About Karthikeyan Pandian
Born 1990. Karthikeyan Pandian is an Indian chess player.
Karthikeyan Pandian (born 14 June 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.
In November 2018, he achieved his final GM norm at Third Saturday tournament in Novi Sad, Serbia, becoming the 57th grandmaster of India.
In August 2023, he was defeated by Balkishan Anand in the biggest upset of the first round of the Indian National Chess Championship.
He is also a chess coach, and has coached Indian super-grandmaster Gukesh D. They have a son born in 2015.
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Who is Karthikeyan Pandian?
Indian chess player
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Karthikeyan Pandian was born on 14 June 1990 in Chennai.
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Karthikeyan Pandian is a chess player.
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