Shiyam Thavandiran

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Shiyam Thavandiran
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Thavandiran in 2024
Personal information
Born (1992-05-25) May 25, 1992 (age 33)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chess career
Country Canada
Title International Master (2017)
Peak rating 2420 (December 2019)

Shiyamalen Thavandiran is a Canadian chess player.

Chess career

He started playing chess at the age of 7. [1] He placed 8th in the World U10 Championships and became the youngest Canadian junior champion at the age of 12. [2]

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In January 2012, he won the Canadian University Championship, which helped his University of Western Ontario team (Aman Hambleton, Raja Panjwani, and Justin McDonald) to the championship. [3]

He won the Canadian Chess Championship in April 2024, during which he went undefeated and achieved wins against other strong players such as Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux, Raja Panjwani, Nikolay Noritsyn, and grandmaster Bator Sambuev. [4] In September 2024, he represented the country at the 45th Chess Olympiad, where he defeated the higher-rated grandmasters Štěpán Žilka and Trần Tuấn Minh in the third and last rounds, respectively. [5]

Personal life

Off the chessboard, he works as a machine learning engineer at RBC. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Ferguson, Keri (April 22, 2022). "Science grad makes his move toward grandmaster title".
  2. ↑ Rosner, Cecil (March 18, 2022). "Toronto data scientist takes sabbatical to pursue his chess ambition". The Globe and Mail.
  3. ↑ "2012 Canadian University Ch A".
  4. ↑ "2024 Canadian Zonal".
  5. ↑ "Round 3".
  6. ↑ "Shiyam Thavandiran".
  7. ↑ "SHIYAM THAVANDIRAN".
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