Murugan Thiruchelvam
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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). 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 ri 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
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player. He was England's youngest player ever to gain an international chess rating
Elo rating system
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-born American physics professor....
(2020 at the age of nine). Less than a week after his 10th birthday, he played against the then world champion Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
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 ri Lankan descent and was born on 11 December — the same day as Indian Chess Player Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand
V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
. He currently attends a school in south-west London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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