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"You should be scared of success!" - P. Karthikeyan, Commonwealth Champion 2018

3,940 views · Published 4 July 2018 · 14:04 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: ChessBase India · 2018 · Gaming

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"You should be scared of success!"

These are the words from the Commonwealth 2018 Champion Karthikeyan Pandian. Ups and downs, Karthikeyan has seen it all.

The Chennai youngster has been so close to GM title for years now. He made his 3 GM norms and also crossed 2500 Elo. But due to some technical rules his one GM norm got rejected. It's been many years since Karthikeyan has struggled to achieve that final GM norm.

Instead of getting depressed or frustrated, Karthikeyan haa accepted the situation, learnt from it and moved on. He has ensured that instead of thinking about the norm, it is more important to have the right attitude. He has worked extremely hard on it and the result is here for all to see.

Karthikeyan won the Commonwealth Championships with 7.5/9 ahead of so many GMs. Technically he is still an IM but no one considers him a non-GM and for Karthikeyan it doesn't really matter. He is in the zone and he is enjoying it! Check out this amazing interview.

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