Sundararajan Kidambi Explained

Country:	India
Birth Date:	29 December 1982
Birth Place:	Chennai, India
Grandmaster (2009)^[1]
Peakrating:	2526 (January 2010)
Fideid:	5005370

Sundararajan Kidambi is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career

He is India's 19th Grandmaster, and trained with top grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran.^[2] Sundararajan achieved his GM norms at the:^[1]

• Canadian Open International Chess Tournament in July 2005
• Badalona International Open in August 2008
• Dubai Open in May 2009

In June 2017, he was held to draw by Anup Deshmukh in the Catalan Chess Circuit in Montcada, Spain.^[3]

In October 2018, he held Vladimir Kramnik (who was rated over 300 points higher) to a draw in first round of the Isle of Man International Tournament.^[4]

In October 2019, he finished in joint seventh place at the Liffré International Open in France with a score of 6/9.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIDE Title Application (GM).
2. Web site: The Golden era of Indian chess: Players born in 1981-83. April 28, 2017. Vikramaditya. Kulkarni.
3. Web site: Deshmukh holds 13th seed Grandmaster Kidambi in 27 moves. Amit. Sampat. June 28, 2017.
4. Web site: Isle of Man: Half-upsets. Antonio. Pereira. October 21, 2018.
5. Web site: Antonio Viani wins double in France. Shahid. Ahmed. October 30, 2019.