Indian chess grandmaster (born 1990)
Ashwin Jayaram is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Career
Ashwin began playing chess at the age of 8.[2] He was trained by K Ganesan.[3]
He achieved his three GM norms from 2007 to 2009, winning the Asian Junior Chess Championship twice.[3] In 2014, he moved to St Louis, Missouri.[2] In 2015, he surpassed the 2500 rating mark, achieving the Grandmaster title.[3]
Personal life
He studied finance at Webster University and played on their "B" chess team alongside Manuel León Hoyos, Vasif Durarbayli, and Priyadharshan Kannappan.[4][5]
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