GM Nihal Sarin
Country
India
Rating Fide
2696
Age
20
Participations
4
Biography
One of Nihal's early greatest successes came when he became the 2014 U-10 World Chess Champion in Durban, South Africa. He was a silver medalist at the U-12 World Championship (he lost gold by a slight margin in Buchholz), and tied for second place again in the 2016 edition, finishing fourth in the playoffs. In 2016, at just 11 years of age, he became one of the youngest chess players in India to achieve an IM norm (later he would be one of the youngest players in history to become a GM). In 2019 he became the youngest Indian player to cross the 2600 rating points barrier and to compete in a World Cup.
In 2013, Nihal Sarin won the U-10 Blitz title at the World Youth Chess Championship in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, and a few months later, in 2014, he also won the Asian U-10 Blitz and Speed Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He was also the U-9 Indian National Chess Champion in 2013. In 2020 he was part of the Indian team that won the FIDE Chess Olympiad, held online due to the coronavirus pandemic. During this pandemic he won another 4 online tournaments, being crowned the U-18 World Champion in 2020. He is a great specialist in blitz chess, as evidenced by the fact that he was able to win the World Champion (Magnus Carlsen) in an official game of blitz in 2021.
He is currently the world's number 2 player of his age (15).Rating Fide
2696
Rating Fce
Personal data
| Name: GM Nihal Sarin | |
| Country: India |
| Federation: All India Chess Federation |
| Birthdate: 2004 | |
| Title: GM |
Trajectory
- 2016 - Position 31 (Group a ), 5.5 Points
- 2018 - Position 21 (Group a), 6.5 Points
- 2019 - Position 11 (Group a), 7.5 Points
- 2021 - Position 9 (Group a), 7.5 Points
Statistical data
39
Rounds played
49%
Win percentage
Results
Statistics
| Year | Awards |
| 2016 | 135 € |
| 2018 | 40 € |
| 2019 | 350 € |
| 2021 | 400 € |
| Total | 925 € |
*Only the Open tournament prizes are counted
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