Karthikeyan Pandian

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Karthikeyan Pandian
Country India
Born (1990-06-14) June 14, 1990 (age 33)
Chennai, India
Title Grandmaster (2019) [1]
Peak rating 2507 (March 2017)

Karthikeyan Pandian (born June 14, 1990) is an Indian chess grandmaster.

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Career

In June 2018, Karthikeyan won the Commonwealth Chess Championship, finishing with an undefeated score of 7.5/9. [2]

In November 2018, he achieved his final GM norm at Third Saturday tournament in Novi Sad, Serbia, becoming the 57th grandmaster of India. [3]

In August 2023, he was defeated by Balkishan Anand in the biggest upset of the first round of the Indian National Chess Championship. [4]

He is also a chess coach, and has coached Indian super-grandmaster Gukesh D. [3]

Personal life

Karthikeyan is married to fellow chess player Harini Sankaran. [5] They have a son born in 2015. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "P. Karthikeyan, Tania Sachdev Win Commonwealth Titles". July 9, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Shah, Sagar (November 17, 2018). "P. Karthikeyan becomes India's 57th GM".
  4. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (August 18, 2023). "60th National Championship 2023 R1-2: Balkishan upsets P Karthikeyan".
  5. ↑ Shah, Sagar (December 6, 2018). "Straight from the heart - P. Karthikeyan shares his story of becoming a GM".
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