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'''Ramachandran Ramesh''' (a.k.a. '''R. B. Ramesh''') (born 20 April 1976) is an [[India]]n [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]] from [[Chennai]] who won the 2002 [[British Chess Championship|British Championship]] and the 2007 [[Commonwealth Chess Championship|Commonwealth Championship]].<br />
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He is married to [[Woman Grandmaster|WGM]] [[Aarthie Ramaswamy]]. They are India's first Grandmaster couple.<ref>[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/relative.htm&date=2009-10-25+09:50:51 Relatives of Chessplayers]</ref><br />
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He started Chess Gurukul, Chess Academy in Chennai to train young players in 2008. Since then, Chess Gurukul has produced many international chess champions from India, including [[Bharath Subramaniyam]], who became an International master in 2019 at the age of 11 years and 8 months.<ref><br />
[https://www.chessbase.in/news/Bharath-Subramaniyam-becomes-an-IM-at-the-age-of-11-years-and-8-months Bharath Subramaniyam - IM at the age of 11 years and 8 months] on ''chessbase.india'' </ref> <br />
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Ramesh shot to fame with his commentary in the World Chess Championship Match 2013 [[World Chess Championship 2013|Anand - Carlsen]], where he was the official commentator along with GM [[Susan Polgar]].<br />
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