| Arjun Kalyan | |
|---|---|
| Arjun Kalyan 2019 Karlsruhe.jpg Arjun Kalyan, Karlsruhe 2019 | |
| Born | 17 June 2002 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Title | International master (2018) |
| FIDE rating | Template:Elo rating Template:Elo rating |
| Peak rating | 2484 (May 2019) |
Arjun Kalyan (born 17 June 2002), is an Indian chess player. He has the title of international master, which FIDE awarded him in August 2018. He also achieved all the three norms required for the grandmaster title by April 2019.
Chess career[edit | edit source]
Kalyan became an International Master (IM) in 2018.[1] He attained his first Grandmaster norm at the Biel Chess Festival in Biel, Switzerland in July 2018.[2] At the International Chess Open held at Roquetas de Mar, Spain in January 2019, he would earn his second Grandmaster norm.[3] Kalyan achieved his third and final norm in April 2019 at the Budapest Spring Festival in Budapest, Hungary.[4] At the 2019 Under-18 World Championship held in Mumbai, India, Kalyan drew his last match against the top seeded player, enabling his fellow country grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa to win the title.[5]
Personal life[edit | edit source]
Kalyan, a student at the Vellammal Vidyalaya, Chennai scored 93% in his Class X exams in 2018 despite having spent most of his time preparing for his next chess tournaments.[6]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Title Application" (PDF). fide.com. FIDE. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ↑ Das, Sucharita (23 August 2018). "Chennai lad hopes to make it big in chess". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ↑ "Certificate of Title Result" (PDF). fide.com. FIDE. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ↑ "Certificate of Title Result" (PDF). fide.com. FIDE. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ↑ "World Youth Chess Championship: 14-year-old Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa wins U-18 Open title". Scroll India. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ↑ Shah, Sagar (14 August 2018). "The boy who is in a hurry to become a GM - Arjun Kalyan". ChessBase India. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Arjun Kalyan rating card at FIDE
- Arjun Kalyan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Arjun Kalyan chess games at 365Chess.com
