Karthikeyan Pandian | |
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Country | India |
Born | Chennai, India | June 14, 1990
Title | Grandmaster (2019)[1] |
Peak rating | 2507 (March 2017) |
Karthikeyan Pandian (born June 14, 1990) is an Indian chess grandmaster.
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 top Indian talent Gukesh D.[3]
Karthikeyan is married to fellow chess player Harini Sankaran.[5] They have a son born in 2015.[3]