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Nihal Sarin
Indian chess grandmaster (born 2004) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nihal Sarin (born 13 July 2004) is an Indian chess grandmaster and chess prodigy. In 2018, he passed the Elo rating of 2600 at 14 years old, which at the time made him the third youngest player in history to do so.[1]
In this Indian name, the name Sarin is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Nihal.
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![]() Nihal Sarin playing in the 2023 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship. | |
Country | India |
Born | (2004-07-13) 13 July 2004 (age 20) Thrissur, Kerala, India |
Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
FIDE rating | 2682 (July 2024) |
Peak rating | 2698 (March 2024) |
Ranking | No. 46 (July 2024) |
Peak ranking | No. 38 (March 2024) |
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As a junior player, Nihal was the World Under-10 champion in 2014[2] and placed second in the 2015 World Under-12 championship.[3][4] Nihal won the Gold Medal as part of the Indian team in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020.[5] He won the U-18 World Youth Championship held online in rapid format in 2020.[6]