Name Subramanian Prasad | ||
WESLEY punishes an Opening Mistake by Black in Sicilian Najdorf 2008 World Juniors
Subramanian Arun Prasad (born 21 April 1988 in Salem, Tamil Nadu) is an Indian chess grandmaster. In 2004 he won the Asian Under-16 Chess Championship in Tehran, Iran edging out Lê Quang Liêm on tiebreak score and as a result Arun Prasad earned the title of FIDE Master (FM). The same year he also won the Asian Junior Championship on tiebreak over Deepan Chakkravarthy in Bikaner, India.
In 2008 he became India's 18th chess grandmaster. In 2009 he became the first Indian to win the Open in the Scottish Chess Championship in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2010 he was part of the bronze medal-winning Indian team in World Team Chess Championship in Bursa, Turkey, also winning individual bronze medal for board 5. In 2011 he won the Paris Chess Championship. In 2015 Arun Prasad finished in third place on tiebreak at the Washington Open, a point behind Gata Kamsky.