J. Deepan Chakkravarthy (born 3 June 1987) is an Indian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by

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in 2006. Born in Madurai, Deepan Chakkravarthy won the Asian Junior Chess Championship in 2002. In the 2004 edition he finished second to S. Arun Prasad on tiebreak score. In the same year he tied for 2nd–4th with

Praveen Thipsay Pravin Mahadeo Thipsay (born 12 August 1959) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster. He is the first Indian to get a chess Grandmaster norm (chess), norm and the first Indian to win the Commonweal ...

and Saidali Iuldachev in the

Piloo Mody Piloo Mody (14 November 1926 – 29 January 1983) was an Indian architect and politician and one of the founding members of the Swatantra Party. Elected to the 4th and 5th Lok Sabhas, he served in the Rajya Sabha from 1978 until his death. P ...

International Open in Lucknow. Deepan Chakkravarthy was part of the Indian chess team at the

2007 Asian Indoor Games The 2007 Asian Indoor Games, officially known as the 2nd Asian Indoor Games and also known as Macau 2007 were held in Macau, China from 26 October 2007 to 3 November 2007. Most events of the games took place at the Macao East Asian Games Dome. The ...

that took the gold medal in the rapid chess event and silver in the standard event.

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