Siddharth Jagadeesh

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Siddharth Jagadeesh
Country Singapore
Born2007 (age 1718)
Chandigarh, India
Title Grandmaster (2024) [1]
FIDE   rating 2515 (January 2025)
Peak rating 2525 (June 2024)

Siddharth Jagadeesh is a Singaporean chess grandmaster.

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Chess career

In March 2024, he tied for first place with Aravindh Chithambaram and Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera at the La Roda Open. He ultimately finished the tournament in second place due to tiebreaks. [2]

In May 2024, he scored his final GM norm at the Sharjah Masters after defeating Andrey Esipenko in the eighth round. With this, he became Singapore's youngest grandmaster. [3]

Personal life

His father Jagadeesh Balakrishnan has contributed to a ChessBase India Foundation scholarship for Indian chess. [4]

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References

  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. Ahmed, Shahid (April 1, 2024). "Aravindh Chithambaram victorious at 50th La Roda Open 2024".
  3. Teoh, Melvyn (May 23, 2024). "Siddharth Jagadeesh becomes Singapore's sixth and youngest chess grandmaster at 17". The Straits Times.
  4. "Singapore Gets Its 5th GM As Indian-Origin Teen Siddharth Jagadeesh Wins In Sharjah Masters". May 23, 2024.