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    Krishnan Sasikiran (Tamil: கிருஷ்ணன் சசிகிரண்; born 7 January 1981) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He was one of Viswanathan Anand's seconds in the World...
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  • time control for the matches was 15+10, and 5+3 for the tiebreaks. Krishnan Sasikiran won the event by defeating 2—0 the runner-up, Aleksandr Shimanov in...
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    2594  Peter Heine Nielsen (DEN), 2593  Konstantin Aseev (RUS), 2591  Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2589  Bartłomiej Macieja (POL), 2588  Ashot Anastasian (ARM)...
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  • Maharashtra 1990 WIM F 11 Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi Tamil Nadu 2000 IM F 12 Krishnan Sasikiran Tamil Nadu 2002 GM M - Koneru Humpy Andhra Pradesh 2003 GM F 13 Surya...
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    Nevednichy (ROM), 2582  Joel Benjamin (USA), 2577  Grigory Serper (USA), 2574  Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2573  Alexander Chernin (HUN), 2572  Gilberto Hernandez (MEX)...
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  • 2014-01 1985  Russia Andrey Esipenko 2723 2022-03 2002 78  India Krishnan Sasikiran 2720 2012-05 1981  Russia Alexander Riazantsev 2720 2012-07 1985  Ukraine...
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  • tournament games. The better known of these was against Indian GM Krishnan Sasikiran at the May 2005 Sigeman Tournament in Copenhagen/Malmö, Denmark. Nakamura...
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  • Nagpur Krishnan Sasikiran 37 2000 Mumbai Abhijit Kunte 38 2001 Delhi Dibyendu Barua 39 2002 Nagpur Krishnan Sasikiran 40 2003 Mumbai Krishnan Sasikiran 41...
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    with Alexei Barsov and Krishnan Sasikiran at Hastings Chess Congress at the start of 2002. Finishing half a point behind Sasikiran in the 2002 National...
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  • Lobanov 1 1 $1,000 Abdulla Gadimbayli 1 1 $1,000 Andrew Tang 1 1 $1,000 Krishnan Sasikiran 1 1 $1,000 Srinath Narayanan 1 1 $1,000 Abhimanyu Mishra 1 1 $1,000...
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     Viktor Bologan (Moldova) 2665  Konstantin Sakaev (Russia) 2665  Krishnan Sasikiran (India) 2659  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2657  Alexander Graf (Germany)...
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    in 40 moves. She finished with an even score, and notably defeated Krishnan Sasikiran, a Grandmaster rated 2707 at the time. At the end of the year, Muzychuk...
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    the 2001 FIDE World Championship, Morozevich beat Nugzar Zeliakov, Krishnan Sasikiran and Mikhail Gurevich before losing in tie-breaks in the fourth round...
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  • He is India's 19th Grandmaster, and trained with top grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran. Sundararajan achieved his GM norms at the: Canadian Open International...
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     Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU), 2668  Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA), 2661  Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2661  Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2660  Predrag Nikolić (BIH)...
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  • noted top-level exponents include Alexey Dreev, Pentala Harikrishna, Krishnan Sasikiran and Jan Timman. The Torre Attack is rarely met in modern top-flight...
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    Short (ENG), 2684  Alexey Dreev (RUS), 2673  Vladimir Malakhov (RUS), 2670  Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2670  Ye Jiangchuan (CHN), 2667  Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO)...
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    the opening press conference, Anand revealed his new seconds to be Krishnan Sasikiran, Sandipan Chanda and Peter Leko. Carlsen at first declined to reveal...
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  • Event Team Points 2014 Tromsø Parimarjan Negi Panayappan Sethuraman Sasikiran Krishnan Adhiban Baskaran Musunuri Rohit Lalit Babu 17 2022 Chennai Gukesh...
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    two medals in the Commonwealth Chess Championship (took 2nd, behind Krishnan Sasikiran, at Sangli 2000, and 3rd at Mumbai 2003, Nguyen Anh Dung won off contest)...
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  • Tamil and Malayali films A nickname for Indian chess Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran Sasi, Croatia, a village near Velika Gorica Sasi, a fraction of the...
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    Romanov (RUS), 2662 (E13) 59.   Eltaj Safarli (AZE), 2660 (E13) 60.   Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2660 (AS13) 61.   Vadim Zvjaginsev (RUS), 2659 (E13) 62.   Denis...
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    Rapport, Judit Polgár  India 17 Parimarjan Negi, Panayappan Sethuraman, Krishnan Sasikiran, Adhiban Baskaran, Musunuri Rohit Lalit Babu 2016 42nd Chess Olympiad...
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  • International Master Murugan Thiruchelvam, chess player from United Kingdom Krishnan Sasikiran, Grandmaster and Arjuna Award winner for chess (2002) S. Vijayalakshmi...
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  • Jacob Sarratt (England, 1772–1819) Jeff Sarwer (Canada, born 1978) Krishnan Sasikiran (India, born 1981) Harold Saunders (England, 1875–1950) Stanislav...
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    During the opening press conference, Anand revealed his seconds to be Krishnan Sasikiran, Radosław Wojtaszek and Grzegorz Gajewski. Carlsen's seconds were...
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    Azmaiparashvili. Shortly afterwards he tied for first with Alexei Dreev and Krishnan Sasikiran in the North Sea Cup played in Esbjerg in Denmark with 6½/9, finished...
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  • Sorokin, Krishnan Sasikiran, Evgeny Vladimirov and Alexander Fominyh. Sorokin won the championship on tie-break points but the title went to Krishnan Sasikiran...
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    ½ (W 78) 1 (B 47) 0 (W 22) ½ (B 56) 0 (W 65) 7½ 111 116½ 2569 104 Krishnan Sasikiran 2601 1 (W 191) 0 (B 31) 1 (W 182) ½ (B 79) ½ (W 4) ½ (B 105) 0 (B...
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    Xiangzhi is married to Huang Qian, also a chess player. Bu Xiangzhi vs Krishnan Sasikiran, VI Ciudad de Dos Hermanas Internet 2005, Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange...
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