R R Vasudevan is an International Arbiter, Chess coach, Columnist for India’s premier chess magazine Chess Mate.

He was the only Indian to play in the Chess 960 world championships at Mainz, Germany in 2003.

Vasudevan has done live commentary and coverage of many International chess events and Super GM tournaments, including the knock-out FIDE World Chess Championship New Delhi/Tehran 2000, Sparkassen Dortmund Chess Meeting, Chess Classic Mainz, Biel Chess Festival, etc.