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{{short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1983)}}
{{Indian patronymic|Magesh Chandran|Panchanathan}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Magesh Chandran Panchanathan
|image = magesh.jpg
|caption = World Open 2004
|country = India
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|8|10}}
|birth_place = [[Madurai]], India
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2006)
|worldchampion =
|peakrating = 2586 (September 2011)
|FideID = 5007429
}}

'''Magesh Chandran Panchanathan''' (born 10 August 1983) is an Indian [[chess]] player. He was awarded the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] by [[FIDE]] in 2006.

==Biography==
Magesh Chandran was born in [[Madurai]]. In 2003 he won the [[Asian Junior Chess Championship]] in Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=28 July 2003|title=TWIC 455: 26th Asian Junior Championships|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic455.html#20|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-07|website=The Week in Chess}}</ref> In 2005 he shared first place with [[Kamil Mitoń]] in the 33rd [[World Open chess tournament|World Open]], played in [[Philadelphia]] over the [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2496|title=Live 8 and chess in Philadelphia|date=2005-07-06|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=21 May 2010}}</ref> In the same year he came first in the UTD GM Invitational Tournament in [[Richardson, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=34668|title=Tournament report April 2006: UTD GM Invitational|publisher=FIDE|accessdate=21 May 2010|archive-date=15 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015113831/http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=34668|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2008 he tied for 3rd–6th with [[Nguyen Anh Dung (chess player)|Nguyen Anh Dung]], [[Sadikin Irwanto]] and [[Susanto Megaranto]] in the Kuala Lumpur Open.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=17070|title=Tournament report April 2009: KL Open 2008 - Malaysia|publisher=FIDE|accessdate=25 May 2010|archive-date=15 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015114025/http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=17070|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2009 he tied for 1st–4th with [[Alexander Areshchenko]], [[Koneru Humpy]] and [[Evgenij Miroshnichenko]] in the [[Mumbai]] Mayor Cup<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5432|title=Areshchenko triumphs in Mayor's Cup – Jai Ho Mumbai!!|last=Zaveri|first=Praful|date=2009-05-15|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=10 May 2010}}</ref> and in 2010 tied for 3rd–6th with [[Vladimir Malaniuk]], [[David Smerdon]], and [[Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury]] in the [[Doeberl Cup]] in [[Canberra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic805.html#9|title=TWIC 805: Doeberl Cup|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2010-04-12|publisher=London Chess Centre|accessdate=2020-08-07}}</ref> In 2011 he tied for 2nd–4th with [[Tigran L. Petrosian]] and [[Abhijeet Gupta]] in the 3rd Orissa International GM Open Chess Tournament<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tournaments.chessdom.com/news-2011/aleksandrov-orissa-international-gm-open|title=GM Aleksej Aleksandrov victorious in Orissa|publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=7 June 2011|archive-date=7 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707101535/http://tournaments.chessdom.com/news-2011/aleksandrov-orissa-international-gm-open|url-status=dead}}</ref> and came third at [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr44276.aspx?art=1&lan=1|title=2011 Berkeley International|website=chess-results.com|accessdate=19 February 2012}}</ref> In 2012 he won the Philadelphia Open outright with 7/9 points.<ref>{{cite web|title=Results are in at the Philadelphia Open|url=http://main.uschess.org/content/view/11681/654/|publisher=The United States Chess Federation|accessdate=10 April 2012}}</ref> In 2015 he won, tied with [[Sergei Azarov]], the New Jersey Open tournament, which took place in [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]]; both players scored 5/6.<ref>Tamburro, Pete (8 September 2015). [http://www.uschess.org/content/view/13189/141/ "Magesh Panchanathan Wins New Jersey Open"]. The United States Chess Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2020.</ref>

Magesh Chandran completed both undergraduate and graduate degrees at the [[University of Texas at Dallas]].

==Notable games==
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{{Chess diagram
| tright
| Fink vs. Panchanathan, Philadelphia 2005
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| pd| pd | | | pd | pd | |pd
| qd | | | | | | |
| | bd | | pl | pd | | |
| | pl | nl | | pl | | |pd
|pl | ql | | | | bl | bd |
| | | | | kl | | pl |
| | | rl | | | | |rl
|reverse=true
| Final position
}}
Below is an excerpt from an article by [[Lubomir Kavalek]] in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' on 11 July 2005:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/10/AR2005071000917.html|title=Chess|last=Kavalek|first=Lubomir|date=2005-07-11|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=22 May 2010}}</ref>

<blockquote>
Sharing first place at the World Open is Panchanathan's best career result. He can play sharply, as a local Virginia master, Stanley Fink Jr., found out in a messy line of the Trompowsky Opening.

Fink–Panchanathan <br />'''1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4''' (This old line of the Trompowsky opening has been resurrected by Spanish grandmaster [[Juan Manuel Bellón López|Juan Bellon Lopez]]. ) '''3... g5!?''' (Leading to a sharp double-edged position. Black can avoid it with the solid 3...d5.) '''4. f3 gxh4 5. fxe4 c5 6. e3 Bh6''' (White can't oppose this strong bishop.) '''7. Nd2!?''' (Bellon's discovery. He first tried 7.d5 and only after 7...Bxe3 8.Nd2. Another promising try is 7.Bc4. Protecting the pawn on e3 with 7.Kf2 can be met with 7...d5!) '''7... Bxe3 8. Ngf3?!''' (Allowing black to reign on the dark squares. Bellon prefers to close the position with 8.d5.) '''8... cxd4 9. Nc4 Nc6 10. c3''' (Now 10.Nxe3 dxe3 11.Qe2 Qb6 12.0-0-0 d6 is better for black.) '''10... d6 11. cxd4 Bf4 12. d5''' (Conceding the dark squares, but holding the center was difficult. White's position collapses quickly after 12.Nxh4 d5! 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.Nf3 Bg4.) '''12... Ne5 13. Ncxe5?''' (White might have missed black's next move; otherwise he would play 13.Nfxe5 dxe5 14.Qb3.) '''13... Qa5+! 14. Nd2 dxe5 15. a3''' (Losing more time trying to get out of black's grip.) '''15... Bd7 16. b4 Qb6 17. Nc4 Qg6 18. Be2?''' (A blunder, but white has difficulties even after 18.Qf3 Rc8!, for example 19.Be2 h5! 20.h3 Bg3+ 21.Kf1 f5.) '''18... Bxh2!?''' (Winning a pawn immediately, but even stronger was 18...b5!, for example 19.Nb2 Qxg2 20.Rf1 Bxh2; or 19.Na5 Qxg2 20.Bf3 Qb2 and black should win.) '''19. Bf3''' (On 19.Rxh2 Qg3+ nets the rook.) '''19... Bg3+ 20. Ke2 Rc8 21. Rc1 Bb5 22. Qb3 Qa6''' (The pin together with the dominance on dark squares decides, for example: 23.Kd3 Qb6 24.Qb2 Bf2 threatening 25...Qe3+.) White resigns.
</blockquote>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{365Chess.com player|Magesh_Chandran_Panchanathan}}
* {{chessgames.com player|122535}}
* {{Chessclub player|id=thamizhan}}

{{Indian grandmasters}}

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[[Category:University of Texas at Dallas alumni]]
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