Ramachandran Ramesh (born 20 April 1976), also known as R. B. Ramesh, is an Indian

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

grandmaster from

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

who won the 2002 British Championship and the 2007 Commonwealth Championship. He is married to WGM

Aarthie Ramaswamy Aarthie Ramaswamy (born 28 June 1981) is a chess player from India. She was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE in 2003. In 1993, Ramaswamy won the India under-12 girls championship. In 1995, she won the under-14 and under-16 girl ...

. They are India's first Grandmaster couple. He started Chess Gurukul, Chess Academy in Chennai to train young players in 2008. Since then, Chess Gurukul has produced many international chess champions from India, including Bharath Subramaniyam, who became an International master in 2019 at the age of 11 years and 8 months.Bharath Subramaniyam - IM at the age of 11 years and 8 months
on ''chessbase.india'' Ramesh shot to fame with his commentary in the World Chess Championship Match 2013 Anand - Carlsen, where he was the official commentator along with GM

Susan Polgar Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...

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