Abhijeet Gupta, aged 21, is an Indian GM from Bhilwara in Rajasthan.

 

He was awarded the title in 2008, having previously becoming an International Master in 2005.

 

In August 2008, Abhijeet won the World Junior Championship, ahead of many other strong players, including David Howell and Hou Yifan.

 

Abhijeet also achieved GM norms at the Andorra Open 2006, New Delhi 2007 and Balaguer 2007. In 2008, he won the 6th Parsvnath Open in New Delhi.

 

His good form continued in 2011 when he came first in the 13th Dubai Open and tied for 2nd with Tigran Petrosian and Magesh Panchanathan in the 3rd Orissa International GM Open.

 

In December 2011 he won the very strong London Chess Classic Open with 8/9.