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{{short description|Indian chess Grandmaster|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Indian name|Adhiban|Baskaran}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Adhiban Baskaran
| image = Adhiban at 2013 World Chess Cup.png
| caption = Adhiban playing at the 2013 Chess World Cup
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| country = [[India]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1992|8|15}}
| birth_place = [[Mayiladuthurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
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| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2010)
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| rating = 
| peakrating = 2701 (April 2019)
| peakranking = No. 38 (April 2019)
| FideID = 5018471
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{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Chess at the 2010 Asian Games|Men's Team]]}}
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'''Adhiban Baskaran''' (born 15 August 1992)<ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/crt/main219592.pdf Grandmaster title application] FIDE</ref> is an Indian [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (GM). He was the 2008 [[World Youth Chess Championship|World Under-16 Champion]] and the 2009 [[Indian Chess Championship|Indian champion]]. He is currently the seventh highest rated player in India. He is widely known as the '''Beast''' due to his hyper-aggressive style of play.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/field/918044/b-adhiban-interview-the-beast-of-indian-chess-is-finally-into-the-2700-elo-points-club|title = B Adhiban interview: 'The Beast' of Indian chess is finally into the 2700 Elo points club}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 2007 he won the Asian under-16 championship in [[Tashkent]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Begmatov|first1=Jamshid|title=Asian Chess Championship for boys and girls|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/asian-che-championship-for-boys-and-girls|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=21 January 2016|date=2007-07-18}}</ref> Adhiban played on the first board for the gold medal-winning Indian team at the Under-16 Chess Olympiad of 2007 and 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/india-win-world-youth-chess-olympiad-270775.html|title=India win World Youth Chess Olympiad|date=2007-08-11|accessdate=2019-03-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://reports.chessdom.com/india-wins-youth-chess-olympiad|title=India wins the Chess U16 Olympiad 2008 ahead of Russia|publisher=Chessdom|date=2008-08-25|accessdate=15 September 2015}}</ref>

In 2011, he won the Cultural Village tournament in [[Wijk aan Zee]] which qualified him for the 2012 [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament|Tata Steel]] C tournament.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Doggers|first1=Peter|title=Baskharan Adhiban wins Cultural Village, qualifies for Tata C|url=http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=reports/baskharan-adhiban-wins-cultural-village-qualifies-for-tata-c|publisher=ChessVibes|accessdate=21 January 2016|date=2011-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127051923/http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=reports%2Fbaskharan-adhiban-wins-cultural-village-qualifies-for-tata-c|archive-date=27 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In this latter event, he tied for 3rd–4th with [[Daan Brandenburg]] with a score of 8.5/13.<ref>[http://www.tatasteelchess.com/history/recent/year/2012/standings/3 Standings of grandmaster group C 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411092218/http://www.tatasteelchess.com/history/recent/year/2012/standings/3 |date=11 April 2016 }}, Tata Steel Chess</ref> In the [[Chess World Cup 2013]], Adhiban caused an upset in the first two rounds, beating 2710-rated Russian GM [[Evgeny Alekseev (chess player)|Evgeny Alekseev]] in the first round, and [[Alexandr Fier]] in the second one.

Adhiban won the 2013 Sants Open in [[Barcelona]] with a score of 8.5 points out of 10. This event included 23 GMs and 28 [[international master]]s (IMs).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=adhiban-wins-barcelona-sants-open|title=Adhiban wins Barcelona Sants Open|publisher=ChessVibes|date=2 September 2013|accessdate=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202623/http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=adhiban-wins-barcelona-sants-open|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://chess-results.com/tnr109076.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=10&flag=30&wi=821 XV Open Internacional de Sants, Hostafrancs i la Bordeta - Grup A] Chess-Results</ref>

In July 2014, he won the Masters open tournament of the [[Biel Chess Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/adhiban-dominates-the-biel-masters|title=Adhiban dominates the Biel Masters|publisher=ChessBase News|date=2014-07-29|author=Sagar Shah|accessdate=15 September 2015}}</ref> In the following month, he contributed to India's bronze medal at the [[41st Chess Olympiad]] in [[Tromsø]] scoring 7/11 on board four.<ref>[http://chess-results.com/tnr140380.aspx?lan=16&art=1&flag=30&wi=821 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open] Chess-Results</ref>

He was also a member of the winning team of the Spanish League 2015, Solvay, along with teammates [[Pentala Harikrishna]], [[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]], [[Aleksander Delchev]], [[Sergio Cacho Reigadas]], [[Jesus Maria De La Villa Garcia]], and [[Elizbar Ubilava]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.com/news/three-indian-gms-help-solvay-winning-spanish-team-championship-2171|title=3 Indian GMs Help Solvay Win Spanish Team Championship|publisher=Chess.com|last=Doggers|first=Peter|date=25 August 2015|accessdate=5 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/Indian-GMs-shine-in-Spanish-League/articleshow/48679187.cms|title=Indian GMs shine in Spanish League|work=The Times of India|author=Archiman Bhaduri|date=26 August 2015|accessdate=5 September 2015}}</ref>

Adhiban competed in the [[Chess World Cup 2015]], where he was knocked out by [[Vladimir Fedoseev]] in the first round after the [[Fast chess|rapid]] tiebreaks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/baku-world-cup-1-3-gelfand-kasimdzhanov-out|title=Baku World Cup, 1.3: Gelfand & Kasimdzhanov out|publisher=chess24|last=McGourty|first=Colin|date=2015-09-13|accessdate=15 September 2015}}</ref>

In January 2016, Adhiban won the 2016 Tata Steel Challengers Tournament in a 3-way tie. The co-leaders were GM [[Alexei Dreev]] and GM [[Eltaj Safarli]], all of whom earned 9 points out of 13 (+6-1=6). Because Adhiban defeated them both, he had the better tiebreaks and was therefore awarded the spot in the next Tata Steel Masters tournament.

Despite being the lowest rated player at the 2017 [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament|Tata Steel Masters Tournament]], he managed to finish third with a score of 7.5 points out of 13 (+4-2=7). He defeated [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Dmitry Andreikin]], [[Richárd Rapport]], and [[Radosław Wojtaszek]].

Adhiban won the 2018 [[Reykjavik Open]],<ref>{{cite web|url =http://chess-results.com/tnr304881.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30|title =GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial|author =Staff writer(s)|publisher =Chess Results|date =15 March 2018}}</ref> scoring 7½/9 (+6–0=3). He recorded victories over [[Alejandro Ramírez (chess player)|Alejandro Ramírez]], [[Maxime Lagarde]], and Richárd Rapport.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://chess-results.com/tnr304881.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=IND&flag=30&snr=4|title =GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial: Adhiban B.|author =Staff writer(s)|publisher =Chess Results|date =15 March 2018}}</ref>

Adhiban also won the historic [[Tournament of Peace-Zagreb]] held in Croatia, 2018 that was renewed after 33 years.<ref>{{ cite web|url =https://www.europechess.org/adhiban-b-wins-the-tournament-of-piece-zagreb-2018/?print=print|title = Adhiban B. Wins the Tournament of Piece- Zagreb 2018 -}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{FIDE|name=B. Adhiban}}
* {{365Chess.com player|B_Adhiban|B. Adhiban}}
* {{Chessgames.com player|117280|Baskaran Adhiban}}
* {{Chess.com player|baskaran-adhiban|Baskaran Adhiban|member=fireheart92}}

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