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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1990)}}<br />
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{{Infobox chess player<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|6|14}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2019)<ref name="FIDEGM">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main227461.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}</ref><br />
| peakrating = 2507 (March 2017)<br />
| FideID = 5018226<br />
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'''Karthikeyan Pandian''' (born 14 June 1990) is an Indian [[chess]] grandmaster.<br />
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==Career==<br />
In June 2018, Karthikeyan won the [[Commonwealth Chess Championship]], finishing with an undefeated score of 7.5/9.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/p-karthikeyan-and-tania-sachdev-win-commonwealth-titles-6506|title=P. Karthikeyan, Tania Sachdev Win Commonwealth Titles|date=9 July 2018|publisher=chess.com|accessdate=3 August 2025}}</ref><br />
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In November 2018, he achieved his final GM norm at Third Saturday tournament in [[Novi Sad, Serbia]], becoming the 57th grandmaster of India.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Karthikeyan-Pandian-Indai-s-57th-GM|title=P. Karthikeyan becomes India's 57th GM|first=Sagar|last=Shah|date=17 November 2018}}</ref><br />
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In August 2023, he was defeated by Balkishan Anand in the biggest upset of the first round of the Indian National Chess Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/60th-National-Chess-Championship-2023-Round-1-2-report|title=60th National Championship 2023 R1-2: Balkishan upsets P Karthikeyan|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed|date=18 August 2023}}</ref><br />
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He is also a chess coach, and has coached Indian super-grandmaster [[Gukesh D]].<ref name="bio"/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Karthikeyan is married to fellow chess player Harini Sankaran.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Interview-with-P-Karthikeyan|title=Straight from the heart - P. Karthikeyan shares his story of becoming a GM|date=6 December 2018|first=Sagar|last=Shah}}</ref> They have a son born in 2015.<ref name="bio"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{FIDE|5018226}}<br />
{{Indian grandmasters}}<br />
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Chennai]]<br />
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