Shrinjan Rajkumar Gohain
CountryIndia
Born18 August 1990 (1990-08-18) (age 33)
Assam, India
FIDE rating1841 (November 2015)[1]
Peak rating1895 (September 2011)
EducationSt. Joseph's College of Commerce

Shrinjan Rajkumar Gohain (Rajkumar Shrinjan Singha; born 18 August 1990[2]) is an Indian chess player.[3] He is the former Indian chess champion and a Arena Grandmaster[4] who has represented his state, Assam, and India in numerous tournaments.[1][5]

Personal life

Shrinjan Rajkumar Gohain was born in a Tai-Ahom family with his family residences at Guwahati, Moran in Dibrugarh District and Titabor in Jorhat District of Assam. His father's family can be traced back to Ahom Kingdom's royal family of Swargadeo Gadadhar Singha. Gohain is a direct descendant and sixth and seventh Great grandsons of Ahom Kings Swargadeo Rajeswar Singha and Swargadeo Rudra Singha and Great great great grandnephew of Swargadeo Purandar Singha. [6]

Education

Gohain attended Maria's Public School[7] in Guwahati before moving to Bangalore to complete pre-university studies. He then went to St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Shrinjan Rajkumar Gohain". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Shrinjan Rajkumar Gohain". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Rajkumar triumphs". The Hindu. 19 September 2009. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Shrinjan Rajkumar Gohain". chessarena.com.
  5. ↑ "NIIT MindChampions' Academy completes 10 years of developing young minds through Chess in schools". NIIT (Press release). 20 July 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Gogoi, Shanti Priya (2018). Xuworonir Rangin Paat (Assamese book). Dibrugarh Assam: Nandita Hazarika.
  7. ↑ "Dhar wins NIIT meet". The Telegraph. Guwahati. 30 July 2005.
  8. ↑ St. Joseph's Collage of Commerce Bangalore, Magazine (PDF). St. Joseph's College of Commerce. 2021. p. 14.
  9. ↑ "Rajkumar triumphs". The Hindu. 19 September 2009. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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