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Magesh Chandran Panchanathan
M Panchanathan 
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.  

Number of games in database: 336
Years covered: 1997 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2458 (2480 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2586
Overall record: +141 -96 =99 (56.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (45) 
    B42 B93 B33 B32 B49
 Reti System (25) 
    A06 A04 A05
 French Defense (17) 
    C05 C03 C07 C09
 French Tarrasch (17) 
    C05 C03 C07 C09
 Ruy Lopez (15) 
    C78 C82 C77 C91 C95
 Grunfeld (10) 
    D78 D79
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (41) 
    C77 C91 C99 C78 C95
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (25) 
    C91 C99 C95 C97 C85
 Queen's Indian (19) 
    E12 E15 E17 E14 E19
 Nimzo Indian (18) 
    E32 E20 E42 E25 E41
 English (16) 
    A13 A18 A17 A15
 Queen's Pawn Game (15) 
    A46 A45 D02 D00
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R Mamedov vs M Panchanathan, 2009 0-1
   C Holt vs M Panchanathan, 2011 0-1
   M Panchanathan vs J Rowson, 2009 1-0
   M Panchanathan vs E Varshavsky, 2006 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Hastings 2019/20 (2019)
   Uxbridge-A (2009)
   Berkeley International (2011)
   UTD GM Invitational (2006)
   Asian U20 (2001)
   Smith & Williamson Young Masters (2000)
   Scottish Championship (2009)
   38th World Open (2010)
   Commonwealth Championship (2008)
   Indian Championship (2002)
   World Junior Championship (2001)
   World Junior Championship (2003)
   Reykjavik Open (2023)
   Czech Open-A (2007)
   Reykjavik Open (2017)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 US Masters
   M Panchanathan vs D Belenkaya (Dec-01-24) 0-1
   M Panchanathan vs J Burke (Nov-30-24) 1/2-1/2
   V Matviishen vs M Panchanathan (Nov-30-24) 1-0
   M Panchanathan vs L Bruzon Batista (Nov-29-24) 1-0
   M Antipov vs M Panchanathan (Nov-29-24) 1/2-1/2

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MAGESH CHANDRAN PANCHANATHAN
(born Aug-10-1983, 41 years old) 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".

Wikipedia article: Magesh Chandran Panchanathan


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 page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 338  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Jobava vs M Panchanathan  1-0771997Wch U14E15 Queen's Indian
2. H Banikas vs M Panchanathan  1-0341998World Junior ChampionshipA53 Old Indian
3. M Panchanathan vs N De Silva  0-1351998World Junior ChampionshipB42 Sicilian, Kan
4. A Roghani vs M Panchanathan  1-0261998World Junior ChampionshipE41 Nimzo-Indian
5. M Panchanathan vs I Bjelobrk  1-0271998World Junior ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
6. A Uberoi vs M Panchanathan  0-1251998World Junior ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
7. M Panchanathan vs S Stinis  1-0191998World Junior ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
8. S Williams vs M Panchanathan  1-0371998World Junior ChampionshipA18 English, Mikenas-Carls
9. M Panchanathan vs M De Wachter  ½-½611998World Junior ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
10. V Kulkarni vs M Panchanathan  ½-½431998World Junior ChampionshipC32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
11. T Hansen vs M Panchanathan  ½-½351998World Junior ChampionshipA21 English
12. M Panchanathan vs K Ramu  0-1371998World Junior ChampionshipB42 Sicilian, Kan
13. D M Belmonte vs M Panchanathan  0-1391998World Junior ChampionshipE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
14. M Panchanathan vs Ganguly  0-1281999IND-chB 37thC78 Ruy Lopez
15. M Panchanathan vs Bhattacharya Sanjoy  ½-½342000Salem opC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
16. S Collins vs M Panchanathan  0-1322000Smith & Williamson Young MastersC99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
17. A A Webster vs M Panchanathan  1-0372000Smith & Williamson Young MastersA15 English
18. M Panchanathan vs M Thiruchelvam  1-0472000Smith & Williamson Young MastersB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
19. M Panchanathan vs S Williams  0-1342000Smith & Williamson Young MastersC05 French, Tarrasch
20. J E Vigus vs M Panchanathan  1-0702000Smith & Williamson Young MastersA55 Old Indian, Main line
21. L D'Costa vs M Panchanathan  0-1552000Smith & Williamson Young MastersE12 Queen's Indian
22. M Panchanathan vs J Werle  ½-½562000Smith & Williamson Young MastersB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
23. R Palliser vs M Panchanathan  0-1572000Smith & Williamson Young MastersA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
24. M Panchanathan vs N Pert  1-0582000Smith & Williamson Young MastersC03 French, Tarrasch
25. M Panchanathan vs Hodgson  ½-½492000British ChampionshipB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
 page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 338  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-08-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
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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
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen: <Kingscrusher> (Tryfon Gavriel) beats Grandmaster Magesh Chandran Panchanathan in a tournament game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YM2...

Mar-27-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen: His nickname is "Megadeath."
Mar-29-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Congrats for winning the 6th Philadelphia Open 4-8 April 2012!

http://chesstournamentservices.com/...

Feb-23-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: GM Magesh Panchanathan is the founder and head coach of the Kings and Queens Chess Academy.

http://www.centraljersey.com/news/w...

Feb-24-19  jith1207: <Penguincw>: how do you find these news nuggets from nook and corner of various parts of the world?!
Feb-24-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Hi <jith1207>. I just use the <cg> news feature, located at the very bottom left of the <cg> homepage. If I see an article that mentions a player, I post it on their page.

I'm sure it's nice if one day someone (or even me) stumbles upon their page, and actually sees some information about them.

Feb-25-19  jith1207: That's very good and useful.. Thank you for the info.
Jan-05-20  diagonal: Magesh Panchanathan won the <95th edition of the Hastings International Chess Congress 2019/20>.

The Indian grandmaster finished in clear first place with 7½ out of 9 points. Sole second place went to Romain Edouard from France. Top seeded David Howell finished shared seventh.

The Caplin Hastings Masters Tournament with 124 players was a nine round Swiss Open with a rate of play of 40 moves in 100 minutes, followed by all remaining moves in 50 minutes, with the addition of 30 seconds for each move from the start.

Jul-19-21  BIDMONFA: Magesh Chandran Panchanathan

PANCHANATHAN, Magesh
http://www.bidmonfa.com/panchanatha...
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