 Adhiban in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1992-08-15)15 August 1992 (age 33) Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Chess career | |
| Country | India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2010) |
| FIDE rating | 2557 (February 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2701 (April 2019) |
| Peak ranking | No. 38 (April 2019) |
Adhiban Baskaran (born 15 August 1992)[1] is an Indianchess grandmaster. He was the 2008World Under-16 Champion and the 2009Indian champion. He is currently the 21st highest rated player in India.
In 2007 he won the Asian under-16 championship inTashkent.[2] Adhiban played on the first board for the gold medal-winning Indian team at the Under-16 Chess Olympiad of 2007 and 2008.[3][4]
In 2011, he won the Cultural Village tournament inWijk aan Zee which qualified him for the 2012Tata Steel C tournament.[5] In this latter event, he tied for 3rd–4th withDaan Brandenburg with a score of 8.5/13.[6] In theChess World Cup 2013, Adhiban caused an upset in the first two rounds, beating 2710-rated Russian GMEvgeny Alekseev in the first round, andAlexandr Fier in the second one.
Adhiban won the 2013 Sants Open inBarcelona with a score of 8.5 points out of 10. This event included 23 GMs and 28international masters (IMs).[7][8]
In July 2014, he won the Masters open tournament of theBiel Chess Festival.[9] In the following month, he contributed to India's bronze medal at the41st Chess Olympiad inTromsø scoring 7/11 on board four.[10]
He was also a member of the winning team of the Spanish League 2015, Solvay, along with teammatesPentala Harikrishna,Surya Shekhar Ganguly,Aleksander Delchev,Sergio Cacho Reigadas,Jesus Maria De La Villa Garcia, andElizbar Ubilava.[11][12]
Adhiban competed in theChess World Cup 2015, where he was knocked out byVladimir Fedoseev in the first round after therapid tiebreaks.[13]
In January 2016, Adhiban won the 2016 Tata Steel Challengers Tournament in a 3-way tie. The co-leaders were GMAlexei Dreev and GMEltaj 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 2017Tata Steel Masters Tournament, he managed to finish third with a score of 7.5 points out of 13 (+4-2=7). He defeatedSergey Karjakin,Dmitry Andreikin,Richárd Rapport, andRadosław Wojtaszek.
Adhiban won the 2018Reykjavik Open,[14] scoring 7½/9 (+6–0=3). He recorded victories overAlejandro Ramírez,Maxime Lagarde, and Richárd Rapport.[15]
Adhiban also won the 2018 edition of theTournament of Peace held inZagreb,Croatia, which was renewed after a 33 year hiatus.[16]
He was also a part of bronze winning Indian team in 2022Chess Olympiad held inChennai,India.
