GUJARATHI Vidit Santosh

Reading, badminton, vlogging. (YouTube channel, 04 Mar 2023; indianexpress, 26 Feb 2023)

Athlete

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Novy Bor Chess Club [Czech Republic]

He began playing chess at age seven. (chessbase, 24 Oct 2018)

"My father taught me how to play. As I was losing to him in every game, I decided to go to a club and learn so that I could win at least one game." (edexlive, 19 Sep 2017)

He does seven hours of chess training and a physical workout of up to two hours each day. (indianexpress, 26 Feb 2023)

Defeating Norwegian player Magnus Carlsen in a Pro Chess League [PCL] match in February 2023. (news18, 22 Feb 2023)

Russian chess player Garry Kasparov. (edexlive, 19 Sep 2017)

His family. (chessbase, 24 Oct 2018)

"Persistence is more important than any other quality. You just have to keep trying." (edexlive, 19 Sep 2017)

In 2018 he received the Shiv Chhatrapati Award, the highest sports honour presented by the state government of Maharashtra, India. (viditchess, 18 Feb 2018)

He received the title of International Master in 2009 and the title of Grandmaster in 2013 from the International Chess Federation [FIDE]. (FIDE, 20 Jan 2013)