Students

Parimarjan Negi

International Grandmaster

rating 2639

Born 1993, India, GM since 2006. Has been trained 2006-2007

2006 2^nd place (final GM norm) in round-robin GM tournament - Satka, Russia

Became GM at the age of 13! Second youngest Grandmaster in history of Chess

2007 1-4 places in Youth World Stars – Kirishi, Russia

SP. Sethuraman

International Grandmaster

rating 2628

Born 1993, India, GM since 2011. Has been trained 2007-2014.
2007 Asian Champion U14 – Al Ain, UAE Sub-Junior Champion of India 2008 Bronze medal of World Youth championship U16 - Vung Tau, Vietnam

2009 2-6 places (1st GM norm) in Parasvnath Open Championship - Delhi, India
Silver medal of Indian men’s championship
World Champion U16 - Antalya, Turkey 2010 2^nd place in Youth World Stars - Kirishi, Russia
3^rdplace (2^nd GM norm) in Paris Chess Championship - France
3^rd place inCzech Open tournament – Pardubice, Czech Republic
Winner (final GM norm) of 26^th Voivoda’s Cup - Legnica, Poland
2011 Obtained the title of International Grandmaster at the age of 17
Bronze medal of Indian men’s Championship 2012 3^rdplace in Commonwealth Chess Championship - Chennai, India
2013 1-2 places in Kolkata Open tournament – India
Winner of 7^th Leiden Chess tournament – Netherlands
1-2 places in Hyderabad Open tournament - India 2014 Bronze medal of Tromso 2014 Chess Olympiad as a member of Indian men’s team
(7,5 out of 10 on second board, performance - 2756!) - Norway
Champion of India 2014

Vaibhav Suri

International Grandmaster

rating 2600

Born 1997, India, GM since 2012. Has been trained 2008-2014.

2009 2^nd place (1^st IM norm) in GM norm tournament “Alushta summer 2009-2” – Ukraine Bronze medal of Indian Championship U13 6^th place in World Championship U13 – Antalya, Turkey 2010 Final IM norm & 1^st GM norm in 2^nd Orissa GM Open - Bhubaneshwar, India Obtained the title of International Master at the age of 13!

2011 2^nd GM norm at GM international Open – Vizag, India Bronze medal of Indian men’s Championship 2012 Sole winner of 3^rd Luc Open (7,5 out of 9, performance – 2800!) - Lille, France
Obtainted the title of International Grandmaster at the age of 15!
Champion of India U17 2013 2-4 places in Parasvnath Open Chess Championship – Delhi, India
2^nd place in 4^rd Luc Open - Lille, France
1-10 places in 3rd Indonesia Open Chess Championship – Jakarta, Indonesia
Bronze medal of World Youth Championship U18 – Al Ain, UAE
2014 2-7 places in 6^th KIIT International GM Open - Bhubaneshwar, India
Silver medal of World Youth Championship U18 – Durban, South Africa

S.L. Narayanan

International Grandmaster

rating 2669

Born 1998, India, GM since 2015. Has been trained 2014-2018.

2014 final IM norm in 6^th KIIT International GM Open - Bhubaneshwar,India

Junior Champion of India

3-7 placesinIGB Dato International Open - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1^st GM norm in World Junior Championship - Pune, India

2^nd GM normin Philippine Cup International Championship- Quezon, Philippines shared 3-9 places in Chairman’s Cup International - Manila, Philippines 2015 Silver medal of Asian Junior - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan final GM norm at Phillipine OpenShared 2nd place at Phillipine Int Chess Championship - Pasig2nd place at Myanmar International Open - Yangon Obtained the title of International Grandmaster at the age of 17 2016 Silver medal of Asian Junior - New Delhi, India
Silver medal of Commonwealth – Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka Bronze medal of World Junior – Bhubaneswar, India 2017 5,5 out of 9 with opponents average 2652 at Aerofot Open – Moscow, Russia
Shared 2^nd place at Xtracon Chess Open – Denmark 6 out 9 with opponents average 2579 - Isle of Man, Great Britain

Ankit Rajpara

International Grandmaster

rating 2452

Born 1994, India, GM since 2014. Has been trained 2012 -2016.

