Sundararajan Kidambi

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Sundararajan Kidambi
Personal information
Born (1982-12-29) 29 December 1982 (age 42)
Chennai, India
Chess career
Country India
Title Grandmaster (2009) [1]
Peak rating 2526 (January 2010)

Sundararajan Kidambi is an Indian chess grandmaster.

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Career

He is India's 19th Grandmaster, and trained with top grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran. [2] Sundararajan achieved his GM norms at the: [1]

In June 2017, he was held to draw by Anup Deshmukh in the Catalan Chess Circuit in Montcada, Spain. [3]

In October 2018, he held Vladimir Kramnik (who was rated over 300 points higher) to a draw in first round of the Isle of Man International Tournament. [4]

In October 2019, he finished in joint seventh place at the Liffré International Open in France with a score of 6/9. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Kulkarni, Vikramaditya (28 April 2017). "The Golden era of Indian chess: Players born in 1981-83".
  3. ↑ Sampat, Amit (28 June 2017). "Deshmukh holds 13th seed Grandmaster Kidambi in 27 moves". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Pereira, Antonio (21 October 2018). "Isle of Man: Half-upsets".
  5. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (30 October 2019). "Antonio Viani wins double in France".
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