BASKARAN ADHIBAN (born Aug-15-1992, 32 years old) India [what is this?] International Master (2008); Grandmaster (2010); U16 World Champion (2008); Indian Champion (2009) Baskaran Adhiban is a grandmaster from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and is one of India's elite players with a rating consistently over 2600. Grandmaster norms He gained his GM norms at the Indian National Championship in 2009, the international grandmaster tournament in Bhuvaneswar in 2010 and at the Olomouc Chess Summer Tournament in August 2010. He gained the GM title at the completion of the last named event as he had already been rated over 2500 when he gained his 3rd GM norm. Championships <Youth> In October 2008, he won the U16 World Youth Championship. <National> He was the youngest ever champion of the Indian national 'B' championships, which he won in September 2008. Winner of the 47th Premier National Chess Championship 2009 with 10/13. <Continental> =2nd (5th on tiebreak) at the 2013 Asian Continental Championship qualifying to play in the World Cup (2013). He was 2nd at the 2014 Asian Continental Championship behind Chinese wunderkind Yu Yangyi. <World> In the 2013 World Cup, he defeated Evgeny Alekseev in the first round and Alexandr Hilario Takeda dos Santos Fier in the second round but was defeated by US super-GM Hikaru Nakamura in the next one. His results at the 2014 Asian Continental Championship qualified him to compete in the World Cup (2015) where he was eliminated from the event in the first round's first set of rapid tiebreakers by Russian GM Vladimir Fedoseev. He was again selected in 2017 for the World Cup by nomination of FIDE(5). Standard Tournaments Adhiban won the Olomouc Chess Summer 2010 GM-2 tournament with 7/10 and came =1st at the 2nd SCS International Open Grand Master Chess Tournament 2010. He also won the Cultural Village Schaaktoernooi 2011 tournament held in the Netherlands with 6.5 points from 9 games. A few weeks after the 2013 World Cup, he took outright first with 8.5/10 in the powerful Hostafrancs Open in Barcelona ahead of many GMS, including six rated over 2600. He came =2nd at the Zalakaros Open 2015 (4th on tiebreaks) with a score of 6.5/9 (+4,-0,=5). In July 2015, he won the powerful Benasque Open with 8.5/10, half a point clear of a trailing pack of six grandmasters, who in turn led 24 other grandmasters and numerous IMs and other masters. (1) Also in July 2015, Adhiban placed =1st (2nd on tiebreak behind Emil Sutovsky) with 8/11. (2) Team events (3) <U16 Olympiads> Adhiban was top board for the Indian team at the 2006 U16 Olympiad staged in Agri in India. He was also top board in the gold medal winning Indian teams that were fielded in the U-16 World Olympiads in Singapore in 2007 and in Turkey in 2008. <Olympiads> He played reserve for India at the Chess Olympiad (2010). He played board 4 for India at the Chess Olympiad (2014) held in Tromsø, his 7/10 being an important component of India winning the bronze medal for the first time. <Regional and World Team Championships> Adhiban played reserve for the bronze-medal winning Indian team at the 16th Asian Games (Men Teams) (2010). He was top board for India 2 at the 2009 Asian Team Championship, helping his team to 5th place and scoring 5th for his board. At the 2014 Asian Team Championship, he played board 2 for his country, this time helping his country to team silver, and again placing 5th for his board. He was also the second reserve for India at the World Team Championship (2010), and assisted his team to win the bronze medal. Other Adhiban works for Indian Oil at Chennai and is trained by Kameswaran Visweswaran. (4) Sources and references (1) http://chess-results.com/tnr179472....; (2) http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/...; (3) http://www.olimpbase.org/playerswy/...; (4) http://asianchess.com/news/detail/1...; (5) http://www.fide.com/images/stories/... Also: http://www.bidmonfa.com/adhiban_bas... Wikipedia article: Baskaran Adhiban Last updated: 2017-07-25 12:45:21

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page 1 of 49; games 1-25 of 1,222  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Adhiban vs G Margvelashvili   ½-½ 47 2006 Olympiad U16 11th E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 2. L Bregadze vs B Adhiban   ½-½ 48 2006 Wch U14 A50 Queen's Pawn Game 3. Swayams Mishra vs B Adhiban   0-1 48 2007 Asia-ch U16 E15 Queen's Indian 4. B Adhiban vs I K Sukandar   1-0 29 2007 World ol U16 12th B25 Sicilian, Closed 5. So vs B Adhiban 1-0 72 2008 World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad C28 Vienna Game 6. B Adhiban vs G V Wijesuriya   1-0 32 2008 Commonwealth Championship B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 7. M Vinoth Kumar vs B Adhiban   1-0 28 2008 Commonwealth Championship A48 King's Indian 8. B Adhiban vs R Deepthamsh 1-0 40 2008 Commonwealth Championship B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 9. S Gurpreet vs B Adhiban   ½-½ 46 2008 Commonwealth Championship C50 Giuoco Piano 10. B Adhiban vs E P Nirmal   1-0 30 2008 Commonwealth Championship C55 Two Knights Defense 11. J Ophoff vs B Adhiban   ½-½ 31 2008 Commonwealth Championship D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 12. T Purushothaman vs B Adhiban   0-1 30 2008 Commonwealth Championship E12 Queen's Indian 13. B Adhiban vs N Das   0-1 50 2008 Commonwealth Championship B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 14. C Praveen Kumar vs B Adhiban   1-0 35 2008 Commonwealth Championship D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 15. B Adhiban vs R R Ankit   1-0 37 2008 Commonwealth Championship B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 16. E Forato vs B Adhiban 0-1 23 2008 Open 16-wycc C53 Giuoco Piano 17. B Adhiban vs S Soors   1-0 42 2008 Open 16-wycc C05 French, Tarrasch 18. B Adhiban vs K Priyadharshan   ½-½ 60 2008 Open 16-wycc C67 Ruy Lopez 19. L Mai vs B Adhiban   0-1 67 2008 Open 16-wycc C53 Giuoco Piano 20. J Jorczik vs B Adhiban 0-1 25 2008 Open 16-wycc D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. B Adhiban vs Debashis Das   ½-½ 23 2008 Open 16-wycc B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. A Gritsenko vs B Adhiban   0-1 50 2008 Open 16-wycc B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. B Adhiban vs S P Sethuraman 1-0 38 2008 Open 16-wycc C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 24. Shimanov vs B Adhiban   ½-½ 74 2008 Open 16-wycc D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 25. B Adhiban vs V Durarbayli   1-0 47 2008 Open 16-wycc B30 Sicilian  page 1 of 49; games 1-25 of 1,222

