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Magesh Chandran Panchanathan
Number of games in database: 199
Years covered: 1997 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2579
Highest rating achieved in database: 2586
Overall record: +77 -54 =68 (55.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (31)      B42 B93 B33 B49 B36  King's Indian Attack (14)      A07  French Tarrasch (13)      C05 C03 C07 C09  French Defense (13)      C05 C03 C07 C09  Ruy Lopez (11)      C78 C67 C91 C96 C95  Reti System (7)      A04 A06	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (21)      C77 C91 C99 C78 C97  Nimzo Indian (14)      E32 E20 E25 E43 E46  Queen's Indian (11)      E12 E15 E18 E14 E19  Ruy Lopez, Closed (11)      C91 C99 C97 C86  English (10)      A17 A13 A18 A15 A14  Queen's Pawn Game (8)      A46 A45

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   C Holt vs M Panchanathan, 2011 0-1
   M Panchanathan vs E Varshavsky, 2006 1-0
   M Panchanathan vs Z Izoria, 2007 1/2-1/2

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MAGESH CHANDRAN PANCHANATHAN (born Aug-10-1983) India [what is this?] GM Magesh Chandran Panchanathan. IM in 2002, GM in 2006. Lives in Dallas, USA. He took clear 1st place in the 2012 Philadelphia Open. He plays on ICC under the handle "thamizhan". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magesh...

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 199  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Jobava vs M Panchanathan   1-0 77 1997 Wch U14 E15 Queen's Indian 2. V Kamble vs M Panchanathan   ½-½ 43 1998 World Junior Ch C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 3. M Panchanathan vs Bhattacharya Sanjoy   ½-½ 34 2000 Salem op C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line 4. A Obada vs M Panchanathan   ½-½ 54 2001 Asian U20 C45 Scotch Game 5. E Berg vs M Panchanathan   1-0 46 2001 WJun C11 French 6. K Miton vs M Panchanathan   1-0 31 2001 WJun E20 Nimzo-Indian 7. A Hassan vs M Panchanathan   0-1 68 2001 Asian U20 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 8. M Panchanathan vs M Roiz   ½-½ 45 2001 WJun B33 Sicilian 9. M Panchanathan vs M Sharbaf   1-0 32 2001 Asian U20 B33 Sicilian 10. M Panchanathan vs A Korobov   1-0 73 2001 WJun B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 11. M Panchanathan vs A Simutowe   1-0 30 2001 WJun B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 12. M Panchanathan vs M R Venkatesh   0-1 50 2001 Asian U20 B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 13. Navara vs M Panchanathan   1-0 42 2001 WJun C42 Petrov Defense 14. S Subramanian vs M Panchanathan   0-1 16 2001 Asian U20 A13 English 15. M Darban vs M Panchanathan   0-1 39 2001 Asian U20 A00 Uncommon Opening 16. S Azarov vs M Panchanathan   1-0 56 2001 WJun C78 Ruy Lopez 17. E Sheripov vs M Panchanathan 0-1 46 2001 Asian U20 C59 Two Knights 18. M Panchanathan vs Sedlak   1-0 36 2001 WJun B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 19. M Panchanathan vs A Amini   ½-½ 26 2001 Asian U20 B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 20. M Panchanathan vs E Moradiabadi   ½-½ 81 2001 Asian U20 B42 Sicilian, Kan 21. M Panchanathan vs E Postny 1-0 29 2001 WJun B06 Robatsch 22. M Panchanathan vs E Ghaem Maghami   ½-½ 37 2001 Asian U20 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 23. M Panchanathan vs J Berkvens   1-0 36 2001 WJun B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 24. Thanh Son Nguyen vs M Panchanathan   1-0 58 2001 Asian U20 C55 Two Knights Defense 25. J Markos vs M Panchanathan   ½-½ 47 2001 WJun E14 Queen's Indian  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 199    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Panchanathan wins | Panchanathan loses

Apr-08-10    Tabanus: GM Magesh Chandran Panchanathan, India, 10 Aug. 1983. Now rated 2543, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... IM in 2002, GM in 2006. Lives in Dallas, USA. ICC: thamizhan Biographies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magesh... http://www.indianetzone.com/10/mage... (2008) http://www.utdallas.edu/news/archiv... (2005) Pictures: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2005/... http://www.uschessleague.com/magesh... Latest tournament: 4th place in Doeberl Cup (Australia): http://www.chess-results.com/tnr322... Jul-31-10    yalie: He has scored 7/7 in the Edmonton Chess Festival and has a real shot at going 9/9. Mar-21-11    indianchessupdates: UT Dallas Grandmaster Invitational --- GM Magesh Chandran 2542 who lost the first 4 rounds in a trot finished with 6 points from 12 rounds. In the last eight rounds he scored 6 points.In the last round he avenged his first round loss and defeated the top seed GM Alejandro Ramirez (2594). He lost 6.6 elo points from the tournament. http://www.utdallas.edu/chess/sprin... More on Indian chess Players Results http://indianchessupdates.blogspot.... Mar-27-12    jessicafischerqueen: <Kingscrusher> (Tryfon Gavriel) beats Grandmaster Magesh Chandran Panchanathan in a tournament game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YM2... Mar-27-12    jessicafischerqueen: His nickname is "Megadeath." Mar-29-12    jessicafischerqueen: aha- apologies to <Kingscrusher>, I posted the win over GM Panchanathan before actually watching the whole video. <Kingscrusher's> video is an account of a man named "chickensoup" beating the Grandmaster, in a game at classical time controls. Apr-09-12    Tabanus: Congrats for winning the 6th Philadelphia Open 4-8 April 2012! http://chesstournamentservices.com/...

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