Shiyam Thavandiran Explained

Shiyamalen Thavandiran is a Canadian chess player.

Chess career

He started playing chess at the age of 7.^[1] He placed 4th in the World U10 Championships and became the youngest Canadian junior champion at the age of 12.^[2]

In January 2012, he won the Canadian University Championship, which helped his University of Western Ontario team (Aman Hambleton, Raja Panjwani, and Justin McDonald) to the championship.^[3]

He won the Canadian Chess Championship in April 2024, during which he went undefeated and achieved wins against other strong players such as Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux, Raja Panjwani, Nikolay Noritsyn, and grandmaster Bator Sambuev.^[4] In September 2024, he represented the country at the 45th Chess Olympiad, where he defeated the higher-rated grandmasters Štěpán Žilka and Trần Tuấn Minh in the third and last rounds, respectively.^[5]

Personal life

Off the chessboard, he works as a machine learning engineer at RBC.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Science grad makes his move toward grandmaster title. April 22, 2022. Keri. Ferguson.
2. News: Toronto data scientist takes sabbatical to pursue his chess ambition. March 18, 2022. Cecil. Rosner. The Globe and Mail .
3. Web site: 2012 Canadian University Ch A.
4. Web site: 2024 Canadian Zonal.
5. Web site: Round 3.
6. Web site: Shiyam Thavandiran.
7. Web site: SHIYAM THAVANDIRAN.