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Sivanandan began playing chess during lockdown in 2020. In 2022 she said "I love to play chess because it helps me to recognise patterns, focus my attention and is helping me to learn how to strategise and calculate moves in advance.
Alireza Firouzja (Persian: علیرضا فیروزجا, pronounced [æliːɾeˈzɒː fiːɾuːzˈdʒɒː]; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian and French chess grandmaster. Firouzja is the youngest player to have surpassed a FIDE rating of 2800, beating the previous record set by Magnus Carlsen by more than five months.
Srinath Narayanan was born and brought up in Chennai. He started playing chess when he was just five years old. In 2002, at the tender age of 8, he became India's youngest FIDE rated player, with an initial rating of 2088. [2] In July 2005, he took the gold medal in the U12 division at the World Youth Chess Championships held in Belfort, France ...
Wesley Barbossa So (born October 9, 1993) is a Filipino and American chess grandmaster, a three-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the first World Fischer Random Chess Champion. He is also a three-time Philippine Chess Champion. On the March 2017 FIDE rating list, he was ranked number two in the world and had an Elo rating of 2822, [ 1 ] making him the fifth-highest-rated player in history.
Tania Sachdev (born 20 August 1986) [2] is an Indian chess player, who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a two-time Indian women's chess champion in 2006 and 2007, [3][4] one-time Asian women's chess champion in 2007 [3][5] and three-time and current Commonwealth Women's Chess Champion in ...
John Michael Burke (born July 1, 2001) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). A chess prodigy, Burke reached an Elo rating of 2603 [1] in September 2015.
Sagar Shah. Sagar Shah (born 28 January 1990) [2] is an Indian chess player, journalist, commentator, and YouTuber who holds the title of International Master (IM). He co-founded ChessBase India in late 2015 with his wife Amruta Mokal. [3] Professionally a chartered accountant, Shah has a peak FIDE rating of 2468 with two Grandmaster (GM) norms.
Irina Borisivna Krush (Ukrainian: Ірина Борисівна Круш; born December 24, 1983) is an American chess Grandmaster. She is the only woman to earn the GM title while playing for the United States. [ 1 ][ a ] Krush is an eight-time U.S. Women's Champion and a two-time Women's American Cup Champion.