2012 3-8 places in Nagpur International Open – India

2013 4-11 places (1^st GM norm) in Rethymno Open tournament – Greece

2014 2-6 places (2^nd GM norm) in Casino Open Graz – Austria

Winner of 28^th Cannes International Open (performance-2720!) – France

Obtained the title of International Grandmaster at the age of 19

Shardul Gagare

International Grandmaster

rating 2514

Born 1997, India, GM since 2016. Has been trained 2014-2018.
2015 3rd place (2nd GM norm) in Sant Marti Open - Spain
5 out of 9 with opponents average 2663! - final GM norm - Qatar
2016 Obtained the title of International Grandmaster at the age of 18

Arjun Kalyan

International Grandmaster

rating 2532

Born 2002, India, IM since 2018. Has been trained 2017-2021.
2017 1^st IM norm at Badalona Open – Spain
2^st IM norm at Isle of Man International Masters – Great Britain 2018 final IM norm at Benasque Open – Spain
Obtained the title of International Master at the age of 16 1^st GM norm at Biel Open - Switzerland 2-6 places in Lorca Open - Spain 2019 2-9 places (2^nd GM norm) at Roquetas de Mar Open – Spain Final GM norm in Budapest Spring festival – Hungary

6,5 out of 9 and 4th GM norm in Grenke Open - Germany 7 out 10 and 5th GM norm in Barcelona Open - Spain 2021 Winner of GM Round Robin Rujna Zorja-1 – Serbia Winner of GM Round Robin Rujna Zorja-2 – Serbia Winner of GM Round Robin Rujna Zorja-3 – Serbia Reached 2500 and completed GM title! Obtained the title of International Grandmaster at the age of 19

Raja Rithvik

International Grandmaster

rating 2453

Born 2004, India, GM since 2021. Has been trained 2019-2022.
2019 1^st GM norm in Elllobregat Open - Spain, Barcelona
2021 Shared 1-2 places in GM round robin ”Akva Gold 2” – Serbia
1^st place in GM Round Robin ”Akva Gold 3” – Serbia 2^nd place and 2^nd GM norm in Slovak Open – Slovakia, Scalika final GM norm in First Saturday GM tournament – Hungary, Budapest Obtained the title of International Grandmaster at the age of 17

Aditya Mittal

International Grandmaster

rating 2486

Born 2006, India, IM since 2019, trained since January 2017.
2018 1^st IM norm in IIFL Mumbai Open – India
2019 2^nd IM norm in Delhi Open - India final IM norm in Aeroflot Open – Moscow, Russia Obtained the title of International Master at the age of 12! 2021 1st GM norm, shared 2nd place in Serbia Open – Serbia, Belgrade
2022 2nd GM norm in El Llobregat Open – Spain, Barcelona
3rd GM norm in Serbia Open – Serbia, Novi Sad won MPL Indian Chess Tour 2022 – Online shared 1-3 places in El Lllobregat Open – Barcelona, Spain Obtained the title of International Grandmaster at the age of 16

Raunak Sadhwani

International Grandmaster

rating 2627

Born 2005, India, IM since 2018. Has been trained October 2017- March 2019.
2018 2^nd GM norm in Gibraltar Open
final IM norm in Sharjah Open - OAE 1-7 places in Felix Cup – Baile Felix, Romania Obtained the title of International Master at the age of 12! Winner of 15^th Dubai Juniors – OAE 2019 1^st GM norm in Aeroflot Open – Moscow, Russia

Bharath Subramaniyam

International Grandmaster

Rating 2517

Born 2007, India, IM since 2019. Trained since March-December 2019, resumed in March 2021 2019 2^nd IM norm in Dubai Open – OAE final IM norm in Goa Open – India Obtained the title of International Master at the age of 12! 2021 1^st GM norm, shared 2^nd place in Serbia Open – Serbia, Belgrade

Shreyas Royal

International Master

Rating 2456

Born 2009, England, IM since 2022. Trained since January 2021
2022 3^rd place in Sparkassen Open – Dortmund, Germany 1^st IM norm in Mind sports GM norm tournament – London, England 2^nd IM norm in Hit Open A – Nova Gorica, Slovenia 3^nd IM norm in Hull international GM norm – England Obtained the title of International Master at the age of 13 Shared 1^st place (first GM norm) in Bavarian Open – Tegernsee, Germany

Sreeshwan Maralakshikari

International Master

rating 2440

Born 2006, India. Trained since December 2017
2018 Silver medal of Indian Championship U13 – Ahmedabad
Gold medal of Commonwealth U12 - Delhi,India 1^st IM norm in Lorca Open – Spain 2019 2^nd IM norm in Roquetas de Mar Open – Spain
Asian Champion U-14 - Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka final IM norm in Sant Marti Open – Spain Bronze medal of World Youth championship U-14 – Mumbai (India) Obtained the title of International Master at the age of 13!

