S.P. Sethuraman

S. P. Sethuraman, born in Chennai in 1993,
is an Indian chess grandmaster and author.
As a junior, he won the Asian Under-12 Championship in 2004 and became World Under-16 Champion in 2009.
He earned the grandmaster title in 2011.
At the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Sethuraman remained unbeaten on board two with five wins and five draws.
His tournament performance rating of 2757 played a major role in securing India’s first Olympiad medal.
That same year, he won the Indian Championship for the first time, reclaiming the title in 2023.
In 2016, Sethuraman won the Asian Individual Championship.
He reached his peak rating of 2673 in September 2018.
In 2025, he produced the ChessBase opening course The Classical Sicilian – A Timeless Counterattacking Weapon.