Sahaj Grover (born 7 September 1995) is a
chess
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player from
Delhi
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, India, who received the
FIDE title
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of
Grandmaster (GM) in September 2012.
He won the Under-10
World Youth Chess Championship
The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cade ...
in 2005 and came third in the Under-20
World Junior Chess Championship
The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).
The idea was the brainchild of William Ritso ...
in 2011. He won the
South African Open in 2017 and 2018.
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1995 births
Living people
Indian chess players
Chess grandmasters
World Youth Chess Champions