Aravindh Chithambaram

Aravindh Chithambaram (born 11 September 1999) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He won the Indian chess championships twice, in 2018 and 2019.

In this Indian name, the name Chithambaram is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Aravindh.
Aravindh Chithambaram
Aravindh Chithambaram in 2016
CountryIndia
Born11 September 1999 (1999-09-11) (age 21)
Thirunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
TitleGrandmaster (2015)
FIDE rating2641 (February 2021)
Peak rating2641 (March 2020)
RankingNo. 118 (January 2021)

Personal life

Aravindh was born in Thirunagar[1][2] in 1999. His father died when he was three and his mother worked as a Life Insurance Corporation agent to support the family. He learned to play chess at the age of seven from his paternal grandfather, who introduced him to the game in an attempt to quell his desires to constantly leave the house and play cricket with other boys.[3]

Chess career

Aravindh won the Indian U19 Chess Championship at the age of 12. He competed in the World U14 Chess Championship in 2012, placing second to Kayden Troff.[4]

He won his first major tournament in 2013 when he scored 9/11 for a performance rating of 2728 at the Chennai Grandmaster International Open, defeating four grandmasters and two international masters in the process.[3] This result earned him his first grandmaster norm; at the time he had not achieved any of his international master norms.[4]

He earned his international master title in 2014 and his grandmaster title in 2015.[5][6]

In February 2018, he participated in the Aeroflot Open. He finished twenty-sixth out of ninety-two,[7] scoring 5/9 (+3–2=4).[8]

References
  1. IM title application (PDF). FIDE.
  2. GM title application (PDF). FIDE.
  3. Kulkarni, Abhijeet (29 November 2013). "Meet India's newest chess star Aravind Chithambaram". Firstpost.
  4. Kumar, P. K. Ajith (28 November 2013). "Aravindh Chithambaram: An exciting prospect". The Hindu.
  5. 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting, Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS, 29 March - 1 April 2014 FIDE
  6. 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting, 26-29 April 2015, Chengdu, CHN FIDE
  7. Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A". Chess Results.
  8. Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A: Aravindh Chithambaram Vr". Chess Results.
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