Ramachandran Ramesh​ (a.k.a. ​R. B.

Ramesh​) (born 20 April 1976) is an ​Indian​ ​chess

grandmaster​ from ​Chennai​ who won the 2002 ​British Championship​ and the 2007 ​Commonwealth
Championship​.

He is married to ​WGM​ ​Aarthie Ramaswamy​. They are India's first Grandmaster couple.​[1]
He started Chess Gurukul, Chess Academy in Chennai to train young players in 2008. Now Chess
Gurukul has produced many international chess champions from India. One of them is ​Bharath
Subramaniyam​, who became an International master in 2019 at the age of 11 years and 8 months.​[2]
Ramesh shot to fame with his superb commentary in the World Chess Championship Match 2013
Anan

Game 1, Carlsen–Anand, ½–½​[​edit​]

Carlsen–Anand, game 1

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Position after 13.Qb3

Carlsen chose a quiet ​line​, but his play was slightly ​inaccurate​, and he accepted a ​draw​ after 16
moves in lieu of a ​threefold repetition​.[29]
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Reti Opening, King's Indian Attack​ (​ECO​ A07)
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. b3 0-0 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 dxc4
10. bxc4 Nb6 11. c5 Nc4 12. Bc1 Nd5 13. Qb3​ (diagram) ​Na5 14. Qa3 Nc4 15. Qb3 Na5 16.
Qa3 Nc4 ½–½

Game 2, Anand–Carlsen, ½–½​[​edit​]

Anand–Carlsen, game 2

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Position after 17...Qd5

Anand opened with ​1.e4​, and Carlsen responded with the ​Caro–Kann Defence​, his first time doing
so in a competitive game since 2011. Anand ​castled​ ​queenside​ on move 14, which was followed by
a ​knight​ exchange in the ​centre​, after which Carlsen advanced his ​queen​ to d5 (see diagram). This
enabled a ​trade​ of queens, and, to the surprise of commentators and the audience, Anand accepted
it, rather than pressing forward with 18.Qg4. The resulting ​endgame​ was balanced; Anand exerted
pressure on Carlsen's ​kingside​ ​pawn​ shield with his ​rooks​, eliciting a repetition of moves and a
draw.​[30]
Caro–Kann Defence, Classical Variation​ (​ECO​ B18