Moksh Amit Doshi

International Master

rating 2405

Born 2003, India, trained since February 2017.
2017 winner of Saint Petersburg IM round robin-2 – Russia
2018 2^nd place (1st IM norm) in Balaton International IM - Hungary
2019 2^nd IM norm in Rilton Cup – Stockholm, Sweden
Asian Champion U-16 (the last IM norm) - Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka 1-2 places in Hoogeveen Open tournament– Netherlands Obtained the title of International Master at the age of 16 2021 4^th place at Vergani Cup 2021 - Italy
2022 shared 1st place in GM Mix Event in Cattolica - Italy
2nd place and 1st GM norm in Czech Open – Pardubice, Czech Republic

Aditya Samant

International Master

rating 2470

Born 2006, India, IM since 2022. Trained since April 2019
2021 Winner of Pune Open – India, Pune
2^nd IM norm in El Lllobregat Open – Barcelona, Spain 2022 3^rd IM norm in Lorca Open - Spain
4^th IM norm in Pune International GM Open – India Obtained the title of International Master at the age of 15 shared 3^rd place (1^st GM norm) in Abu-Dhabi Masters - UAE 2^nd GM norm in El Lllobregat Open – Barcelona, Spain

Vishwa Vasnawala

Women International Master

rating 2222

Born 2006, India, WIM since 2022. Trained since December of 2019
2022 2^nd WIM norm in round robin in IM ASK 6 – Arandjelovac, Serbia
3^rd WIM norm in round robin in IM ASK 7 – Arandjelovac, Serbia Obtained the title of Women International Master at the age of 16

Manish Anto Cristiano

International Master

rating 2371

Born 2005, India. Trained since March of 2016.
2016 Champion of India U11
2016 Shared 2nd place at Wealth Mumbai Junior U-13 – India
2017 Bronze medal in Asian Under 10 Rapid championship in South Korea
Gold medal as a member of Indian team in Under 12 Chess Olympiad in China 5th place in Asian Chess championship Under-12 in Uzbekistan 8th place in Indian championship U-17 at the age of 12!

2019 Team Gold in Asian Rapid Youth Championship U-18 - Sri Lanka 1st IM norm in Riga Open – Latvia 2020 2^nd IM norm in First Saturday GM – Budapest, Hungary
2020 Final IM norm in Vezerkepzo GM - Budapest, Hungary
2021 Obtained the title of International Master at the age of 16

Tihon Chernyaev

World Champion U10 (Rapid and Blitz)

rating 2151

Born 2010, Ukraine. Has been trained October 2016-April 2019.
2017 Gold medals (both Rapid and Blitz) in Ukrainian championship U-8;
Silver medal (classical chess) in Ukrainian Championship U-8 Gold medal in Rapid chess in Ukrainian championship U-10 Bronze medal (classical chess) in Ukrainian Championship U-10 Obtained the title of Candidate Master of Ukraine at the age of 7!!
2018 Gold medal of World Championship U-10 (Rapid) – Minsk,Belarus
Gold medal of World Championship U-10 (Blitz) – Minsk,Belarus

Anand Chandra

rating 1983

Born 2009, Canada, trained since December 2017.
2018 3^rd place in Canadian Chess Challenge (Grade 4) 1^st place in Alberta Youth Championship U-10 – Calgary,Canada 2019 shared 1^st place in Canadian Chess Challenge (Grade 5) 1-2 places in Canadian championship U12 – Regina 2^nd place in Junior championship of Alberta province - Calgary

Shiven Khosla

International Master

rating 2356

Born 1996, India, IM since 2011. Has been trained 2008-2011.

2008 3^rdplace in IM norm tournament “Alushta summer-2008-2” – Ukraine

6^th place in World Youth Championship U12 – Vung Tau, Vietnam

4th place in Indian Championship U13 – Vellore, India

2009 1^st Youth prize in “Mumbai Mayors cup” – Mumbai, India

Asian Champion U14 - Delhi, India

2010 2^nd place in 2^nd Batavia Chess Tournament – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Silver medal of World Youth champion U14 – Porto Carras, Greece
2011 2^nd place in Big Slick International GM Tournament - Purlei,England
Obtained the title of International Master at the age of 15

My students

Parimarjan Negi

SP. Sethuraman

Vaibhav Suri

S.L. Narayanan

Ankit Rajpara

Shardul Gagare

Arjun Kalyan

Raja Rithvik

Aditya Mittal

Raunak Sadhwani

Bharath Subramaniyam

Shreyas Royal

Sreeshwan Maralakshikari

Moksh Amit Doshi

Aditya Samant

Vishwa Vasnawala

Manish Anto Cristiano

Tihon Chernyaev

Anand Chandra

Shiven Khosla