GMChithambaram VR. Aravindh
- FIDE ID
- 5072786
About Chithambaram VR. Aravindh
Aravindh Chithambaram grew up in Thirunagar near Madurai. His father died when he was three, and his mother supported the family through insurance work. His grandfather taught him chess at seven, initially hoping to keep the cricket-loving child occupied at home. Show more
Aravindh Chithambaram grew up in Thirunagar near Madurai. His father died when he was three, and his mother supported the family through insurance work. His grandfather taught him chess at seven, initially hoping to keep the cricket-loving child occupied at home. Aravindh won India's under-nineteen championship at twelve and took silver in the 2012 World Under-14 Championship. In 2013, he won the Chennai Grandmaster Open, defeating four grandmasters before he had earned even his first international-master norm. He became a grandmaster in 2015. He won the Indian championship in both 2018 and 2019. A further breakthrough came at the 2024 Chennai Grand Masters, where he defeated Levon Aronian in the playoff. In 2025 he won the Prague Masters by a full point.
FIDE rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-17 | 41st European Chess Club Cup - OPEN | Classical | 3 |
| 2026-10-09 | 1. Schachbundesliga 2026-2027 Oktober 2026 | Classical | 2½ |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-10 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3351 | 2019-12-29 | World Blitz 2019 | Moscow RUS | 10.79 | Pavel V. Tregubov | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 1-0 | 133 | Open |
| 3352 | 2019-12-29 | World Blitz 2019 | Moscow RUS | 1.7 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 3353 | 2019-12-28 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 15.43 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Evgeniy Najer | 1/2-1/2 | 57 | Open |
| 3354 | 2019-12-28 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 14.43 | Bassem Amin | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 1/2-1/2 | 25 | Open |
| 3355 | 2019-12-28 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 13.32 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Maxim Turov | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 3356 | 2019-12-28 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 12.28 | Ivan Cheparinov | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 1/2-1/2 | 27 | Open |
| 3357 | 2019-12-28 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 11.29 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Santosh Gujrathi Vidit | 1/2-1/2 | 44 | Open |
| 3358 | 2019-12-27 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 9.27 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Aleksandr Shimanov | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 3359 | 2019-12-27 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 8.28 | Maksim Chigaev | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 1/2-1/2 | 19 | Open |
| 3360 | 2019-12-27 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 7.9 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Alexander Motylev | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 3361 | 2019-12-27 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 6.21 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Rauf Mamedov | 1-0 | 82 | Open |
| 3362 | 2019-12-27 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 10.15 | David Anton Guijarro | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 1-0 | 13 | Open |
| 3363 | 2019-12-26 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 5.3 | Bartosz Socko | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 3364 | 2019-12-26 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 4.53 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Alvar Alonso Rosell | 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 3365 | 2019-12-26 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 3.34 | Alexei Shirov | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 3366 | 2019-12-26 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 2.22 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Kirill Alekseenko | 1/2-1/2 | 68 | Open |
| 3367 | 2019-12-26 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 1.35 | Boris Gelfand | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 0-1 | 78 | Open |
| 3368 | 2019-12-19 | 57th ch-IND 2019 | Majitar IND | 11.1 | Shyaam Nikhil P | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 3369 | 2019-12-18 | 57th ch-IND 2019 | Majitar IND | 10.1 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Sandipan Chanda | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 3370 | 2019-12-17 | 57th ch-IND 2019 | Majitar IND | 9.2 | Diptayan Ghosh | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 3371 | 2019-12-16 | 57th ch-IND 2019 | Majitar IND | 8.2 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Lalit Babu M R | 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Open |
| 3372 | 2019-12-15 | 57th ch-IND 2019 | Majitar IND | 7.3 | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 3373 | 2019-12-14 | 57th ch-IND 2019 | Majitar IND | 6.3 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Mhamal Anurag | 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 3374 | 2019-12-13 | 57th ch-IND 2019 | Majitar IND | 5.1 | Akash G | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 3375 | 2019-12-12 | 57th ch-IND 2019 | Majitar IND | 4.2 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | R.R. Laxman | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 3376 | 2019-12-11 | 57th ch-IND 2019 | Majitar IND | 3.2 | P. Karthikeyan | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 3377 | 2019-12-11 | 57th ch-IND 2019 | Majitar IND | 2.2 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Ojas Kulkarni | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 3378 | 2019-12-10 | 57th ch-IND 2019 | Majitar IND | 1.2 | Tamang Thendup | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 3379 | 2019-12-06 | London Classic Open 2019 | London ENG | 9.3 | Daniel W Gormally | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 3380 | 2019-12-05 | London Classic Open 2019 | London ENG | 8.1 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Praggnanandhaa R | 1/2-1/2 | 59 | Open |
| 3381 | 2019-12-04 | London Classic Open 2019 | London ENG | 7.1 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Anton Smirnov | 1/2-1/2 | 57 | Open |
| 3382 | 2019-12-03 | London Classic Open 2019 | London ENG | 6.1 | Stephen J Gordon | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 3383 | 2019-12-02 | London Classic Open 2019 | London ENG | 5.3 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Mark L Hebden | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 3384 | 2019-12-01 | London Classic Open 2019 | London ENG | 4.1 | Martin Petrov | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 1/2-1/2 | 25 | Open |
| 3385 | 2019-11-30 | London Classic Open 2019 | London ENG | 3.1 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Martin Percivaldi | 1-0 | 69 | Open |
| 3386 | 2019-11-30 | London Classic Open 2019 | London ENG | 2.1 | Andrew McClement | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 3387 | 2019-11-29 | London Classic Open 2019 | London ENG | 1.1 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Maria-Alexandra Ciocan | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 3388 | 2019-10-25 | 58th World Juniors 2019 | New Delhi IND | 11.3 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Aram Hakobyan | 1/2-1/2 | 64 | Open |
| 3389 | 2019-10-24 | 58th World Juniors 2019 | New Delhi IND | 10.2 | Miguel Santos Ruiz | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 1/2-1/2 | 31 | Open |
| 3390 | 2019-10-23 | 58th World Juniors 2019 | New Delhi IND | 9.4 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Dmitrij Kollars | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 3391 | 2019-10-22 | 58th World Juniors 2019 | New Delhi IND | 8.7 | Raja Rithvik R | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 3392 | 2019-10-21 | 58th World Juniors 2019 | New Delhi IND | 7.5 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Volodar Murzin | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Open |
| 3393 | 2019-10-19 | 58th World Juniors 2019 | New Delhi IND | 6.12 | Artur Davtyan | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 0-1 | 72 | Open |
| 3394 | 2019-10-18 | 58th World Juniors 2019 | New Delhi IND | 5.1 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Shete Sammed Jaykumar | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Open |
| 3395 | 2019-10-17 | 58th World Juniors 2019 | New Delhi IND | 4.2 | Muthaiah AL | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 3396 | 2019-10-17 | 58th World Juniors 2019 | New Delhi IND | 3.35 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | V Pranav | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 3397 | 2019-10-16 | 58th World Juniors 2019 | New Delhi IND | 2.18 | Aronyak Ghosh | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 3398 | 2019-10-15 | 58th World Juniors 2019 | New Delhi IND | 1.3 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Shixu B Wang | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 3399 | 2019-09-14 | FIDE World Cup 2019 | Khanty-Mansiysk RUS | 2.2 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |
| 3400 | 2019-09-13 | FIDE World Cup 2019 | Khanty-Mansiysk RUS | 2.1 | Chithambaram VR. Aravindh | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 0-1 | 37 | Open |