Nihal Sarin Age 20
Source: chessbase.in
- Title
- Grandmaster
- Live Rating
- 2688.9
- Live Rank
- #41
- FIDE Rating
- 2676
- World Rank
- #49
- India Rank
- #8
- FIDE Peak Rating
- 2698 - Mar 2024 (Age 19)
- FIDE Peak Rank
- #38 (2698) - Mar 2024 (Age 19)
- Rapid
- 2676 World #31, Peak 2680 (May 2024)
- Blitz
- 2695 World #26, Peak 2711 (Sep 2024)
- Active Years:
- 2011 - 2024
- Total Games:
- 1320
- Wins:
- 527 (40%)
- Losses:
- 226 (17%)
- Draws:
- 567 (43%)
- Total score:
- 62%
- Performance :
- Performance for the last active 12 months:
- 2676
White:
D02 London System (53 games)
D00 Amazon Attack (18 games)
C54 Italian Game (15 games)
Black:
B06 Modern Defense (19 games)
C54 Italian Game (16 games)
D02 London System (16 games)
D02 London System (53 games)
D00 Amazon Attack (18 games)
C54 Italian Game (15 games)
Black:
B06 Modern Defense (19 games)
C54 Italian Game (16 games)
D02 London System (16 games)
Titles:
- Candidate Master (2014)
- FIDE Master (2015)
- International Master (2017)
- Grandmaster (2018).
Championships:
- Numerous youth championships in Kerala state and India
- World U10 Champion (2014) – winning the CM title
- Runner-up U12 World Championship 2015
- Round 2 of the 2019 World Cup
- Round 3 of the 2021 World Cup
- Round 3 of the 2023 World Cup.
Best Tournament Results:
- Tied for the second place (4th on tiebreak) at the Fagernes International in 2017.
- Won the Silver Lake Open 2021 in Serbia
- Won the Serbia Open Masters in 2021.
- Won chess.com’s Junior Speed Chess Championship in 2021
- Equal first (6th on tiebreak) Capella La Grande 2022
- Member of the Indian Team that won the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020.
Best Team Results:
Member of the Indian Team that won gold at the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020.
Online:
- Won the U18 World Championship held online in 2020
- Won chess.com’s Junior Speed Chess Championship (JSCC) 2020.
- Won the Capechecs Online Trophy on October 25, 2020.
- Member of the Indian team that came second at the Asian Teams Online Championship 2020.
- Won the 2020 Super Juniors Cup
Ratings achievements:
- 2300+ March 2016 (aged 11)
- 2400+ April 2017 (aged 13)
- 2500+ December 2017 (aged 13)
- 2600+ June 2019 (aged 15)
- 2700+ (live rating) October 2023 (aged 19)
Every chart point has info (FIDE Rating, Date, Rank, Age). Click on the chart to compare the player with any other top player.
Games
| # | White Player | Rating | Black Player | Rating | Result | Moves | Site | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Abdisalimov, Abdimalik | 2536 | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Doha | 7 Dec 2024 |  |
| 2 | Zemlyanskii, Ivan | 2543 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1/2-1/2 | 56 | Doha | 6 Dec 2024 | |
| 3 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Sankalp Gupta | 2545 | 1/2-1/2 | 31 | Doha | 5 Dec 2024 | |
| 4 | Srihari L R | 2484 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 0-1 | 56 | Doha | 4 Dec 2024 | |
| 5 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Bukreev, Stanislav | 2384 | 1-0 | 32 | Doha | 3 Dec 2024 | |
| 6 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2777 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Tashkent | 29 Nov 2024 | |
| 7 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Sindarov, Javokhir | 2682 | 1-0 | 39 | Tashkent | 28 Nov 2024 | |
| 8 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Nigmatov, Ortik | 2447 | 1-0 | 38 | Tashkent | 27 Nov 2024 | |
| 9 | Atabayev, Saparmyrat | 2520 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 0-1 | 46 | Tashkent | 26 Nov 2024 | |
| 10 | Karthikeyan, Murali | 2625 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Tashkent | 25 Nov 2024 | |
| 11 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Sankalp Gupta | 2539 | 1-0 | 66 | Tashkent | 24 Nov 2024 | |
| 12 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Neelash Saha | 2458 | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Tashkent | 23 Nov 2024 | |
| 13 | Rakhmatullaev, Almas | 2410 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 0-1 | 35 | Tashkent | 22 Nov 2024 | |
| 14 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Bakhrillaev, Bakhrom | 2369 | 1-0 | 39 | Tashkent | 21 Nov 2024 | |
| 15 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2715 | Nihal, Sarin | 2711 | 0-1 | 65 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 16 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2777 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 0-1 | 67 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 17 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | So, Wesley | 2747 | 0-1 | 50 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 18 | Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu | 2737 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 0-1 | 43 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 19 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2831 | 1/2-1/2 | 60 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 20 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2739 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1-0 | 23 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 21 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar | 2799 | 0-1 | 35 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 22 | Dubov, Daniil | 2693 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1-0 | 44 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 23 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna | 2647 | 0-1 | 51 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 24 | Nihal, Sarin | 2711 | Keymer, Vincent | 2578 | 1-0 | 66 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 25 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Keymer, Vincent | 2733 | 1-0 | 70 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 26 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2777 | 1/2-1/2 | 60 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 27 | So, Wesley | 2797 | Nihal, Sarin | 2711 | 1-0 | 62 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 28 | So, Wesley | 2747 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1-0 | 88 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 29 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu | 2737 | 0-1 | 51 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 30 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2831 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1-0 | 62 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 31 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2739 | 1-0 | 36 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 32 | Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar | 2799 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1-0 | 30 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 33 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Dubov, Daniil | 2693 | 0-1 | 37 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 34 | Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna | 2647 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 0-1 | 50 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 35 | Keymer, Vincent | 2733 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 0-1 | 60 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 36 | Nihal, Sarin | 2679 | So, Wesley | 2735 | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Kolkata | 15 Nov 2024 | |
| 37 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | So, Wesley | 2747 | 1/2-1/2 | 35 | Kolkata | 15 Nov 2024 | |
| 38 | Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna | 2647 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Kolkata | 15 Nov 2024 | |
| 39 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2739 | 1-0 | 48 | Kolkata | 15 Nov 2024 | |
| 40 | Keymer, Vincent | 2733 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1-0 | 62 | Kolkata | 14 Nov 2024 | |
| 41 | Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu | 2676 | Nihal, Sarin | 2679 | 1-0 | 66 | Kolkata | 14 Nov 2024 | |
| 42 | Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu | 2737 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1-0 | 103 | Kolkata | 14 Nov 2024 | |
| 43 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2777 | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Kolkata | 14 Nov 2024 | |
| 44 | Dubov, Daniil | 2693 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Kolkata | 13 Nov 2024 | |
| 45 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2831 | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Kolkata | 13 Nov 2024 | |
| 46 | Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar | 2799 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1/2-1/2 | 44 | Kolkata | 13 Nov 2024 | |
| 47 | Nihal, Sarin | 2668 | Korobov, Anton | 2660 | 1-0 | 85 | Vrnjacka Banja | 26 Oct 2024 | |
| 48 | Dardha, Daniel | 2604 | Nihal, Sarin | 2668 | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Vrnjacka Banja | 25 Oct 2024 | |
| 49 | Dardha, Daniel | 2604 | Nihal, Sarin | 2668 | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Vrnjacka Banja | 25 Oct 2024 | |
| 50 | Nihal, Sarin | 2668 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR | 2698 | 1/2-1/2 | 36 | Vrnjacka Banja | 24 Oct 2024 | |