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Karthikeyan Pandian

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Karthikeyan Pandian
CountryIndia
Born (1990-06-14) June 14, 1990 (age 34)
Chennai, India
TitleGrandmaster (2019)[1]
Peak rating2507 (March 2017)

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

Career

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "P. Karthikeyan, Tania Sachdev Win Commonwealth Titles". July 9, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c 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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