Subramanian Arun Prasad (born 21 April 1988) is an Indian
chess
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player. In 2008 he became India's
18th chess Grandmaster.
Biography
Born in
Salem, Tamil Nadu
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, Arun Prasad won the 2004 Asian Under 16 Chess Championship in
Tehran
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, Iran edging out
Lê Quang Liêm on tiebreak score and as a result he earned the title of
FIDE Master
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(FM). The same year he also won the
Asian Junior Championship
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on tiebreak over
J. Deepan Chakkravarthy in
Bikaner
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Formerly the capital of ...
, India. Thanks to this achievement Arun Prasad was awarded the title of
International Master
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(IM).
In 2009 he became the first Indian to win the Open in the
Scottish Chess Championship in
Edinburgh
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, Scotland. In 2010 he was part of the bronze medal-winning Indian team in
World Team Chess Championship
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in
Bursa
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, Turkey, also winning the individual bronze medal on board 5. In 2011 he won the
Paris Chess Championship. In 2015 Arun Prasad finished in third place on tiebreak at the
Washington Open, a point behind
Gata Kamsky.
References
External links
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Prasad Arunteam chess record at OlimpBase.org
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1988 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Indian chess players
People from Salem, Tamil Nadu