Bharath Subramaniyam Harishankkar (born 17 October 2007) is an Indian chess grandmaster (GM).
Chess career Bharath learned chess at the age of five from his father, Harishankkar. Starting in 2014, he attended the Chess Gurukul school in Chennai, having GM Ramachandran Ramesh as his main teacher. In January 2020, Bharath was selected for a special training camp sponsored by Microsense Networks and conducted by former world champion GM Vladimir Kramnik and former world chess challenger GM Boris Gelfand.
He completed his 3rd IM norm in June 2019 at the age of 11 years and 8 months.Bharath Subramaniyam - IM at the age of 11 years and 8 months on chessbase.india The title was officially ratified by FIDE in September of the same year.3rd quarter PB 2019, 7-8 September, Budapest, HUN , on ratings.fide.com
In January 2022, Bharath earned his third and final GM norm to become India's 73rd grandmaster at the age of 14 by scoring 7.5/9 at the Vergani Cup Open in Cattolica, Italy, and raising his live rating above 2500. Bharath currently studies in Saint Louis University,Missouri and represents the University in national and international events.
Main results 2015 – in August he wins at Suwon (Korea) the Asian Youth Championship in the Under-8 section.Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-8) on chess-results.com In November he wins the World Youth Championship Under-8 at Porto Carras in Greece with 9,5/ 11;World Youth Ch 2015 - Open under 08 on chess-results.com 2017 – in August he places 4th in the World Youth Championship Under-10 at Poços de Caldas in Brazil.World Cadets Chess Championship 2017 U10 on chess-results.com
2019 - In June he achieves his final IM norm in Goa open and becomes International master. 2020 – in February he places 11th at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow with 5,5/ 9, ahead of 54 GrandmastersHe won with four Grandmasters: Gabriel Sargissian, Maksim Chigaev, Zhou Jianchao and Mikhail Antipov. and getting his first GM norm with a rating performance greater than 2700.Final Standings of Aeroflot Open-A, 2020 on chess-results.com 2021 – in October he is placed 4th (tied for 3rd) at the Junior Roundtable Under 21 tournament in Bulgaria with 6.5/9. He made his 2nd GM norm.Final standings in Junior Under 21, Bulgaria on chess-results.com 2024 - in Feb won the Cannes chess open held in France. 2025 – in July he won the 53rd World Open chess tournament held at Philadelphia and won the first prize of $20500 becoming the youngest ever to win the tournament at 17 years. 2025 - In December he won the VIth Elllobregat open chess tournament held in Spain and won the first prize of 5000 Euros with a rating performance of ELO 2685. Final standings in Group A Ellobregat open, Spain on chess-results.com 2025 - In December he tied for the 1st place in Wroclaw chess festival in Poland. Final standings in Open A Wroclaw chess festival, Poland on chess-results.com 2026 - In April he was the joint winner in the Atlantic City Chess open in Atlantic City USA with a rating performance of 2660. Final standings in Atlantic city chess open 2026 on chessevents.com 2026 - In August he won the Granada chess open held in Granada Spain Final standings in Granada chess open 2026 on chess-results.com
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Bharath Subramaniyam chess games at 365Chess.com Bharath wins Cannes Chess open 2024 Bharath Subramaniyam stuns GM Zhou Jianchao at Aeroflot Open 2020 (YouTube) This 12-year-old IM will floor you with his clarity of thinking and erudition (YouTube) Bharath wins Atlantic city chess open 2026 The Granada Chess Open 2026 distributes 13,000 euros among the prize winners