Arjun Kalyan Explained
Arjun Kalyan (born 17 June 2002), is an Indian chess player. He has the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in April 2021.
Chess career
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
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
Notes and References
- Web site: Title Application . fide.com . FIDE . 10 August 2018 . 2 February 2021 . Family name: Kalyan, First name: Arjun.
- News: Das . Sucharita . Chennai lad hopes to make it big in chess . 2 February 2021 . Deccan Chronicle . 23 August 2018 . 16-year-old Arjun Kalyan placed third and became an International Master (IM) at the 38th Benasque Chess Open 2018 ... Arjun won an IM norm by beating Grand Masters Mihail Marin from Romania and Santos Ruiz Miguel from Spain.
- Web site: Certificate of Title Result . fide.com . . 2 February 2021.
- Web site: Certificate of Title Result . fide.com . . 2 February 2021.
- News: World Youth Chess Championship: 14-year-old Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa wins U-18 Open title . 2 February 2021 . Scroll India . 12 October 2019 . India’s R Praggnanandhaa emerged as the winner in the World Youth Chess Championship ... will have to thank compatriot International Master Arjun Kalyan for engineering a crucial draw against top seeded Shant Sargsyan (Armenia) ... the Armenian couldn’t unravel a determined Arjun, allowing Praggnanandhaa to call truce and clinch the title.
- News: Shah . Sagar . The boy who is in a hurry to become a GM - Arjun Kalyan . 2 February 2021 . ChessBase India . 14 August 2018 . Arjun's performance speaks for itself.
