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About Arjun Vishnuvardhan
- Chirukandath Manoj Arjun Vishnuvardhan (born 21 August 1990), generally known as Arjun Vishnuvardhan, is an Indian chess player who is an International Master in the United States of America.
- At his 15 years of age, in May 2006, he became the National Game-60 Chess Champion of the entire United States, by beating International Master Edward W.
- Formanek.
- This victory over the top International Master made Arjun to become the youngest National Game 60 Champion of the United States.
- One month before his 17th birthday, Arjun became the youngest ever Keralite to become an International Master. Arjun was born in Kerala, India and started playing chess when he was 8 years old.
- He was the State Champion for Under-18 years and Under-9 years.
- He posted the National record in India in the year of 2000, by becoming the youngest International FIDE rated player of the country. In 2001, he won the British Junior Under-11 Championship held at Scarborough, United Kingdom.
- In 2002, Arjun won the Under-16 Youth Championship from Middle East.
- When he was 11, he beat Uzbekistani Grandmaster Saidali Iuldachev in a simultaneous chess exhibition held in the United Arab Emirates, thus becoming the youngest ever Indian chess player to defeat a grandmaster in a chess simultaneous exhibition held outside India. After a break of one year from chess, he successfully came back to the International chess circuit in 2004.
- He tied for the North American & Caribbean Youth Championship title in the same year.
- In 2005, he became the Youth Chess Champion and the triple gold winner in the Biel Chess Festival, held at Switzerland.
- A few months later, he won another Youth title from Spain.
- From 2005 to 2007, he drew and defeated many International Masters and Grandmasters in various blitz, rapid and regular chess championships held in the United States, Switzerland, Spain, and elsewhere.
- He has an International Fide elo of 2394 on the 1 October 2007 World Chess Federation's rating list.
- He won 18 International chess medals at 16.
- Arjun has played simultaneous blindfold chess since his 11 years of age.
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