Ravi Haria

Ravi Haria (born 7 February 1999 in Elstree) is an English chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2022.

Chess career In 2008 he won the under-9 British championship. He won the under-18 British championship in 2014, aged 15, and again in 2017. In 2021 he became the British under-21 champion. In the second round he faced Étienne Bacrot, who as one of the 50 highest-ranked players in the tournament had received a bye in the first round. Haria lost the first game, won the second, and eventually lost on the tiebreak 2.5-1.5.

He is the author of the book The Modernised Anti-Sicilians. Volume 1: Rossolimo Variation.

Personal life

Haria is from Barnet, London, and read History at University College London. He is also famously an Arsenal supporter.