IMVyom Vidyarthi

Vyom Vidyarthi attended the Harker School in California, combining chess with water polo, tennis and basketball. His younger sister Omya also became an international junior champion. He won the national K-6 championship in 2019 and the Barber Tournament of Champions in 2021. Victory in the 2021 North American under-20 championship qualified him for the International Master title and earned his first Grandmaster norm. FIDE recorded his IM title in 2022. That summer, he and Omya both won gold at the Pan-American Youth Championship in Uruguay, in the open under-18 and girls' under-12 sections respectively. He won another North American junior event in 2022, earning a second Grandmaster norm. In an interview, he described a training routine built largely around online games, fitted between schoolwork and sports practice. He said that reducing his tournament schedule and concentrating on the game rather than title requirements helped him manage competitive pressure.