Murugan Thiruchelvam

Murugan Thirumurugan Thiruchelvam
Full name	Murugan Thirumurugan Thiruchelvam
Country	England
Born	11 December 1989 (1989-12-11) (age 21) England, UK
FIDE rating	2275

Murugan Thirumurugan Thiruchelvam (born 11 December 1989) is an English chess player. He was England's youngest player ever to gain an international chess rating (2020 at the age of nine).^[1] Less than a week after his 10th birthday, he played against the then world champion Garry Kasparov in a simultaneous exhibition. Kasparov singled out his game against Murugan as the best of that day, and was very impressed by the strategic understanding of the youngster. Murugan is of [[Sri Lankan descent and was born on 11 December — the same day as Indian Chess Player Viswanathan Anand. He currently attends a school in south-west London.^[2]

References

1. ^ The Independent, March 1999
2. ^ The Independent, April 1999

External links

• Murugan Thiruchelvam player profile at ChessGames.com

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Name	Thiruchelvam, Murugan
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Date of birth	11 December 1989
Place of birth	England, UK
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