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{{short description|Indian chess grandmaster}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Indian name|Sasikiran|Krishnan}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Krishnan Sasikiran
|image = KrishnanSasikiran12.jpg
|caption = K. Sasikiran in 2012
|birthname =
|country = [[India]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|1|7|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Chennai]], India
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]]
|worldchampion =
|peakrating = 2720 (May 2012)
|peakranking = No. 21 (April 2006)
|FideID = 5004985
}}
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{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|[[Chess at the 2006 Asian Games|Mixed Team]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Chess at the 2010 Asian Games|Men's Team]]}}
{{MedalBottom}}

'''Krishnan Sasikiran''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: கிருஷ்ணன் சசிகிரண்) (born 7 January 1981) is an [[India]]n [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]].

He was one of [[Viswanathan Anand]]'s [[Glossary of chess#S|second]]s in the [[World Chess Championship 2013]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Susan Ninan|title=Anand reveals his seconds but Carlsen plays coy|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/Anand-reveals-his-seconds-but-Carlsen-plays-coy/articleshow/25398508.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=27 January 2016|date=2013-11-08}}</ref>

==Chess career==
Born in [[Chennai|Madras]], Sasikiran won the [[Indian Chess Championship]] for the first time in 1999 and won it again in 2002, 2003 and 2013. In 1999 he also won the [[Asian Junior Chess Championship]] in [[Vũng Tàu]], Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|last=Crowther|first=Mark|title=TWIC 261: Asian Junior Championships|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic261.html#10|publisher=[[The Week in Chess]]|access-date=17 January 2016|date=1999-11-08}}</ref>
Sasikiran completed the requirements for the Grandmaster title at the 2000 [[Commonwealth Chess Championship|Commonwealth Championship]]. In 2001, he won the prestigious [[Hastings International Chess Congress|Hastings International Chess tournament]]. In 2003, he won the 4th [[Asian Chess Championship|Asian Individual Championship]] as well as the Politiken Cup in [[Copenhagen]]. Sasikiran tied with [[Jan Timman]] for first place in the 2005 Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament, which took place in [[Malmö]] and Copenhagen.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sasikiran and Timman win, Landa shines|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/sasikiran-and-timman-win-landa-shines|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=22 March 2016|date=2005-04-28}}</ref>

In 2006, he tied for first place at the [[Aeroflot Open]] in [[Moscow]] with [[Baadur Jobava]], [[Victor Bologan]] and [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]], finishing third on tiebreak score. Later in the same year, Sasikiran won a gold medal in the [[2006 Asian Games]]' [[Chess at the 2006 Asian Games – Mixed team classical|team event]]. [[Tamil Nadu]] government presented a cheque of Rs 20 Lakhs as appreciation for his success. He was also bestowed with the [[Arjuna Award]] in 2002. In the January 2007 [[FIDE]] rating list, Sasikiran was ranked number 21 in the world with an [[Elo rating system|Elo rating]] of 2700.<ref name=CHESSBASE>[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3582 Topalov still tops the list, Anand four points behind], [[ChessBase]].</ref> He became only the second chess player from India to reach Elo rating of 2700.<ref name=HINDU>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070104003111/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/01/stories/2007010109351800.htm It's a dream come true for Sasikiran], [[The Hindu]].</ref>

In December 2008, he won City of [[Pamplona]] international chess tournament, a [[Chess tournament#Tournament categories|category 16]] event with average Elo above 2640, by one-point margin with a rating performance of 2795.<ref name=HINDUD31122008>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120503055607/http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/31/stories/2008123156711800.htm Sasikiran triumphs], The Hindu.</ref> In 2009, he tied for 2nd-3rd with [[Étienne Bacrot]] in [[Antwerp]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic777.html#7|title=TWIC 777: Inventi Chess Tournament 2009|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2009-09-28|publisher=The Week in Chess|access-date=27 January 2016}}</ref>

In May 2011, Sasikiran won the Asian [[Fast chess|Blitz Chess]] Championship in [[Mashhad]] on tiebreak over [[Wesley So]] and [[Bu Xiangzhi]], after all three players finished on 7/9 points.<ref>[http://www.chess-results.com/tnr49564.aspx?lan=1&art=1&wi=821&turdet=YES Asian Individual Open Blitz Chess Championship 2011] Chess-Results</ref> In October of the same year, he placed clear first in the open section of the 15th Corsican Circuit. He reached semi-final stage of the Corsica Masters knockout rapid tournament losing to eventual winner Anand.<ref>{{cite web|last=Doggers|first=Peter|title=Anand wins Corsica Masters Knockout|url=http://chessvibes.com/?q=reports/anand-wins-corsica-masters-knockout|publisher=ChessVibes|date=2011-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7641|title=15th Corsican Circuit – final Anand vs Mamedyarov on Monday|publisher=ChessBase|date=2011-10-31|access-date=31 October 2011}}</ref>

At the [[2014 Chess Olympiad]] in [[Tromsø]] he scored 7.5/10 points on board three to help the Indian team to win the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Niklesh Kumar Jain|title=Their proudest moment in Chess Olympiad history|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/their-proudest-moment-in-chess-olympiad-history|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=16 January 2016|date=2014-08-29}}</ref> Sasikiran also won the individual silver medal on board three.<ref name=fide>{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/8195-41st-chess-olympiad-china-and-russia-claim-gold.html|title=41st Chess Olympiad: China and Russia claim gold!|publisher=FIDE|date=2014-08-15|access-date=12 September 2015}}</ref>

== Correspondence chess ==
Krishnan Sasikiran is also a very successful [[correspondence chess]] player. In 2015 he achieved the title of an international Master and in 2016 he became Senior international Master. Norms for both titles he fulfilled at the ''Marian Vinchev Memorial'' and the ''Palciauskas Invitational''.<ref>[https://www.iccf.com/player?id=280330&tab=9 Sasikiran at ICCF]</ref>

==Personal life==
Sasikiran completed his education in the Modern Senior Secondary School of [[Nanganallur]], Chennai.

He is married to Radhika and has a daughter.

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.365chess.com/players/Krishnan_Sasikiran Krishnan Sasikiran] chess games at 365Chess.com
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