 In the 2004 edition he finished second to S. Arun Prasad on tiebreak.In the same year he tied for 2nd–4th with Praveen Thipsay and Saidali Iuldachev in the Piloo Mody International Open in Lucknow.Deepan Chakkravarthy was part of the Indian chess team at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games that took the gold medal in the rapid chess event and silver in the standard event.