| Shiyam Thavandiran | |
|---|---|
 Thavandiran in 2024 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Born | (1992-05-02) May 2, 1992 (age 32) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Title | International Master (2017) |
| FIDE rating | 2410 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2420 (December 2019) |
Shiyamalen Thavandiran is a Canadian chess player.
Chess career
He started playing chess at the age of 7. He placed 4th in the World U10 Championships and became the youngest Canadian junior champion at the age of 12.
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.
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. 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.
Personal life
Off the chessboard, he works as a machine learning engineer at RBC.
References
- Ferguson, Keri (April 22, 2022). "Science grad makes his move toward grandmaster title".
- Rosner, Cecil (March 18, 2022). "Toronto data scientist takes sabbatical to pursue his chess ambition". The Globe and Mail.
- "2012 Canadian University Ch A".
- "2024 Canadian Zonal".
- "Round 3".
- "Shiyam Thavandiran".
- "SHIYAM THAVANDIRAN".
External links
- Shiyam Thavandiran rating card at FIDE