Swayams Mishra

In this Indian name, the name Mishra is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Swayams.
Swayams Mishra
CountryIndia
Born (1992-08-13) August 13, 1992 (age 32)
Cuttack, India
TitleGrandmaster (2019)[1]
FIDE rating2446 (January 2025)
Peak rating2493 (June 2019)

Swayams Mishra is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career

In May 2018, he tied for second place in the Llucmajor Open with a score of 6.5/9.[2]

In May 2019, he became India's 62nd Grandmaster after defeating Antoni Kozak at the Polonia Wroclaw GM round robin tournament, also winning the tournament with a score of 7/9.[3]

Personal life

He got an engineering degree from the KIIT University in Bhubaneswar.[3] He is also a chess coach; one of his students became the youngest International Master in his age group in January 2024.[4]

References

  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ Shah, Sagar (May 24, 2018). "Swayams Mishra and Prithu Gupta shine at the Llucmajor Open 2018 in Mallorca".
  3. ^ a b Shah, Sagar (May 6, 2019). "Swayams Mishra - India's 62nd GM, accomplished trainer and an IT Engineer".
  4. ^ "Chess: 12-year-old sensation Ethan becomes youngest IM, sets eyes on GM title". January 5, 2024.