Ashwin Jayaram

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Ashwin Jayaram
Country India
Born (1990-08-14) 14 August 1990 (age 34)
Aluva, India
Title Grandmaster (2015) [1]
FIDE   rating 2471 (July 2025)
Peak rating 2515 (September 2015)

Ashwin Jayaram is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career

Ashwin began playing chess at the age of 8. [2] He was trained by K Ganesan. [3]

Contents

He achieved his three GM norms from 2007 to 2009, winning the Asian Junior Chess Championship twice. [3] In 2014, he moved to St Louis, Missouri. [2] In 2015, he surpassed the 2500 rating mark, achieving the Grandmaster title. [3]

Personal life

He studied finance at Webster University and played on their "B" chess team alongside Manuel León Hoyos, Vasif Durarbayli, and Priyadharshan Kannappan. [4] [5]

References

  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 "ASHWIN JAYARAM".
  3. 1 2 3 Shah, Sagar (5 February 2020). "Life lessons from India's 39th GM - Ashwin Jayaram".
  4. "ASHWIN JAYARAM".
  5. Klein, Mike (2 January 2017). "Webster Doubles Up At Pan-Ams".