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Ashwin Jayaram

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Ashwin Jayaram
CountryIndia
Born (1990-08-14) August 14, 1990 (age 34)
Aluva, India
TitleGrandmaster (2015)[1]
FIDE rating2471 (August 2024)
Peak rating2515 (September 2015)

Ashwin Jayaram is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career

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

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

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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

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