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Krishnan Sasikiran

1981 - Today

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Krishnan Sasikiran (Tamil: கிருஷ்ணன் சசிகிரண்; born 7 January 1981) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He was one of Viswanathan Anand's seconds in the World Chess Championship 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Krishnan Sasikiran is the 483rd most popular chess player (down from 437th in 2024), the 1,766th most popular biography from India (down from 1,651st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Indian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Krishnan Sasikiran ranks 483 out of 461. Before him are Dorsa Derakhshani, Nino Batsiashvili, Duško Pavasovič, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Emanuel Berg, and Andrey Esipenko. After him are Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jovanka Houska, Luke McShane, Maxim Matlakov, and Levan Pantsulaia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Krishnan Sasikiran ranks 1,677. Before him are Nawaf Al-Khaldi, Troy Perkins, Paul Wall, Emanuel Berg, Chris Tomlinson, and DeShawn Stevenson. After him are Nicky Shorey, Francis Jeffers, Rita Jeptoo, Ahmad Elrich, LaVerne Jones-Ferrette, and Justin Williams.

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In India

Among people born in India, Krishnan Sasikiran ranks 1,766 out of 1,861. Before him are Sriti Jha (1986), Lovlina Borgohain (1997), Gul Panag (1979), Ankita Raina (1993), Vasundhara Das (1977), and Atanu Das (1992). After him are Sonal Chauhan (1985), Jaswinder Brar (1973), Hansika Motwani (1991), Kashmera Shah (1972), Daisy Shah (1984), and Ranvir Shorey (1972).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In India

Among chess players born in India, Krishnan Sasikiran ranks 10. Before him are Pentala Harikrishna (1986), Harika Dronavalli (1991), Vidit Gujrathi (1994), R Vaishali (2001), Gukesh D (2006), and Tania Sachdev (1986). After him are Yuzvendra Chahal (1990), Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (1979), Parimarjan Negi (1993), Surya Shekhar Ganguly (1983), Nisha Mohota (1980), and Arjun Erigaisi (2003).

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