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Sundararajan Kidambi

In this Indian name, the name Kidambi is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Sundararajan.

Sundararajan Kidambi
CountryIndia
Born (1982-12-29) 29 December 1982 (age 42)
Chennai, India
TitleGrandmaster (2009)[1]
Peak rating2526 (January 2010)

Sundararajan Kidambi is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ Kulkarni, Vikramaditya (28 April 2017). "The Golden era of Indian chess: Players born in 1981-83".
  3. ^ Sampat, Amit (28 June 2017). "Deshmukh holds 13th seed Grandmaster Kidambi in 27 moves". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  4. ^ Pereira, Antonio (21 October 2018). "Isle of Man: Half-upsets".
  5. ^ Ahmed, Shahid (30 October 2019). "Antonio Viani wins double in France".
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