Harikrishnan A Ra

Harikrishnan Amirthavalli Rangarajan is an Indian chess grandmaster. He is coached by grandmaster Shyam Sundar M.

Chess career

In April 2024, he won the Noisiel Blitz Rating Open with a perfect score of 9/9. He also finished with an unbeaten 7/9 score in the >1900 Open A event, finishing in third place after tiebreaks behind Li [Min Peng] and Marco Materia.
In May 2024, he tied for first with grandmaster Abdulla Gadimbayli in the Ljubljana Chess Festival with a score of 7.5/9, losing in the tiebreaks and being ranked in second place.
In July 2025, he became India's 87th Grandmaster after a draw against grandmaster P. Iniyan in the final game of the La Plagne International Chess Festival.