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{{Infobox chess player<br />
|name = Arjun Kalyan<br />
|image = Arjun Kalyan 2019 Karlsruhe.jpg<br />
|caption = Arjun Kalyan, Karlsruhe 2019<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|06|17|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
|title =[[International master]] (2018)<br />
|rating = <br />
|peakrating = 2484 (May 2019)<br />
|FideID = 35018701<br />
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'''Arjun Kalyan''' (born 17 June 2002), is an [[India]]n [[chess]] player. He has the title of [[international master]], which [[FIDE]] awarded him in August 2018. He also achieved all the [[Norm (chess)|three norms]] required for the [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]] title by April 2019. <br />
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==Chess career==<br />
Kalyan became an [[International Master]] (IM) in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Title Application |url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main227068.pdf |website=fide.com |publisher=FIDE |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref> He attained his first [[Grandmaster norm]] at the [[Biel Chess Festival]] in [[Biel]], Switzerland in July 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Das |first1=Sucharita |title=Chennai lad hopes to make it big in chess |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/in-other-news/230818/chennai-lad-hopes-to-make-it-big-in-chess.html |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=23 August 2018}}</ref> At the International Chess Open held at [[Roquetas de Mar]], Spain in January 2019, he would earn his second Grandmaster norm.<ref>{{cite web |title=Certificate of Title Result |url=https://ratings.fide.com/apps/247319.pdf |website=fide.com |publisher=FIDE |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref> Kalyan achieved his third and final norm in April 2019 at the Budapest Spring Festival in [[Budapest]], Hungary.<ref>{{cite web |title=Certificate of Title Result |url=https://ratings.fide.com/apps/247699.pdf |website=fide.com |publisher=FIDE |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref> At the [[World_Youth_Chess_Championship#Under-18_winners|2019 Under-18 World Championship]] held in [[Mumbai]], India, Kalyan drew his last match against the top seeded player, enabling his fellow country grandmaster [[Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa]] to win the title.<ref>{{cite news |title=World Youth Chess Championship: 14-year-old Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa wins U-18 Open title |url=https://scroll.in/field/940300/world-youth-chess-championship-14-year-old-grandmaster-praggnanandhaa-wins-u-18-open-title |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=Scroll India |date=12 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Kalyan, a student at the [[Vellammal Vidyalaya]], Chennai scored 93% in his Class X exams in 2018 despite having spent most of his time preparing for his next chess tournaments.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Sagar |title=The boy who is in a hurry to become a GM - Arjun Kalyan |url=https://chessbase.in/news/IM_Arjun_Kalyan_ |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=ChessBase India |date=14 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Indian chess players#International Masters|List of Indian chess players ยง International Masters]]<br />
* [[Chess in India]]<br />
==References==<br />
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* {{fide|id=35018701|name=Arjun Kalyan}}<br />
* {{Chessgames player|155085|Arjun Kalyan}}<br />
* [https://www.365chess.com/players/Arjun_Kalyan Arjun Kalyan] chess games at 365Chess.com<br />
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[[Category:2002 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Chess International Masters]]<br />
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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