Achievements
1. Arjun Became an International Master by his 16 years of age.
2. Youngest ever Keralite to become an International Master.
3. Youngest Indian to get the International rating at the age of 9.
4. British Junior chess champion 2001, Scarborough, United Kingdom. 5. Middle East under-16 Junior chess champion 2002, United Arab Emirates.
6. North American Youth co-champion, United States, 2004.
7. Runner-up in the US Junior Open, United States, 2005.
8. Winner of Cajun and Space Coast open under-2400 section, Florida, United States.
9. Triple Crown winner in the Biel International chess festival, Switzerland, 2005.
10. He won the under-16 title in the 2300 rating section in the International Chess Championship, Spain, 2005.
11. Runner-up in the Chicago International Open (Expert Section), 2006.
12. National Game 60 Chess Champion of the United States, 2006.
13. Held the record of being the youngest National G/60 chess champion of USA, by beating the International Master Edward Formanek, 2006.
14. Won the runner-up title and his first IM Norm in the First Saturday IM Tournament, May 2007, Hungary.
15. Arjun tied for the runner up title in the World Open, and won his Second IM Norm, United States, June 2007.
16. He became the champion in the First Saturday IM A Tournament and won his final IM Norm from Budapest, Hungary in July 2007.
17. Best non-titled player in the Biel chess festival Grand Master Open, Switzerland, 2007.
18. Holder of 18 International chess medals at the age of 16 years.
19. Defeated the famous Grandmasters Dusan Popovich (Serbia), Silvino Garcia (Cuba), Dejan Antic (Serbia), Saidali Iuldachev (Uzbekistan), Julio Becerra (United States), and drew with Grandmasters Dmitry Gurevich (United States), Anatoly Lein (United States), Vitali Golod (Israel), Mikhail Ulibin (Russia), Vladimir Kostic (Serbia), Dragoljub Ciric (Yugoslavia) and Ivan Nemet (Switzerland) in the various International blitz, rapid and regular chess tournaments, unusual achievement among junior chess players.
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