Karthikeyan Pandian

Karthikeyan Pandian (born June 14, 1990) is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career
In June 2018, Karthikeyan won the Commonwealth Chess Championship, finishing with an undefeated score of 7.5/9.

In November 2018, he achieved his final GM norm at Third Saturday tournament in Novi Sad, Serbia, becoming the 57th grandmaster of India.

In August 2023, he was defeated by Balkishan Anand in the biggest upset of the first round of the Indian National Chess Championship.

He is also a chess coach, and has coached Indian super-grandmaster Gukesh D.

Personal life
Karthikeyan is married to fellow chess player Harini Sankaran. They have a son born in 2015.