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{{Infobox chess player<br />
| country = [[India]] (until 2017)<br>[[Ireland]] (since 2017)<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2004|10|17}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[India]]<br />
| title = [[International Master]] (2022)<br />
| peakrating = 2410 (September 2022)<br />
|FideID = 45004714<br />
}}<br />
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'''Tarun Kanyamarala''' is an Irish [[chess]] player.<br />
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==Chess career==<br />
In October 2019, he won the Limerick Open with an undefeated score of 5.5/6, having finished a half-point ahead of the runners-up Gabriel Voiteanu and Henry Li.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Tarun-Kanyamarala-wins-Limerick-Open-2019|title=Tarun Kanyamarala wins Limerick Open 2019|date=November 3, 2019|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed}}</ref><br />
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In January 2020, he defeated grandmaster [[Georg Meier (chess player)|Georg Meier]] (who was rated 300 points higher) at the Dublin Gonzaga Masters. This was his first victory against a grandmaster.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Ireland-s-first-WIM-Trisha-Kanyamarala|title=Ireland's first WIM - Trisha Kanyamarala|first=Sagar|last=Shah|date=March 2, 2020}}</ref><br />
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In March 2022, he became Ireland’s youngest International Master at the age of 17 years and 5 months, beating [[Brian Kelly (chess player)|Brian Kelly]]'s record from 1998.<ref name="times"/><br />
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In July 2022, he won the [[Irish Chess Championship]] (the same year his sister won the Irish Women's Championship) and later played for the country in the [[44th Chess Olympiad]].<ref name="times">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/indian-origin-siblings-look-to-shine-for-ireland-at-chess-olympiad/articleshow/92860094.cms|title=Indian origin siblings look to shine for Ireland at Chess Olympiad|date=July 13, 2022}}</ref><br />
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In June 2023, he started a chess technology company called Ireland Chess Technology Limited in Portlaoise along with his sister.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laoistoday.ie/2023/06/29/two-laois-students-have-co-founded-a-chess-technology-company-based-in-portlaoise/|title=Two Laois students have co-founded a chess technology company based in Portlaoise|date=June 29, 2023|first=Mark|last=Comerford}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
His younger sister is [[Trisha Kanyamarala]], who won the British Women's Chess Championship in 2024.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{FIDE|45004714}}<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:2004 births]]<br />
[[Category:Chess International Masters]]<br />
[[Category:Irish chess players]]<br />
[[Category:Chess Olympiad competitors]]<br />
[[Category:Indian emigrants to Ireland]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian chess players]]<br />
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