Karthikeyan Pandian (born June 14, 1990) is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career

In June 2018, Karthikeyan won the Commonwealth Chess Championship, finishing with an undefeated score of 7.5/9.[2]

In November 2018, he achieved his final GM norm at Third Saturday tournament in Novi Sad, Serbia, becoming the 57th grandmaster of India.[3]

In August 2023, he was defeated by Balkishan Anand in the biggest upset of the first round of the Indian National Chess Championship.[4]

He is also a chess coach, and has coached Indian super-grandmaster Gukesh D.[3]

Personal life

Karthikeyan is married to fellow chess player Harini Sankaran.[5] They have a son born in 2015.[3]

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