Pentala Harikrishna was born on 10th May in the year 1986. This chess player hails from Andhra Pradesh, India. Amongst the top Indian players ranking he is rated third next to Viswanathan Anand & Krishnan Sasikiran. In the year 2001, Harikrishna became the youngest grandmaster from India. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in the year 2004. After beating Arkadij Naiditsch 4.5-3.5 in the final, in August 2006, he won the Chess960 (Fischer Random) Junior Chess Championship.

His career spans from 1996 to 2007 and he has played 456 matches. The highest rating he has achieved is 2682. among those games the most notables are: Harikrishna vs Nisipeanu in the year 2004, Harikrishna vs C S Gokhale in the year 2002, Harikrishna vs Shabalov in the year 2004, Harikrishna vs Zhong Zhang in the year 2005, Harikrishna vs Mamedyarov in the year 2006, Short vs Harikrishna in the year 2007, Harikrishna vs P Wells in the year 2001, Harikrishna vs Stripunsky in the year 2005, Harikrishna vs L Dominguez in the year 2005 and Harikrishna vs Xu Jun in the year 2004. The year 2005 was the beginning year as he for the first time tried in the Bermuda International (2005).

The championships that he has played throughout his career for and won are:
1. World under-10 championship, 1996, Menorca (Spain), Gold.
2. World under-12 rapid championship, 1996, Paris, Silver.
3. Children`s Olympiad, 1998, Istanbul, Gold.
4. Commonwealth championship, 2000, Sangli, Gold (under-18).
5. India`s youngest International Master, 2000.
6. Asian under-14 championship, 2000, Tehran, 2000-01, Gold.
7. National `A` championship, 2000, Mumbai, Fifth.
8. Asian junior championship, 2000, Mumbai, Silver.
9. Chess Olympiad, 2000, Istanbul, First Grandmaster (GM) norm.
10. Corus tournament, 2001, Wijk Aan Zee, Second GM norm.
11. National `A` championship, 2000, New Delhi, Fifth.
12. Asian junior championship, 2001, Tehran, Silver.
13. Asian championship, 2001, Kolkata, Tenth; Qualified for World championship; Final GM norm.
14. India`s youngest GM, 2001.
15. Ron Banwell MSO Masters tournament, 2001, London, Gold.
16. Commonwealth championship, 2001, London, Gold.
17. World Junior Champion, 2004.
18. Tiayuan Chess Tournament (FIDE Category 15) in China on 20 July 2005, Clear First
19. 9th Essent Tournament Hoogeveen, 2005, Clear First
20. Bermuda Invitational Tournament, 2005, Shared First with Boris Gelfand
21. Pamplona International Tournament, 2005, Shared Second with Ivan Cheparinov
22. Reykjavik Open, 2006, Shared FIRST.
23. 4th Marx Gyorgy Memorial tournament in Hungary, 2006, clear FIRST.
24. Ordix Open (Rapid chess) - Shared Third.
25. Beats A.Naidistch in Mainz to become Chess960 World Junior Champion.