Krishnan Sasikiran

Krishnan Sasikiran is a chess Grandmaster from India, the second Indian to reach 2700 Elo after former World Champion Vishy Anand. His peak Elo was 2720 (2012) which made him number 21 in the world rankings. Asian Games gold medallist 2006 and Olympiad Bronze medallist from Tromso, Norway 2014, Sasikiran has been one of the key members of the Indian national team from 1998 to 2022 winning several medals for his country over more than two decades. He has won many closed and open events, and assisted Vishy Anand as a second for his matches against Magnus Carlsen in 2013 (Chennai, India) and 2014 (Sochi, Russia).