Vidit Gujrathi
GM
Oyuncu bilgileri
Vidit Gujrathi is an Indian chess grandmaster who entered April 2026 as world No. 27 with a 2708 classical rating. He has been part of India’s top tier for years, but his most important career jump came in the period from 2023 to 2024. Vidit won the 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss to qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament, added strong recent-cycle results after earlier titles at Tata Steel Challengers and Biel, and then helped India win team gold at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. His peak classical rating reached 2747 in early 2024, placing him among the strongest Indian players of the modern era. What stands out in Vidit’s profile is his blend of strategic stability and practical fighting spirit: he is comfortable in positional structures, but fully capable of producing sharp wins when the event situation demands it. By this stage, he is no longer just a strong national figure but a firmly established player in the global elite.
Oyun tarzı
Vidit’s style is controlled, strategic, and quietly ambitious. He is often most effective when the position looks balanced but still contains long-term imbalances he can work with, especially in queen’s-pawn openings and Catalan structures. That does not make him passive; on the contrary, many of his best recent games show a player who can switch from stable strategic play to direct calculation once the moment is right. His strongest runs tend to come when that balance between patience and precision holds over an entire event.
En iyi oyunlar
- 2019vs Vladimir KramnikTata Steel MastersVidit’s win over Kramnik came in the former world champion’s final tournament. It remains one of the clearest statement results of Vidit’s rise into the super-grandmaster tier.
- 2023vs Ian NepomniachtchiFIDE World Cup, Round of 16Beating Nepomniachtchi to reach the quarterfinals was one of Vidit’s strongest knockout performances. It showed he could score in the most demanding world championship-cycle events against established elite opposition.
- 2026vs Alireza FirouzjaFIDE Candidates Tournament, Round 6This is one of the freshest important wins on Vidit’s card. In a round packed with decisive results, his victory over Firouzja kept him fully in the race in Cyprus and reinforced his value as a dangerous match-up in top-level double round robins.
- 2025vs Faustino OroFIDE World Cup, tiebreaksVidit eliminated the Argentine prodigy in one of the most tense phases of the event. It is a good modern inclusion because it came in a knockout where every mistake is costly and every advancement matters.
Açılış repertuvarı
Vidit’s repertoire is one of the more coherent positional profiles in the Indian elite. His most-played White structures are built around the Queen’s Gambit Declined and the Catalan, with both closed and open Catalan branches appearing regularly. With Black, the most repeated lines are the Ragozin Defense, Richter-Rauzer Sicilian, English Symmetrical, and quieter Italian structures when he meets 1.e4 e5. The broader game database supports the same picture: Vidit is comfortable in theory, but usually prefers systems that leave him with a clear strategic map.
- Queen’s Gambit Declinedtypically from 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6.
- Catalan Opening: Closedoften reached after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 with a closed center.
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Linea more direct Catalan branch after Black captures on c4.
- Queen’s Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defenseusually after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4.
- Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variationarising after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5.
- English Opening: Symmetrical Variationfrom 1.c4 c5.
Kariyer öne çıkanları
- World Youth Under-14 Championan early major title in his development.
- Tata Steel Challengers winner2018.
- Biel winner2019.
- FIDE Grand Swiss winner2023, which qualified him for the 2024 Candidates.
- Olympiadteam gold with India at the 45th Chess Olympiad in 2024.
- Peak FIDE classical rating2747 in February 2024.
Kariyer öne çıkanları
- World Youth Under-14 Championan early major title in his development.
- Tata Steel Challengers winner2018.
- Biel winner2019.
- FIDE Grand Swiss winner2023, which qualified him for the 2024 Candidates.
- Olympiadteam gold with India at the 45th Chess Olympiad in 2024.
- Peak FIDE classical rating2747 in February 2024.