Srirangam Chess Master

Overview

Hi I am Sundarrajan. My native is Srirangam, Trichy, Tamil Nadu.

I learnt chess in the year 1981 from my friends. I started participating in tournaments since 1989. I won titles in many district level tournaments. I participated in All India Inter University chess tournament twice representing Bharadhidasan University. I obtained my FIDE rating in 2004. My initial rating was 2057. I started my chess coaching career in the year 2000. My full time profession is Chess Coaching. I won thrice the best coach award from Trichy District Chess Association.

In 2004, Venkataraman, Balaji and Sundarrajan formed VBS Chess Academy. The academy is affiliated to Trichy District Chess Association and promoting chess in the district since 2004. We organized so many district level, state level and a State chess tournament (Tamil Nadu Senior Women Chess Championship in 2006) in Trichy. Our students have been winning titles in district level and state level chess tournaments regularly.

I taught chess to students in

a) Akilandeswari Vidyalaya, Periyar Nagar
b) Santa Maria Matriculation, Crawford
c) Savithri Vidyasala (SVS)
d) Kamakoti Vidyalaya
e) Sivanandha Balalaya
f) Sai Nursery School, Lalgudi


I started my Online Training in 2011. Classes are once in a week. Other days, students used to get some chess home works to do. (Solving Problems, Playing games, Playing Positions, Observing Classics and learning, Reading Chess Books and learning etc.,)

I was a secretary of Trichy District Chess Association from 2011 to 2018. Presently, I am one of the vice presidents in the Trichy District Chess Association.

Chess is a beautiful game. It helps a person to shape his personality. Those who are interested to learn chess, do approach me……

Thank you.