Ramachandran Ramesh Wiki, Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Ramachandran Ramesh is an Indian chess grandmaster. In 2002 he won the British Championship and in 2007 he won the Commonwealth Championship. He is best known for his commentary on the World Chess Championship match 2013. He is known by his aliases RB Ramesh and Master Shifu.

Contents

1 Wiki/Biography
2 Physical Appearance
3 Family
- 3.1 parents and siblings
- 3.2 wife and children
4 Religion
5 Signature
6 livelihood
- 6.1 chess
7 In 1998, Ramesh started teaching younger students to play chess and helping them win championships. According to him, Aarti Ramaswamy was his first student. At the age of 22, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) asked Ramesh to accompany the Indian junior team to the Asian Junior Championship in Iran. Ramesh’s wife, Aarti, was part of the team. Upon returning, Aarti’s parents requested Ramesh to help Aarti practice chess as there was no formal chess coaching or teacher at that time. For a year, they played chess together and later, Aarti won the World Under 18 Championship, which attracted a lot of media attention and brought many new young players to take coaching from Ramesh. After this, he started working personally with many players at his home. According to him, 90 percent of the players he worked with in the beginning gained international recognition as chess players, which inspired him to teach chess professionally and become a mentor.Ramachandran Ramesh with his students and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin after winning the 44th Chess Olympiad In 2008, he left his job at Indian Oil Corporation and his playing career to start Chess Gurukul, a chess academy in T. Nagar, Chennai. Since then, the Chess Gurukul has produced several Indian World Chess Champions, such as R Praggnanandhaa and Bharat Subramaniam, who achieved the International Master title in 2019 at the age of 11 years and 8 months. At the World Youth 2015, India earned five gold medals with all winners coming from Chess Gurukul Academy.Ramesh with R Praggnanandha Ramesh gained international attention for his official commentary alongside Susan Polgar during the 2013 Anand vs. Carlsen World Chess Championship match. Author In September 2021, he published his first book, Fundamental Chess: Logical Decision Making. In his book, he includes tips on how to use logical reasoning to guide decision making.Ramachandran Ramesh’s first book In May 2022, he published his second book Improve Your Chess Calculations: The Ramesh Chess Course – Volume 1. award
8 Facts/General Knowledge

Wiki/Biography

Ramachandran Ramesh was born on Tuesday, 20 April 1976 (age 47 years; as in 2023) in Chennai, India. Their zodiac sign is Taurus. He completed his schooling from Shrine Velankanni Senior Secondary School, Chennai in 1992. He did his graduation from Madras University, Chennai.

Physical Appearance

Height (Approx): 5′ 9″

Hair Color: Gray

Eye colour: black

Family

Ramachandran Ramesh belongs to a Brahmin family in Chennai, India.

parents and siblings

Not much information is available about Ramachandran Ramesh’s parents.

Ramachandran Ramesh’s parents

wife and children

Ramachandran Ramesh married chess grandmaster Aarti Ramaswamy on 29 August 2003. They have two children, a daughter named Varsha and a son named Karthik.

Ramachandran Ramesh with Aarti Ramaswamy in Vietnam in 2003

Ramachandran Ramesh with his son Karthik

Ramachandran Ramesh with his daughter

Religion

Ramachandran Ramesh follows Hindu religion.

Signature

Signature of Ramachandran Ramesh

livelihood

chess

Inspired by the success of Indian chess player Vishwanathan Anand, Ramesh started playing chess at the age of 12. During his career as a professional chess player, he earned several titles, including FIDE Master (FM) in 1995 and International Master (IM) in 1996. In 1996 he was also a part of the Indian chess team. As a professional chess player, he won several chess tournaments such as the British Championship in 2002 and the Commonwealth Championship in 2007. In 2004, he became a Grandmaster, a title awarded to chess players by FIDE, the world chess organization. His world ranking is 1218.