Ramachandran Ramesh (a.k.a. R. B. Ramesh) (born 20 April 1976) is an Indian chess grandmaster from Chennai who won the 2002 British Championship and 2007 Commonwealth Championship.
He is married to WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy. They are India's first Grandmaster couple.
He started Chess Gurukul, Chess Academy in Chennai to train young aspiring players in 2008. Now Chessgurukul has produced many international chess champions from India.
Ramesh shot to fame with his superb commentary in the Fide World Chess Championship Match 2013 Anand - Carlsen, where he was the official commentator along with GM Susan Polgar.