Karthikeyan Pandian

Not to be confused with Karthikeyan Murali.
In this Indian name, the name Pandian is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Karthikeyan.
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

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]

References

  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".