Adhiban Baskaran
{{short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1992)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Indian name|Adhiban|Baskaran}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Adhiban Baskaran
| image = BAdhiban19.jpg
| caption = Adhiban in 2019
| birth_name =
| country = India
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1992|8|15}}
| birth_place = Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India
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| title = Grandmaster (2010)
| worldchampion =
| rating =
| peakrating = 2701 (April 2019)
| peakranking = No. 38 (April 2019)
| FideID = 5018471
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Adhiban Baskaran (born 15 August 1992)[http://ratings.fide.com/crt/main219592.pdf Grandmaster title application] FIDE is an Indian chess grandmaster. 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 Tashkent.{{cite web|last1=Begmatov|first1=Jamshid|title=Asian Chess Championship for boys and girls|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/asian-che-championship-for-boys-and-girls|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=21 January 2016|date=2007-07-18}} Adhiban played on the first board for the gold medal-winning Indian team at the Under-16 Chess Olympiad of 2007 and 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/india-win-world-youth-chess-olympiad-270775.html|title=India win World Youth Chess Olympiad|date=2007-08-11|accessdate=2019-03-07}}{{cite web|url=http://reports.chessdom.com/india-wins-youth-chess-olympiad|title=India wins the Chess U16 Olympiad 2008 ahead of Russia|publisher=Chessdom|date=2008-08-25|accessdate=15 September 2015|archive-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905185808/http://reports.chessdom.com/india-wins-youth-chess-olympiad|url-status=dead}}
In 2011, he won the Cultural Village tournament in Wijk aan Zee which qualified him for the 2012 Tata Steel C tournament.{{cite web|last1=Doggers|first1=Peter|title=Baskharan Adhiban wins Cultural Village, qualifies for Tata C|url=http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=reports/baskharan-adhiban-wins-cultural-village-qualifies-for-tata-c|publisher=ChessVibes|accessdate=21 January 2016|date=2011-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127051923/http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=reports%2Fbaskharan-adhiban-wins-cultural-village-qualifies-for-tata-c|archive-date=27 January 2016|url-status=dead}} In this latter event, he tied for 3rd–4th with Daan Brandenburg with a score of 8.5/13.[http://www.tatasteelchess.com/history/recent/year/2012/standings/3 Standings of grandmaster group C 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411092218/http://www.tatasteelchess.com/history/recent/year/2012/standings/3 |date=11 April 2016 }}, Tata Steel Chess In the Chess World Cup 2013, Adhiban caused an upset in the first two rounds, beating 2710-rated Russian GM Evgeny Alekseev in the first round, and Alexandr Fier in the second one.
Adhiban won the 2013 Sants Open in Barcelona with a score of 8.5 points out of 10. This event included 23 GMs and 28 international masters (IMs).{{cite web|url=http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=adhiban-wins-barcelona-sants-open|title=Adhiban wins Barcelona Sants Open|publisher=ChessVibes|date=2 September 2013|accessdate=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202623/http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=adhiban-wins-barcelona-sants-open|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}[http://chess-results.com/tnr109076.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=10&flag=30&wi=821 XV Open Internacional de Sants, Hostafrancs i la Bordeta - Grup A] Chess-Results
In July 2014, he won the Masters open tournament of the Biel Chess Festival.{{cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/adhiban-dominates-the-biel-masters|title=Adhiban dominates the Biel Masters|publisher=ChessBase News|date=2014-07-29|author=Sagar Shah|accessdate=15 September 2015}} In the following month, he contributed to India's bronze medal at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø scoring 7/11 on board four.[http://chess-results.com/tnr140380.aspx?lan=16&art=1&flag=30&wi=821 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open] Chess-Results
He was also a member of the winning team of the Spanish League 2015, Solvay, along with teammates Pentala Harikrishna, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Aleksander Delchev, Sergio Cacho Reigadas, Jesus Maria De La Villa Garcia, and Elizbar Ubilava.{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.com/news/three-indian-gms-help-solvay-winning-spanish-team-championship-2171|title=3 Indian GMs Help Solvay Win Spanish Team Championship|publisher=Chess.com|last=Doggers|first=Peter|date=25 August 2015|accessdate=5 September 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/Indian-GMs-shine-in-Spanish-League/articleshow/48679187.cms|title=Indian GMs shine in Spanish League|work=The Times of India|author=Archiman Bhaduri|date=26 August 2015|accessdate=5 September 2015}}
Adhiban competed in the Chess World Cup 2015, where he was knocked out by Vladimir Fedoseev in the first round after the rapid tiebreaks.{{cite web|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/baku-world-cup-1-3-gelfand-kasimdzhanov-out|title=Baku World Cup, 1.3: Gelfand & Kasimdzhanov out|publisher=chess24|last=McGourty|first=Colin|date=2015-09-13|accessdate=15 September 2015}}
In January 2016, Adhiban won the 2016 Tata Steel Challengers Tournament in a 3-way tie. The co-leaders were GM Alexei Dreev and GM Eltaj Safarli, 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 Sergey Karjakin, Dmitry Andreikin, Richárd Rapport, and Radosław Wojtaszek.
Adhiban won the 2018 Reykjavik Open,{{cite web|url =http://chess-results.com/tnr304881.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30|title =GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial|author =Staff writer(s)|publisher =Chess Results|date =15 March 2018}} scoring 7½/9 (+6–0=3). He recorded victories over Alejandro Ramírez, Maxime Lagarde, and Richárd Rapport.{{cite web|url =http://chess-results.com/tnr304881.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=IND&flag=30&snr=4|title =GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial: Adhiban B.|author =Staff writer(s)|publisher =Chess Results|date =15 March 2018}}
Adhiban also won the 2018 edition of the Tournament of Peace held in Zagreb, Croatia, which was renewed after a 33 year hiatus.{{ cite web|url =https://www.europechess.org/adhiban-b-wins-the-tournament-of-piece-zagreb-2018/?print=print|title = Adhiban B. Wins the Tournament of Piece- Zagreb 2018 -}}
He was also a part of bronze winning Indian team in 2022 Chess Olympiad held in Chennai, India.
References
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External links
- {{FIDE|name=B. Adhiban}}
- {{365Chess.com player|B_Adhiban|B. Adhiban}}
- {{Chessgames.com player|117280|Baskaran Adhiban}}
- {{Chess.com player|baskaran-adhiban|Baskaran Adhiban|member=fireheart92}}
{{Indian grandmasters}}
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Category:World Youth Chess Champions
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in chess
Category:Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games
Category:21st-century Indian chess players
Category:People from Mayiladuthurai district
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India