blitz 2015
  50. vs Rainer PolzinWon · 1-0White · 2015-10-14 · Round 18.61World Blitz 2015