R.B. Ramesh

R. B. Ramesh, born in Chennai in 1976,
is an Indian chess grandmaster, renowned coach and author.
As a player, he won the British Championship in 2002 and the Commonwealth Championship in 2007,
having earned the grandmaster title in 2003.
In 2008, he founded the Chess Gurukul academy in Chennai together with his wife,
Woman Grandmaster Aarthie Ramaswamy.
There, he has trained numerous leading Indian talents, including Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali Rameshbabu,
as well as Aravindh Chithambaram.
Ramesh has also coached the Indian national team at several Chess Olympiads.
In recognition of his work as a coach, he received the Dronacharya Award in 2023.