{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 2001)}} {{Indian patronymic|Harshit|Raja}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox chess biography | name = Harshit Raja | image = Raja Harshit 2019 Karlsruhe.jpg | caption = Raja Harshit in Grenke Chess Open 2019 | country = India | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2001|4|3}} | birth_place = Pune, Maharashtra, India | title = Grandmaster (2022) | rating = | peakrating = 2522 (August 2023) | FideID = 5089000 }} '''Harshit Raja''' (born 2001) is a chess grandmaster from Pune, India. He became India's 69th Grandmaster in 2021, at the age of 20.<ref name=CBIndiaGM>{{cite web |title=Breaking News: India gets its 69th GM - Harshit Raja - ChessBase India |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/India-gets-its-69th-GM-Harshit-Raja |website=www.chessbase.in |access-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930122616/https://www.chessbase.in/news/India-gets-its-69th-GM-Harshit-Raja |archive-date=30 September 2023 |date=4 August 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Chess career == In 2014, Harshit finished 2nd in the National Chess Championship U13 taking place in Jamshedpur, and won the School Games Federation of India's National School Games, taking place in Tamil Nadu.<ref name="TimesOfIndia">{{cite web |title=Meet Harshit Raja, India's 69th chess Grandmaster |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/meet-harshit-raja-indias-69th-chess-grandmaster-7440273/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=22 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922053351/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/meet-harshit-raja-indias-69th-chess-grandmaster-7440273/ |archive-date=22 September 2021 |language=en |date=5 August 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, he participated in the World Youth Chess Championship finishing 15th.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Ch 2015 - Open under 14 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr187415.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30 |website=chess-results.com |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> Harshit became an International Master in 2017. He received the Shiv Chhatrapati Award in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Seven Maharashtra players honoured with the Shiv Chhatrapati award - ChessBase India |url=https://chessbase.in/news/Shiv-Chhatrapati-awards-2019 |website=www.chessbase.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608062524/https://chessbase.in/news/Shiv-Chhatrapati-awards-2019 |archive-date=8 June 2023 |date=21 February 2019 |access-date=22 February 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> He met all the requirements for the title of Grandmaster in 2021, becoming India's 69th Grandmaster.<ref>{{cite web |title=India's 69th GM Harshit Raja keen on striking balance between studies and chess |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/indias-69th-gm-harshit-raja-keen-on-striking-balance-between-studies-and-chess/articleshow/85040549.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=22 February 2024 |date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
== Personal life == Harshit studied at the Trulaske College of Business of the University of Missouri.<ref>{{cite web |title=IM Harshit Raja secures admission in the University of Missouri - ChessBase India |url=https://chessbase.in/news/Harshit-Raja-enrolls-in-the-Missouri-University |website=www.chessbase.in |access-date=22 February 2024 |date=24 September 2020}}</ref>
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== External links == *{{Fide|5089000}} *{{Chessgames player|151626}} *{{365Chess.com player|Raja_Harshit}} {{Indian GMs}}
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