Nihal Sarin Age 19
Source: chessbase.in
- Title
- Grandmaster
- Live Rating
- 2692.6
- Live Rank
- #42
- FIDE Rating
- 2688
- World Rank
- #46
- India Rank
- #7
- FIDE Peak Rating
- 2694 - Sep 2023 (Age 19)
- FIDE Peak Rank
- #42 (2694) - Oct 2023 (Age 19)
- Rapid
- 2667 World #40, Peak 2678 (Jan 2023)
- Blitz
- 2689 World #34, Peak 2705 (Dec 2021)
- Active Years:
- 2011 - 2023
- Total Games:
- 1125
- Wins:
- 447 (40%)
- Losses:
- 190 (17%)
- Draws:
- 488 (43%)
- Total score:
- 62%
- Performance :
- Performance for the last active 12 months:
- 2687
White:
D02 London System (46 games)
D00 Amazon Attack (16 games)
A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack (14 games)
Black:
B06 Modern Defense (16 games)
D02 London System (13 games)
C54 Italian Game (12 games)
D02 London System (46 games)
D00 Amazon Attack (16 games)
A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack (14 games)
Black:
B06 Modern Defense (16 games)
D02 London System (13 games)
C54 Italian Game (12 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)
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Games
| # | White Player | Rating | Black Player | Rating | Result | Moves | Site | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Sadhwani, Raunak | 2603 | Nihal, Sarin | 2681 | 0-1 | 50 | Dubai | 25 Jun 2023 |  |
| 102 | Nihal, Sarin | 2672 | Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu | 2587 | 0-1 | 47 | Dubai | 25 Jun 2023 | |
| 103 | Sindarov, Javokhir | 2646 | Nihal, Sarin | 2681 | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Dubai | 24 Jun 2023 | |
| 104 | Nihal, Sarin | 2681 | Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | 2624 | 1-0 | 39 | Dubai | 23 Jun 2023 | |
| 105 | Esipenko, Andrey | 2682 | Nihal, Sarin | 2681 | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Dubai | 22 Jun 2023 | |
| 106 | Nihal, Sarin | 2681 | Ter Sahakyan, Samvel | 2598 | 1-0 | 42 | Chartres | 11 Jun 2023 | |
| 107 | Korobov, Anton | 2661 | Nihal, Sarin | 2681 | 1/2-1/2 | 27 | Chartres | 10 Jun 2023 | |
| 108 | Nihal, Sarin | 2681 | Vitiugov, Nikita | 2721 | 1/2-1/2 | 27 | Chartres | 9 Jun 2023 | |
| 109 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2655 | Nihal, Sarin | 2681 | 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Chartres | 8 Jun 2023 | |
| 110 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | Visakh, Narayanan Rajeswari | 2542 | 1-0 | 61 | Chartres | 7 Jun 2023 | |
| 111 | Van Foreest, Jorden | 2689 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Chartres | 5 Jun 2023 | |
| 112 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | Harikrishna, Pentala | 2704 | 1/2-1/2 | 48 | Chartres | 4 Jun 2023 | |
| 113 | Cheng, Bobby Sky | 2559 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | 1/2-1/2 | 34 | Chartres | 2 Jun 2023 | |
| 114 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | Lucas, Arthur | 2359 | 1-0 | 26 | Chartres | 1 Jun 2023 | |
| 115 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | Korobov, Anton | 2664 | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Sharjah | 25 May 2023 | |
| 116 | Sjugirov, Sanan | 2712 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | 1/2-1/2 | 69 | Sharjah | 24 May 2023 | |
| 117 | Esipenko, Andrey | 2679 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | 1/2-1/2 | 23 | Sharjah | 23 May 2023 | |
| 118 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | Yu, Yangyi | 2729 | 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Sharjah | 22 May 2023 | |
| 119 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | Sevian, Samuel | 2684 | 1/2-1/2 | 27 | Sharjah | 21 May 2023 | |
| 120 | Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu | 2688 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | 1/2-1/2 | 54 | Sharjah | 20 May 2023 | |
| 121 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan | 2560 | 1-0 | 39 | Sharjah | 19 May 2023 | |
| 122 | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | 2553 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | 1/2-1/2 | 13 | Sharjah | 18 May 2023 | |
| 123 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | Theodorou, Nikolas | 2591 | 1-0 | 43 | Sharjah | 17 May 2023 | |
| 124 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Tari, Aryan | 2656 | 1/2-1/2 | 15 | Djerba | 21 Feb 2023 | |
| 125 | Sebag, Marie | 2430 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 1/2-1/2 | 103 | Djerba | 21 Feb 2023 | |
| 126 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Edouard, Romain | 2532 | 1/2-1/2 | 29 | Djerba | 20 Feb 2023 | |
| 127 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 2433 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 0-1 | 40 | Djerba | 20 Feb 2023 | |
| 128 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Lagarde, Maxime | 2580 | 1-0 | 33 | Djerba | 20 Feb 2023 | |
| 129 | Moussard, Jules | 2684 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 1/2-1/2 | 29 | Djerba | 19 Feb 2023 | |
| 130 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Njili, Kamel | 2414 | 1-0 | 24 | Djerba | 19 Feb 2023 | |
| 131 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | Sedlak, Nikola | 2472 | 1-0 | 41 | Germany | 5 Feb 2023 | |
| 132 | Eljanov, Pavel | 2697 | Nihal, Sarin | 2673 | 1/2-1/2 | 34 | Germany | 4 Feb 2023 | |
| 133 | Madaminov, Mukhiddin | 2333 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | 0-1 | 40 | Almaty | 30 Dec 2022 | |
| 134 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | Dardha, Daniel | 2528 | 1/2-1/2 | 36 | Almaty | 30 Dec 2022 | |
| 135 | Rapport, Richard | 2654 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | 1-0 | 35 | Almaty | 30 Dec 2022 | |
| 136 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | Giri, Anish | 2792 | 1/2-1/2 | 24 | Almaty | 30 Dec 2022 | |
| 137 | Bluebaum, Matthias | 2634 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | 0-1 | 42 | Almaty | 30 Dec 2022 | |
| 138 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | Ponkratov, Pavel | 2539 | 1-0 | 45 | Almaty | 30 Dec 2022 | |
| 139 | Shankland, Samuel L | 2612 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Almaty | 30 Dec 2022 | |
| 140 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | Tsydypov, Zhamsaran | 2593 | 1/2-1/2 | 56 | Almaty | 30 Dec 2022 | |
| 141 | Keymer, Vincent | 2600 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | 1-0 | 58 | Almaty | 30 Dec 2022 | |
| 142 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | Quparadze, Giga | 2587 | 1-0 | 32 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |
| 143 | Muradli, Mahammad | 2610 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | 0-1 | 59 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |
| 144 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | Sychev, Klementy | 2563 | 1-0 | 46 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |
| 145 | Paravyan, David | 2551 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | 1-0 | 40 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |
| 146 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR | 2586 | 1-0 | 83 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |
| 147 | Hansen, Eric | 2568 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | 1-0 | 62 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |
| 148 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 2530 | 0-1 | 87 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |
| 149 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | Adly, Ahmed | 2605 | 1-0 | 43 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |
| 150 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2909 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | 1-0 | 62 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |