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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
2951 2014-12-15 52nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014 Kottayam IND 10.3 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Mishra Swayams 1-0 48 Open
2952 2014-12-14 52nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014 Kottayam IND 9.3 R.R. Laxman Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 66 Open
2953 2014-12-13 52nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014 Kottayam IND 8.4 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Sahaj Grover 1/2-1/2 30 Open
2954 2014-12-12 52nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014 Kottayam IND 7.2 P. Karthikeyan Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 25 Open
2955 2014-12-10 52nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014 Kottayam IND 6.5 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Shyaam Nikhil P 1/2-1/2 35 Open
2956 2014-12-09 52nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014 Kottayam IND 5.1 Deepan Chakkravarthy J. Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 58 Open
2957 2014-12-08 52nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014 Kottayam IND 4.6 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit V A V Rajesh 1-0 43 Open
2958 2014-12-06 52nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014 Kottayam IND 2.6 Abhijit Kunte Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 26 Open
2959 2014-12-05 52nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014 Kottayam IND 1.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Lalit Babu M R 1/2-1/2 38 Open
2960 2014-10-19 World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND 13.4 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Quinten Ducarmon 1-0 47 Open
2961 2014-10-18 World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND 12.4 Murali Karthikeyan Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 80 Open
2962 2014-10-17 World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND 11.8 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Christopher Repka 1-0 20 Open
2963 2014-10-16 World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND 10.13 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Linus Johansson 1-0 27 Open
2964 2014-10-15 World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND 9.9 Narayanan S L Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 52 Open
2965 2014-10-14 World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND 8.2 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Matej Blazeka 1-0 34 Open
2966 2014-10-12 World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND 7.19 Irakli Beradze Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 37 Open
2967 2014-10-11 World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND 6.7 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Aryan Tari 0-1 45 Open
2968 2014-10-10 World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND 5.7 Srinath Narayanan Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 47 Open
2969 2014-10-09 World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND 4.3 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Shanglei Lu 1/2-1/2 31 Open
2970 2014-10-08 World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND 3.2 Sahaj Grover Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 39 Open
2971 2014-10-07 World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND 2.4 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Vignesh N R 1-0 60 Open
2972 2014-10-06 World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND 1.4 Parab Ritviz Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 23 Open
2973 2014-08-28 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 9.1 Yuriy Kuzubov Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1-0 33 Open
2974 2014-08-27 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 8.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Murali Karthikeyan 1-0 45 Open
2975 2014-08-26 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 7.4 Aleksandr Rakhmanov Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 34 Open
2976 2014-08-25 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 6.4 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Gopal G.N. 1/2-1/2 32 Open
2977 2014-08-24 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 5.3 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Adam Horvath 1/2-1/2 52 Open
2978 2014-08-23 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 4.1 Yuriy Kryvoruchko Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 43 Open
2979 2014-08-23 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 3.2 Alexander Areshchenko Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 57 Open
2980 2014-08-21 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 2.13 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Tamas Meszaros 1-0 29 Open
2981 2014-08-20 21st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014 Abu Dhabi UAE 1.14 Kazbek Primbetov Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 37 Open
2982 2014-08-04 Lake Sevan 2014 Martuni ARM 9.5 Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 25 Open
2983 2014-08-03 Lake Sevan 2014 Martuni ARM 8.2 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Hovhannes Gabuzyan 1-0 61 Open
2984 2014-08-02 Lake Sevan 2014 Martuni ARM 7.5 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Hrant Melkumyan 1/2-1/2 18 Open
2985 2014-08-01 Lake Sevan 2014 Martuni ARM 6.5 Vladimir Fedoseev Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 27 Open
2986 2014-07-31 Lake Sevan 2014 Martuni ARM 5.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Zaven Andriasian 1-0 31 Open
2987 2014-07-30 Lake Sevan 2014 Martuni ARM 4.1 Alexander Areshchenko Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 49 Open
2988 2014-07-29 Lake Sevan 2014 Martuni ARM 3.5 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Sanan Sjugirov 1/2-1/2 72 Open
2989 2014-07-28 Lake Sevan 2014 Martuni ARM 2.2 Yuriy Kuzubov Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 46 Open
2990 2014-07-27 Lake Sevan 2014 Martuni ARM 1.4 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Robert Hovhannisyan 1/2-1/2 92 Open
2991 2014-06-15 TCh-IND League Final 2014 Pune IND 1 Abhijeet Gupta Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 82 Open
2992 2014-06-14 TCh-IND League Qualifier 1 2014 Pune IND 1 Narayanan S L Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1-0 26 Open
