Geetha Narayanan Gopal
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Geetha Narayanan Gopal is an Indian chess grandmaster from Aluva
, Kerala
. He took up the game at age 10, was coached by TM Sankaran Namboothiripad, later coached by IM Varghese Koshy. Subsequently he was coached in group camps by Ruslan Scherbakov and Evgeny Vladimirov
.
He became both an International Master and a Grandmaster in 2007. His brother Gokul gave up a career in engineering to become his manager.
In 2009, the All India Chess Federation
banned him for a year for not playing in a national championship. The AICF was accused of arbitrariness and the ban was subsequently revoked.
Aluva
Aluva , is a suburb of the city of Kochi, situated north of the city center and a municipality in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India. Aluva is also a major industrial center of the state....
, Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
. He took up the game at age 10, was coached by TM Sankaran Namboothiripad, later coached by IM Varghese Koshy. Subsequently he was coached in group camps by Ruslan Scherbakov and Evgeny Vladimirov
Evgeny Vladimirov
Evgeny Vladimirov is a chess Grandmaster from Kazakhstan. Vladimirov took on the computer program Hydra in August 2004 and lost three games and drew one....
.
He became both an International Master and a Grandmaster in 2007. His brother Gokul gave up a career in engineering to become his manager.
In 2009, the All India Chess Federation
All India Chess Federation
The All India Chess Federation is central administrative body for the game of chess in India. Founded in 1951, the federation is affiliated to Fédération Internationale des Échecs, , the world body for chess...
banned him for a year for not playing in a national championship. The AICF was accused of arbitrariness and the ban was subsequently revoked.