Karthikeyan Pandian

Karthikeyan Pandian
Personal information
Born (1990-06-14) 14 June 1990 (age 36)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Spouse
Harini Sankaran
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(m. 2013)​
Chess career
CountryIndia
TitleGrandmaster (2019)
Peak rating2507 (March 2017)

Karthikeyan Pandian (born 14 June 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.

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

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

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

Personal life

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

References

  1. ↑ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "P. Karthikeyan, Tania Sachdev Win Commonwealth Titles". chess.com. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Shah, Sagar (17 November 2018). "P. Karthikeyan becomes India's 57th GM".
  4. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (18 August 2023). "60th National Championship 2023 R1-2: Balkishan upsets P Karthikeyan".
  5. ↑ Shah, Sagar (6 December 2018). "Straight from the heart - P. Karthikeyan shares his story of becoming a GM".