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G.N. Gopal (born 29 March 1989) is an Indian Chess grandmaster from Cochin, Kerala. Gopal became Kerala's first grandmaster in 2007 at the age of 18 and India's sixteenth grandmaster.

Geetha Narayanan Gopal
Gopal in 2011
Full nameGeetha Narayanan Gopal
CountryIndia
Born29 March 1989 (1989-03-29) (age 33)
Muvattupuzha, Kerala, India
TitleGrandmaster
FIDE rating2589 (September 2022)
Peak rating2611 (July 2010)
Medal record
Representing  India
Asian Games
2010 GuangzhouMen's Team
World Team
2010 BursaMen's Team

He won the bronze medal in the prestigious 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China in November 2010. He also won the bronze medal in the World Team Championship held in Bursa, Turkey in January 2010.


Early life


Gopal was born in a Nair family in Muvattupuzha as the second son of Prof B. Narayana Pillai and Prof Geetha Prakasini. He has an elder brother Gokul who is a Computer Engineer.

Gopal started chess at the age of 10. He was initiated to chess by his father. He won his first National Championship in Chandigarh in 2001. He became the National Junior champion (U-20) at the age of 15 in 2004. He won his first international championship in his first international exposure in 2003 in Dubai Juniors, Dubai.


Personal life


Gopal is working as Assistant Manager in Bharat Petroleum. He lives in Aluva.

Key achievements

National events

Asian events

Olympiads and World Team 2010

Olympiads: He has represented India in three successive Chess Olympiads namely Dresden 2008,Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 and Istanbul 2012

World Team Chess Championship 2010: His team India won bronze in the prestigious World Team 2010


Recognition


He received the prestigious Tigran Mets Medal during the Lake Sevan 2007 where he was the joint winner. "The Tigran Mets Medal" is a highly prestigious and very special honor of the Republic of Armenia.


References





    На других языках


    - [en] Geetha Narayanan Gopal

    [ru] Гита Нараянан Гопал

    Гита Нараянан Гопал[2] (англ. Geetha Narayanan Gopal, малаял. ഗീത നാരായണൻ ഗോപാൽ; род. 29 марта 1989, Керала) — индийский шахматист, гроссмейстер (2007).



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