2993 2014-06-14 TCh-IND League Qualifier 2 2014 Pune IND 1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Rout Padmini 1-0 34 Open
2994 2014-06-13 Maharashtra TCh-IND League 2014 Pune IND 5.1 Tejas Bakre Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 24 Open
2995 2014-06-13 Maharashtra TCh-IND League 2014 Pune IND 4.6 Prasanna Raghuram Rao Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 0-1 24 Open
2996 2014-06-12 Maharashtra TCh-IND League 2014 Pune IND 3.6 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Kulkarni Bhakti 1-0 56 Open
2997 2014-06-12 Maharashtra TCh-IND League 2014 Pune IND 2.3 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit S.P. Sethuraman 1-0 49 Open
2998 2014-06-11 Maharashtra TCh-IND League 2014 Pune IND 1.4 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Lalit Babu M R 1/2-1/2 29 Open
2999 2014-05-19 52nd ch-IND National B 2014 Dharamshala IND 13.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Sahaj Grover 1/2-1/2 15 Open
3000 2014-05-18 52nd ch-IND National B 2014 Dharamshala IND 12.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Deep Sengupta 1/2-1/2 19 Open
  1. vs Mishra SwayamsWon · 1-0White · 2014-12-15 · Round 10.352nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014
  2. vs R.R. LaxmanWon · 0-1Black · 2014-12-14 · Round 9.352nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014
  3. vs Sahaj GroverDraw · ½–½White · 2014-12-13 · Round 8.452nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014
  4. vs P. KarthikeyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-12-12 · Round 7.252nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014
  5. vs Shyaam Nikhil PDraw · ½–½White · 2014-12-10 · Round 6.552nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014
  6. vs Deepan Chakkravarthy J.Draw · ½–½Black · 2014-12-09 · Round 5.152nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014
  7. vs V A V RajeshWon · 1-0White · 2014-12-08 · Round 4.652nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014
  8. vs Abhijit KunteDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-12-06 · Round 2.652nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014
  9. vs Lalit Babu M RDraw · ½–½White · 2014-12-05 · Round 1.152nd SIB-CMS ch-IND 2014
  10. vs Quinten DucarmonWon · 1-0White · 2014-10-19 · Round 13.4World Junior Open 2014
  11. vs Murali KarthikeyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-10-18 · Round 12.4World Junior Open 2014
  12. vs Christopher RepkaWon · 1-0White · 2014-10-17 · Round 11.8World Junior Open 2014
  13. vs Linus JohanssonWon · 1-0White · 2014-10-16 · Round 10.13World Junior Open 2014
  14. vs Narayanan S LDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-10-15 · Round 9.9World Junior Open 2014
  15. vs Matej BlazekaWon · 1-0White · 2014-10-14 · Round 8.2World Junior Open 2014
  16. vs Irakli BeradzeDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-10-12 · Round 7.19World Junior Open 2014
  17. vs Aryan TariLost · 0-1White · 2014-10-11 · Round 6.7World Junior Open 2014
  18. vs Srinath NarayananDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-10-10 · Round 5.7World Junior Open 2014
  19. vs Shanglei LuDraw · ½–½White · 2014-10-09 · Round 4.3World Junior Open 2014
  20. vs Sahaj GroverDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-10-08 · Round 3.2World Junior Open 2014
  21. vs Vignesh N RWon · 1-0White · 2014-10-07 · Round 2.4World Junior Open 2014
  22. vs Parab RitvizWon · 0-1Black · 2014-10-06 · Round 1.4World Junior Open 2014
  23. vs Yuriy KuzubovLost · 1-0Black · 2014-08-28 · Round 9.121st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014
  24. vs Murali KarthikeyanWon · 1-0White · 2014-08-27 · Round 8.121st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014
  25. vs Aleksandr RakhmanovWon · 0-1Black · 2014-08-26 · Round 7.421st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014
  26. vs Gopal G.N.Draw · ½–½White · 2014-08-25 · Round 6.421st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014
  27. vs Adam HorvathDraw · ½–½White · 2014-08-24 · Round 5.321st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014
  28. vs Yuriy KryvoruchkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-08-23 · Round 4.121st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014
  29. vs Alexander AreshchenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2014-08-23 · Round 3.221st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014
  30. vs Tamas MeszarosWon · 1-0White · 2014-08-21 · Round 2.1321st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014
  31. vs Kazbek PrimbetovWon · 0-1Black · 2014-08-20 · Round 1.1421st Abu Dhabi Masters 2014
  32. vs Samvel Ter-SahakyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-08-04 · Round 9.5Lake Sevan 2014
  33. vs Hovhannes GabuzyanWon · 1-0White · 2014-08-03 · Round 8.2Lake Sevan 2014
  34. vs Hrant MelkumyanDraw · ½–½White · 2014-08-02 · Round 7.5Lake Sevan 2014
  35. vs Vladimir FedoseevDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-08-01 · Round 6.5Lake Sevan 2014
  36. vs Zaven AndriasianWon · 1-0White · 2014-07-31 · Round 5.1Lake Sevan 2014
  37. vs Alexander AreshchenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2014-07-30 · Round 4.1Lake Sevan 2014
  38. vs Sanan SjugirovDraw · ½–½White · 2014-07-29 · Round 3.5Lake Sevan 2014
  39. vs Yuriy KuzubovDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-07-28 · Round 2.2Lake Sevan 2014
  40. vs Robert HovhannisyanDraw · ½–½White · 2014-07-27 · Round 1.4Lake Sevan 2014
  41. vs Abhijeet GuptaDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-06-15 · Round 1TCh-IND League Final 2014
  42. vs Narayanan S LLost · 1-0Black · 2014-06-14 · Round 1TCh-IND League Qualifier 1 2014
  43. vs Rout PadminiWon · 1-0White · 2014-06-14 · Round 1TCh-IND League Qualifier 2 2014
  44. vs Tejas BakreDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-06-13 · Round 5.1Maharashtra TCh-IND League 2014
  45. vs Prasanna Raghuram RaoWon · 0-1Black · 2014-06-13 · Round 4.6Maharashtra TCh-IND League 2014
  46. vs Kulkarni BhaktiWon · 1-0White · 2014-06-12 · Round 3.6Maharashtra TCh-IND League 2014
  47. vs S.P. SethuramanWon · 1-0White · 2014-06-12 · Round 2.3Maharashtra TCh-IND League 2014
  48. vs Lalit Babu M RDraw · ½–½White · 2014-06-11 · Round 1.4Maharashtra TCh-IND League 2014
  49. vs Sahaj GroverDraw · ½–½White · 2014-05-19 · Round 13.152nd ch-IND National B 2014
  50. vs Deep SenguptaDraw · ½–½White · 2014-05-18 · Round 12.152nd ch-IND National B 2014