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Cyrus Lakdawala
Country	United States
Born	(1960-10-10) October 10, 1960 (age 64) Mumbai, India
Title	International Master (2002)
FIDE rating	2413 (April 2025)
Peak rating	2442 (October 2001)

Cyrus Lakdawala is an American chess International Master (IM) and journalist who has written more than 60 books on chess. Born in Mumbai, India in 1960, his father taught him chess at the age of 8. He grew up in Montreal, Canada and moved to San Diego, California, where he currently resides, in 1978.^[1] In his personal life, he practices both yoga and Buddhist meditation.

Best Results

During his tournament chess career (which he ended due to a bad back) he was co-champion of the 19th National Open in 1987, tied with Maxim Dlugy*, Joel Benjamin, Walter Browne, and Sergey Kudrin (Dlugy was awarded the title on tiebreaks)^[2]; co-champion of the 34th American Open in 1998, tied with GM Pavel Blatny of the Czech Republic while Lakdawala was still a FIDE Master (FM)^[3]; US G/60, and US G/30 Championships;^[4] he is also the six-time California state champion.^[5] and two-time Southern California Open Chess Champion, in 1995 and 2003. ^[6]

Writings

He has won the Chess Journalists Association's award for Instructional Book of the Year 2020 for In the Zone: Winning Streaks. He won the Chess Journalists Association's award for Best Chess Column in 2016, Cracked Grandmaster Tales / Why Do Grandmasters Blunder?, written on chess.com.^[7] His most recent work, From Boy to Challenger: The Toughest Battles of Gukesh D was published in August 2024, four months before the subject became the World Chess Champion.^[8]^{[non-primary source needed]}

References

^ "The top chess player in San Diego is Cyrus Lakdawala". San Diego Reader. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
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^ [2]
^ "IM Cyrus Lakdawala (Lakofdawalapment) - Chess Profile". Chess.com. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ Chess (InvestInChess), Invest in (December 27, 2014). "In Conversation with International Master Cyrus Lakdawala!". Chess.com. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ https://scchess.com/champions.html
^ [3]
^ Lakdawala, Cyrus (August 2024). From Boy to Man to Challenger: The Fiercest Battles of Gukesh D. Elk and Ruby. ISBN 978-1-916839-48-9.

External links

Books

The Slav: Move by Move, 2011, Everyman Chess, ISBN 978-1-85744-678-4.
The Caro-Kann: Move by Move, 2012, Everyman Chess, ISBN 978-1-85744-687-6.
Larsen: Move by Move, 2014, Everyman Chess, ISBN 978-1-78194-201-7.
1...d6: Move by Move, 2011, Everyman Chess, ISBN 978-1-85744-683-8.
The Colle: Move by Move, 2013, Everyman Chess, ISBN 978-1-85744-996-9.
Play the London System, 2010, Everyman Chess, ISBN 978-1-85744-639-5.
From Boy to Man to Challenger: The Fiercest Battles of Gukesh D, 256 pages, 2024, ELK and RUBY, ISBN 978-1-91683-948-9.
In the Zone: Winning Streaks, 400 pages, 2020, New in Chess, ISBN 978-9-05691-877-4.

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