Shiyamalen Thavandiran
| Shiyam Thavandiran | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Shiyamalen Thavandiran |
| Country | Canada |
| Born | 25 May 1992 Toronto, Ontario |
| Title | International Master |
| FIDE rating | 2412 (April 2024) |
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Shiyamalen "Shiyam" Thavandiran (born 25 May 1992) is a chess International Master from Canada. In 2005, Thavandiran became the youngest winner of the Canadian Junior Chess Championship in history, the record he holds as of February 2018[update].[1] By the age of 20, he won 12 national chess competitions and represented Canada several times at the World Youth Chess Championship and World Junior Chess Championship.[2]
Early career[edit]
Thavandiran has been an active player since 2000. In 2002, he tied for 4th in the World Youth Chess Championship U10.[3] In 2005, at the age of 12, he won the Canadian Junior Chess Championship (U20).[1] He achieved the title of FIDE Master in 2006.[4] Altogether, he won 11 national junior tournaments between 2002 and 2010.[2] He was voted the Canadian Chess Player of the Year in a fan ballot in 2009 and 2009.[5]
Hiatus and return to chess[edit]
In 2010, Thavandiran took a break from professional chess to complete a master's degree in mathematics at the University of Western Ontario. He competed at the 2012 World Junior Chess Championship, where he earned his third and final International Master norm.[6] He resumed his career in 2016, officially securing the title of International Master by achieving an Elo rating above 2400 at the 2017 Spice Cup in Saint Louis, Missouri.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Canadian Junior Chess Championship 2005". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Shiyam Thavandiran's profile on chess.ca". Retrieved February 10, 2018.
- ↑ "World Youth Chess Championships 2002". Retrieved February 10, 2018.
- ↑ "Shiyam Thavandiran's FIDE profile". Retrieved February 10, 2018.
- ↑ Cohen, David. "Canadian Chess Player of the Year". Candian Chess. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ↑ Cohen, David. "Canadian Chess Biographies". Canadian Chess. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ↑ "Canada's Next IM: Shiyam Thavandiran!". chess.ca. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
- ↑ Kavutskiy, Kostya (6 November 2017). "Lessons from the 2017 SPICE Cup". US Chess Federation. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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