CMTamizh Amudhan S

Tamizh Amudhan learned chess from his cousins at four in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu. A local bus driver and part-time chess coach, Ravichandran, noticed his play at a district tournament and offered him free lessons. His family later arranged for him to train at Hatsun Chess Academy near Sivakasi. To make regular attendance possible, his mother moved with him about 350 kilometres from home while his father and sister remained in Kallakurichi. At the 2025 Asian Youth Championship, he earned individual classical silver and rapid bronze, alongside team medals. Another prize was a car, awarded for his second-place finish in a section of the Athens of the East tournament. In May 2026 he defeated Vincent Keymer in an online Freestyle Friday blitz game while his home was without electricity, using a laptop and a phone hotspot. Hatsun subsequently provided full sponsorship for his training. He also won the Commonwealth under-ten classical, rapid and blitz titles in 2026 and finished second in Tamil Nadu's under-eleven championship.