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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1982)}}<br />
{{Indian patronymic|Sundararajan|Kidambi}}<br />
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{{Infobox chess player<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|12|29}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], India<br />
| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2009)<ref name="FIDEGM">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main4336.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}</ref><br />
| peakrating = 2526 (January 2010)<br />
| FideID = 5005370<br />
}}<br />
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'''Sundararajan Kidambi''' is an Indian [[chess]] grandmaster.<br />
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==Career==<br />
He is India's 19th Grandmaster, and trained with top grandmaster [[Krishnan Sasikiran]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/chess-players-of-1981-83-era/|title=The Golden era of Indian chess: Players born in 1981-83|date=28 April 2017|first=Vikramaditya|last=Kulkarni}}</ref> Sundararajan achieved his GM norms at the:<ref name="FIDEGM"/><br />
*Canadian Open International Chess Tournament in July 2005<br />
*Badalona International Open in August 2008<br />
*Dubai Open in May 2009<br />
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In June 2017, he was held to draw by Anup Deshmukh in the Catalan Chess Circuit in Montcada, Spain.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/deshmukh-holds-13th-seed-grandmaster-kidambi-in-27-moves/articleshow/59358426.cms|title=Deshmukh holds 13th seed Grandmaster Kidambi in 27 moves|first=Amit|last=Sampat|date=28 June 2017|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=3 August 2025}}</ref><br />
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In October 2018, he held [[Vladimir Kramnik]] (who was rated over 300 points higher) to a draw in first round of the Isle of Man International Tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/isle-of-man-2018-round-1|title=Isle of Man: Half-upsets|first=Antonio|last=Pereira|date=21 October 2018}}</ref><br />
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In October 2019, he finished in joint seventh place at the Liffré International Open in France with a score of 6/9.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Antonio-Viani-wins-double-in-France|title=Antonio Viani wins double in France|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed|date=30 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{FIDE|5005370}}<br />
{{Indian grandmasters}}<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:1982 births]]<br />
[[Category:Chess Grandmasters]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian chess players]]</div>
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