Vidit Gujrathi was born on the 24th of October in 1994 and presently his age is 28 years as of 2023, know about his family and prents
Vidit Gujrathi hails from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Vidit is the third highest-rated player from India and he is the fourth Indian player with an Elo rating of 2700.
Who is Vidit Gujrathi, his age, height, parents, sister, wife, FIDE chess rating, IQ, net worth in 2023
Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi became the fourth Indian to defeat Norwegian chess wizard Magnus Carlsen. Vidit is having 111k Instagram followers with 295 posts. Most of Vidit’s Instagram posts are related to Chess.
Just defeated the GOAT, World champion, Magnus Carlsen!! 🙂 https://t.co/Ym2w6svF6K
— Vidit Gujrathi (@viditchess) February 21, 2023
Vidit Gujrathi’s family and education
Vidit Gujrathi completed his schooling at Fravashi Academy, in Nashik. Vidit was born to Dr. Santosh Gujrathi while his mother is Nikita Santosh Gujrathi and both parents are daughter. He also has one sibling named Vedika Gujrathi. He is currently single and unmarried.
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (born 24 October 1994) is an Indian chess grandmaster and attained the title of grandmaster in January 2013.
FIDE rating: 2730 (February 2023)
Peak rating: 2736 (August 2021)
Peak ranking: No. 18 (December 2022)
Ranking: No. 19 (February 2023)
Vidit Gujrathi career and awards
Vidit Gujrathi is a well-known name in the world of chess. He began his coaching career in chess at a very early age and his first achievement was when he stood second in the Asian youth championship in the under-12 category in 2006. In January 2013 Vidit became the thirtieth player from India who has attained the title of Grandmaster.
Later on, in 2008 Vidit won the world chess youth championship in the under-14 section and became the first Indian to win this title.
In November of 2019, he played with the world champion Magnus Carlsen at the Tata steel Indian blitz based in the city of Kolkata their game ended in five moves and it was regarded as one of the shortest games of Magnus Carlsen’s career.
Vidit has also recorded two bestseller DVDs of chess tips for beginners. He is also the receiver of a scholarship by the Sports Authority of India, by which he was helped to prepare under the experience and expert guidance of Alon Greenfield. Further in 2020, he was again sponsored by Om Swami, founder of Black lotus.
Vidit defeated back-to-back 5 times world championship winner Vishwanath Anand in 2019.
Net worth of Vidit Gujrathi
Net Worth: $150,000 Total Prize Money Earned: $51,546.09 from 28 tournaments.