Adhiban Baskaran (born 15 August 1992) is an Indian

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. He was the 2008 World Under-16 Champion and the 2009 Indian champion. He is currently the 21st highest rated player in India.

Career

In 2007 he won the Asian under-16 championship in

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. Adhiban played on the first board for the gold medal-winning Indian team at the Under-16 Chess Olympiad of 2007 and 2008. In 2011, he won the Cultural Village tournament in

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which qualified him for the 2012

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C tournament. In this latter event, he tied for 3rd–4th with

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with a score of 8.5/13. In the

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, Adhiban caused an upset in the first two rounds, beating 2710-rated Russian GM Evgeny Alekseev in the first round, and

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in the second one. Adhiban won the 2013 Sants Open in

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with a score of 8.5 points out of 10. This event included 23 GMs and 28

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s (IMs). In July 2014, he won the Masters open tournament of the

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. In the following month, he contributed to India's bronze medal at the

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scoring 7/11 on board four. He was also a member of the winning team of the Spanish League 2015, Solvay, along with teammates

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, Sergio Cacho Reigadas, Jesus Maria De La Villa Garcia, and

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. Adhiban competed in the

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, where he was knocked out by

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in the first round after the

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tiebreaks. In January 2016, Adhiban won the 2016 Tata Steel Challengers Tournament in a 3-way tie. The co-leaders were GM

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and GM

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, all of whom earned 9 points out of 13 (+6-1=6). Because Adhiban defeated them both, he had the better tiebreaks and was therefore awarded the spot in the next Tata Steel Masters tournament. Despite being the lowest rated player at the 2017 Tata Steel Masters Tournament, he managed to finish third with a score of 7.5 points out of 13 (+4-2=7). He defeated

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, and

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. Adhiban won the 2018

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, scoring 7½/9 (+6–0=3). He recorded victories over Alejandro Ramírez,

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, and Richárd Rapport. Adhiban also won the 2018 edition of the Tournament of Peace held in

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, which was renewed after a 33 year hiatus. He was also a part of bronze winning Indian team in 2022

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held in

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