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-23-15    Penguincw: Congrats to Baskaran Adhiban for his performance at the Zalakaros Open. He took 2nd place (4th on tiebreaks) with a score of 6.5/9 (+4,-0,=5) and gained 3.5 rating points (now at 2639.5). Jul-13-15    sonia91: Winner of the 35th Open de "Villa Benasque" with 8,5/10: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr179... Aug-23-15    jith1207: Adhiban was born in same small town as Vishy Anand and their mothers grew up there (Just like I did in same town). Adhiban later moved to the city and grew up in Chennai, for learning and playing Chess, getting to the level of GrandMaster, just as former world champion did (with the exception of Anand learning some trade in Phillipines in young age). There are striking similarities and coincidences in both of their lives. Here's expecting Adhiban reaches 2700+ mark and stays up there among the elite for years to come! Apr-04-16    tamar: Hopefully Adhiban can report on his games in the Asia Nations Cup, as he did for Tata Steel. That report was one of my favorites http://en.chessbase.com/post/adhiba... May-08-16    PawnSac: < wordfunph: "He is a gifted tactician. Last year I was matched against him in a team tournament. I played the Gruenfeld and Adhiban played h2-h4 and mated me in 20 moves as if I was not there. It was as if he was giving a simul." - GM Peter Svidler > Yes he is a sharp tactician and creative. When he smooths out some of the bumps in the road i expect we will see him climb up the list. But the only game between Peter and Bask in the database.. Baskaran Adhiban vs Peter Svidler Tradewise Gibraltar (2015) · Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D85) · 1/2-1/2 ..is a draw. Was Peter thinking of someone else? hmmm. will have to do some investigation. Jan-19-17    ketchuplover: Down goes Karjakin! Jan-19-17    ketchuplover: First French for Adhiban! Jan-20-17    JASAHA: I think Svidler was probably thinking of Harikrishna vs Svidler, 2008 Here he lost in 27 moves. Jan-22-17    jith1207: Chessgames does not have whole lot of games in, even as they are doing a tremendous job, especially as of late. If Svidler talks like that, he probably is not talking about a different person. Time to check out other chess databases. But among Aadhiban's miniatures, my favourite is the one he won in 20 moves against Wei Yi. Jan-22-17    batongol: https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/201... Nice one Adhi! Jan-22-17    fisayo123: Well done Baskaran! Jan-22-17    sonia91: <Well done Baskaran!> Actually, according to Tamil naming conventions, Baskaran is his father's name :) Jan-22-17    tamar: Not easy to prepare against Adhiban. A French for the first time, a King's Gambit and a Vienna. Jan-28-17    Conrad93: He's gained 23 points and jumped up 36 places. Adhiban is doing pretty well. Jan-29-17    SteinitzLives: A Kings gambit w/ white that draws against So, a Scandinavian w/ black that draws against Carlsen, the ghosts of Bronstein and Larsen smile down on him. Jan-31-17    Chessinfinite: Great show by Adhiban at Tata Chess!. Congrats on a strong performance at the big stage.. Looking forward to more good games. Feb-19-19    Penguincw: Adhiban will be leading India at the World Team Chess Championship. https://www.business-standard.com/a... Mar-11-19    jith1207: And, 5 rounds into the World Team championship, Adhiban reached the 2700 club for his first time, gaining 17.5 points so far in the tournament. The rating might fluctuate for a while, but for time being he becomes 4th Indian chess grand master to be featured in 2700 club at the same time, which is also the first time for the country. Feb-08-20    offramp: He was spotted wearing a watch (analogue) during the National Teams Chess Championships in Ahmedabad, India. His opponent, C R G Krishna, pointed it out and Baskaran Adhiban forfeited the game. Harsh! Feb-08-20    OhioChessFan: Where was the captain? Feb-08-20    MissScarlett: <His opponent, C R G Krishna, pointed it out and Baskaran Adhiban forfeited the game.> Did he actually see the watch or only hear it second hand? Feb-10-20    OhioChessFan: https://www.chess.com/amp/news/adhi... Feb-15-20    Sally Simpson: *** What a miserable way to claim a win. Running to a jobs worth because an opponent is wearing a watch. How can you look an opponent in the eye after stealing a win in such a way. Honestly I would have leaned across the board and said you may get into trouble if someone spots you wearing a watch. (Or sac my entire chess and one move from being mated point to their watch and offer a draw.) Examine the watch and give a warning perhaps with a time pemalty(!) was the sensible option. I had good watch once. Dust Proof, Rust Proof, Water Proof and Shock Proof. It caught on fire! *** Feb-15-20    OhioChessFan: I would never shake hands or speak to the other person again. May-02-20    wordfunph: i read from New In Chess Magazine that his moniker is "The Beast".. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 3) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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