Krishnan Sasikiran

Krishnan Sasikiran, born in Chennai in 1981,
is an Indian chess grandmaster and author.
He earned the grandmaster title in 2000.
In January 2007, he became the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to surpass a rating of 2700.
Sasikiran reached his peak rating of 2720 in May 2012 and was ranked as high as number 21 in the world.
He won the Indian Championship four times
—in 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2013—
and became Asian Champion in 2003.
His tournament successes include victories or shared first places in Hastings, at the Politiken Cup,
the Sigeman Tournament, in Pamplona and at the Capablanca Memorial.
With India, he won team gold at the 2006 Asian Games.
At the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, his score of 7½ points from ten games played a major role
in securing India’s first team medal at an Olympiad;
he also won an individual silver medal on board three.
Between 1998 and 2022, Sasikiran represented India in numerous international team competitions.
He was also part of Viswanathan Anand’s team for the 2013 World Championship match in Chennai and the 2014 match in Sochi.