Arjun Kalyan

Arjun Kalyan (born 17 June 2002), is an Indian chess player. He has the title of international master, which FIDE awarded him in August 2018. He also achieved all the three norms required for the grandmaster title by April 2019.

Arjun Kalyan
Arjun Kalyan, Karlsruhe 2019
Born (2002-06-17) 17 June 2002
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
TitleInternational master (2018)
FIDE rating2477 (February 2021)
Peak rating2484 (May 2019)

Chess career

Kalyan became an International Master (IM) in 2018.[1] He attained his first Grandmaster norm at the Biel Chess Festival in Biel, Switzerland in July 2018.[2] At the International Chess Open held at Roquetas de Mar, Spain in January 2019, he would earn his second Grandmaster norm.[3] Kalyan achieved his third and final norm in April 2019 at the Budapest Spring Festival in Budapest, Hungary.[4] At the 2019 Under-18 World Championship held in Mumbai, India, Kalyan drew his last match against the top seeded player, enabling his fellow country grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa to win the title.[5]

Personal life

Kalyan, a student at the Vellammal Vidyalaya, Chennai scored 93% in his Class X exams in 2018 despite having spent most of his time preparing for his next chess tournaments.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Title Application" (PDF). fide.com. FIDE. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. Das, Sucharita (23 August 2018). "Chennai lad hopes to make it big in chess". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. "Certificate of Title Result" (PDF). fide.com. FIDE. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. "Certificate of Title Result" (PDF). fide.com. FIDE. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  5. "World Youth Chess Championship: 14-year-old Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa wins U-18 Open title". Scroll India. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  6. Shah, Sagar (14 August 2018). "The boy who is in a hurry to become a GM - Arjun Kalyan". ChessBase India. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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