Murugan Thiruchelvam

Murugan Thiruchelvam
Full name Murugan Thiruchelvam
Country England
Born (1988-12-11) 11 December 1988
England, UK
FIDE rating 2275

Murugan Thiruchelvam (born 11 December 1988) is an English chess player. He was England's youngest player ever to gain an international chess rating (2020 at the age of nine).

Having just passed his tenth birthday, he played against the then world champion Garry Kasparov in a simultaneous exhibition. Impressed by the strategic understanding of the youngster, Kasparov singled out the game as the best of that day.[1]

Murugan is of Sri Lankan descent.[2]

Murugan continued to improve rapidly, reaching 2269 Elo on FIDE's published rating list before age twelve. Thereafter, he played only infrequently and by 2003, had halted his chess-playing altogether.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Garry Kasparov vs Murugan Thiruchelvam, BT Wireplay challenge 1998
  2. ↑ "Youngster Grandmasters". Chessbase.com. 16 May 2002. Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

Bibliography

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  • "Schoolboy moves to another record in chess world". The Birmingham Post. 29 March 1999. Retrieved 2013-04-30. (subscription required)
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