Siddharth Jagadeesh is a Singaporean
chess
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grandmaster.
Chess career
In March 2024, he tied for first place with
Aravindh Chithambaram and
Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera at the La Roda Open. He ultimately finished the tournament in second place due to tiebreaks.
In May 2024, he scored his final GM norm at the Sharjah Masters after defeating
Andrey Esipenko
Andrey Evgenyevich Esipenko (; born 22 March 2002) is a Russian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. He won the European Youth Chess Championship, European U10 Chess Championship in 2012, and both the European Youth Chess Championship, Europea ...
in the eighth round. With this, he became Singapore's youngest grandmaster.
Personal life
His father Jagadeesh Balakrishnan has contributed to a ChessBase India Foundation scholarship for Indian chess.
References
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Living people
2007 births
Singaporean chess players
Chess Grandmasters
Sportspeople from Chandigarh
Singaporean sportspeople of Indian descent
Chess Olympiad competitors