Aditya Samant

Aditya Sachin Samant (born 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career Aditya began playing chess at the age of 6. He trained under Chandrashekhar Gokhale, Jayant Gokhale, Abhijit Kunte, and Alexander Goloshchapov.

Aditya earned his first GM norm at the Abu Dhabi Masters in August 2022 and his second GM norm at the El Llobregat Open in December 2023. He also crossed the 2500 rating mark in May 2023. He only needed to play the final game against Aryan Chopra to secure the title, regardless of the game's result.

Personal life Aditya is studying computer science at the University of Texas at Dallas. He previously studied science at the CBSE, Suryadatta National School, Pune and in Abhinava Vidyalaya English Medium Primary School.