Girish A Koushik
Number of games in database: 33
Years covered: 2008 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2397
Overall record: +14 -12 =7 (53.0%)*
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      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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GIRISH A KOUSHIK (born Aug-31-1997) India [what is this?] FM (2006). Asian U8 champion 2005, World U10 champion 2006 (which gained him his FM title), Asian U12 champion 2008, Asian U16 champion 2012. 2nd at the 2012 U16 World Championship behind Urii Eliseev. Photo: http://www.google.com.au/imgres?um=...

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Koushik vs R Sangma   0-1 25 2008 Commonwealth Championship E15 Queen's Indian 2. G Koushik vs K Akshat   ½-½ 66 2008 Commonwealth Championship A55 Old Indian, Main line 3. P Joshi vs G Koushik   ½-½ 19 2008 Commonwealth Championship D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 4. G Koushik vs J Ramakrishna   1-0 42 2008 Commonwealth Championship A44 Old Benoni Defense 5. G West vs G Koushik   ½-½ 72 2008 Commonwealth Championship B23 Sicilian, Closed 6. G Koushik vs R S Santhosbaala   ½-½ 43 2008 Commonwealth Championship E97 King's Indian 7. G Koushik vs K Nadig   1-0 30 2008 Commonwealth Championship D90 Grunfeld 8. K Priyadharshan vs G Koushik   1-0 51 2008 Commonwealth Championship B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 9. G Koushik vs Guillaume Lamard   ½-½ 59 2010 WYCC Open U14 A13 English 10. G Koushik vs G Palchun   0-1 62 2010 WYCC Open U14 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 11. G Koushik vs G Nasuta   1-0 35 2010 WYCC Open U14 A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 12. A Aghaei vs G Koushik   0-1 31 2010 WYCC Open U14 E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 13. G Koushik vs N Petrov   0-1 60 2010 WYCC Open U14 A10 English 14. P Grandadam vs G Koushik   0-1 25 2010 WYCC Open U14 E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 15. G Koushik vs Matan Poleg   1-0 26 2010 WYCC Open U14 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 16. Tran Tuan Minh vs G Koushik   1-0 60 2010 WYCC Open U14 B06 Robatsch 17. G Koushik vs F Boscolo   ½-½ 55 2010 WYCC Open U14 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 18. R Grib vs G Koushik   1-0 75 2010 WYCC Open U14 C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. Alexander Monev vs G Koushik   0-1 61 2010 WYCC Open U14 A10 English 20. S Sjugirov vs G Koushik 0-1 53 2011 World Junior Championships C78 Ruy Lopez 21. S Prasannaa vs G Koushik   0-1 41 2011 World Junior Championships B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 22. G Koushik vs V Rasulov 0-1 60 2011 World Junior Championships A46 Queen's Pawn Game 23. G Koushik vs S P Sethuraman 1-0 61 2011 World Junior Championships E15 Queen's Indian 24. G Koushik vs S Vidit   0-1 54 2011 World Junior Championships B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 25. D Swiercz vs G Koushik   1-0 51 2011 World Junior Championships C78 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33

Jul-15-09    BIDMONFA: Girish A Koushik GIRISH, A. Koushik http://www.bidmonfa.com/girish_kous... _ Dec-03-09    Tabanus: FM Girish A. Koushik, India, born 31 August 1997. Now rated 2246, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... Asian U8 champion 2005, World U10 champion 2006, FM in 2006, Asian U12 champion 2008 The next Anand? posted by Susan Polgar: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/200... Pictures: http://www.indianchessfed.org/News/... http://www.chessbase.com/news/2007/... Apr-17-10    Tabanus: He won yesterday the Karnataka State U13 Championship (India) 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr326... Apr-17-10    I play the Fred: If this person ever plays against Anish Giri, there will be confusion. May-18-10    Tabanus: 17th place and Commonwealth U14 champion 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr338..., congratulations! http://www.delhichess.com/prize_win... Apr-30-11    shivasuri4: One gets the feeling Girish has already started to stagnate.Else he is probably just concentrating on his studies now. May-27-11    abhishikt: Wins Asian Youth Chess champion in under-14 boys' category http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/... Aug-09-11    waustad: He's close behind Rombaldoni in the World Junior Champs, and he's really young! Aug-09-11    wordfunph: 14 y/o FM Koushik winning against 3 GMs and so far 6/7 in World Junior hmmmm.. http://chess-results.com/tnr54092.a... Aug-10-11    notyetagm: <wordfunph: 14 y/o FM Koushik winning against 3 GMs and so far 6/7 in World Junior hmmmm..> He's 13(!!), not 14 until August 31. Aug-10-11    wordfunph: <notyetagm> 21 days to his 14th birthday :) Girish claimed another GM scalp in round 8, this time beating GM Nils Grandelius (2542) in 36 moves. Simply awesome! Aug-22-11    shivasuri4: Though Girish collapsed in the second half of the World Juniors,he still stands to gain 70 points and will move from 2309 to 2379 in the September list.Let's hope he continues his progress to become a GM after gaining the remaining norms. Aug-24-11    Xeroxx: Once you go Girish you never go Giri. Oct-31-11    shivasuri4: Girish is struggling in the U-16 Olympiad.Playing on the second board for India,he has logged 4/9 for a rating performance of 2177,thereby losing 29 points(so far). Nov-21-11    shivasuri4: Oh dear,Girish continues to struggle,now in the U-14 section of the World Youth Chess Championship.Seeded 4th,he has so far scored 2.5 points from 4 rounds(tied 43rd place),losing 16.5 points.Let's hope he rebounds soon! Nov-29-11    shivasuri4: Girish finished with 6.5 points out of 9 in the U-14 section of the WYCC,placing 12th.He lost 16.5 rating points from the event. Nov-22-12    shivasuri4: Girish scored 8.5/11 to secure the silver medal in the U-16 section of the WYCC. This will give him 30 rating points, and hence a career-best (so far) rating of 2397.

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