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Indian chess grandmaster (born 1990) In this Indian name, the name Jayaram is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ashwin.
Ashwin Jayaram
CountryIndia
Born (1990-08-14) August 14, 1990 (age 34)
Aluva, India
TitleGrandmaster (2015)
FIDE rating2471 (January 2025)
Peak rating2515 (September 2015)

Ashwin Jayaram is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career

Ashwin began playing chess at the age of 8. He was trained by K Ganesan.

He achieved his three GM norms from 2007 to 2009, winning the Asian Junior Chess Championship twice. In 2014, he moved to St Louis, Missouri. In 2015, he surpassed the 2500 rating mark, achieving the Grandmaster title.

Personal life

He studied finance at Webster University and played on their "B" chess team alongside Manuel León Hoyos, Vasif Durarbayli, and Priyadharshan Kannappan.

References

  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "ASHWIN JAYARAM".
  3. ^ Shah, Sagar (February 5, 2020). "Life lessons from India's 39th GM - Ashwin Jayaram".
  4. "ASHWIN JAYARAM".
  5. Klein, Mike (January 2, 2017). "Webster Doubles Up At Pan-Ams".
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