1981 - Today
Krishnan Sasikiran (Tamil: கிருஷ்ணன் சசிகிரண்; born 7 January 1981) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He was one of Viswanathan Anand's seconds in the World Chess Championship 2013. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Krishnan Sasikiran has received more than 106,004 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Krishnan Sasikiran is the 390th most popular chess player (down from 368th in 2019), the 1,349th most popular biography from India (down from 1,180th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Chess Player.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among chess players, Krishnan Sasikiran ranks 390 out of 374. Before him are Jeff Sarwer, Sergei Azarov, Zaven Andriasian, Kirill Alekseenko, Maxim Rodshtein, and Yu Yangyi. After him are Ruan Lufei, Abhimanyu Mishra, Parimarjan Negi, Jon Ludvig Hammer, Sam Shankland, and Harika Dronavalli.
1978 - Present
HPI: 22.21
Rank: 384
1983 - Present
HPI: 22.12
Rank: 385
1989 - Present
HPI: 22.07
Rank: 386
1997 - Present
HPI: 21.71
Rank: 387
1989 - Present
HPI: 21.15
Rank: 388
1994 - Present
HPI: 21.11
Rank: 389
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.67
Rank: 390
1987 - Present
HPI: 20.54
Rank: 391
2009 - Present
HPI: 20.07
Rank: 392
1993 - Present
HPI: 19.99
Rank: 393
1990 - Present
HPI: 19.76
Rank: 394
1991 - Present
HPI: 18.93
Rank: 395
1991 - Present
HPI: 18.84
Rank: 396
Among people born in 1981, Krishnan Sasikiran ranks 1,265. Before him are Kenji Hada, Anita Hassanandani, Fumiya Iwamaru, Tomohisa Ishiguro, Kyohei Yamagata, and Takashi Furukawa. After him are Michiharu Sugimoto, Taichi Hasegawa, Kosei Nakamura, Matthew Etherington, Kenta Kifuji, and Hidenori Kato.
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.78
Rank: 1,259
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.75
Rank: 1,260
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.74
Rank: 1,261
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.74
Rank: 1,262
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.71
Rank: 1,263
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.69
Rank: 1,264
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.67
Rank: 1,265
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.67
Rank: 1,266
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.65
Rank: 1,267
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.63
Rank: 1,268
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.62
Rank: 1,269
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.61
Rank: 1,270
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.61
Rank: 1,271
Among people born in India, Krishnan Sasikiran ranks 1,349 out of 1,493. Before him are Mahie Gill (1975), Antara Biswas (1982), Neeti Mohan (1979), Silambarasan (1983), Anita Hassanandani (1981), and Divyanka Tripathi (1984). After him are Gagan Narang (1983), Dutee Chand (1996), Kartik Aaryan (1990), Jayam Ravi (1980), Tara Sutaria (1995), and Reemma Sen (1981).
1975 - Present
HPI: 20.92
Rank: 1,343
1982 - Present
HPI: 20.90
Rank: 1,344
1979 - Present
HPI: 20.86
Rank: 1,345
1983 - Present
HPI: 20.80
Rank: 1,346
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.75
Rank: 1,347
1984 - Present
HPI: 20.73
Rank: 1,348
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.67
Rank: 1,349
1983 - Present
HPI: 20.59
Rank: 1,350
1996 - Present
HPI: 20.57
Rank: 1,351
1990 - Present
HPI: 20.39
Rank: 1,352
1980 - Present
HPI: 20.38
Rank: 1,353
1995 - Present
HPI: 20.31
Rank: 1,354
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.30
Rank: 1,355
Among chess players born in India, Krishnan Sasikiran ranks 5. Before him are Viswanathan Anand (1969), Humpy Koneru (1987), Pentala Harikrishna (1986), and Tania Sachdev (1986). After him are Parimarjan Negi (1993), Harika Dronavalli (1991), Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (2005), and Padmini Rout (1994).
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 1
1987 - Present
HPI: 27.11
Rank: 2
1986 - Present
HPI: 24.36
Rank: 3
1986 - Present
HPI: 22.76
Rank: 4
1981 - Present
HPI: 20.67
Rank: 5
1993 - Present
HPI: 19.99
Rank: 6
1991 - Present
HPI: 18.84
Rank: 7
2005 - Present
HPI: 18.65
Rank: 8
1994 - Present
HPI: 10.40
Rank: 9