Nihal Sarin Age 19
Source: chessbase.in
- Title
- Grandmaster
- Live Rating
- 2673.0
- Live Rank
- #57
- FIDE Rating
- 2680
- World Rank
- #53
- India Rank
- #8
- FIDE Peak Rating
- 2698 - Mar 2024 (Age 19)
- FIDE Peak Rank
- #38 (2698) - Mar 2024 (Age 19)
- Rapid
- 2653 World #43, Peak 2680 (May 2024)
- Blitz
- 2704 World #23, Peak 2705 (Dec 2021)
- Active Years:
- 2011 - 2024
- Total Games:
- 1193
- Wins:
- 470 (39%)
- Losses:
- 202 (17%)
- Draws:
- 521 (44%)
- Total score:
- 61%
- Performance :
- Performance for the last active 12 months:
- 2682
White:
D02 London System (50 games)
D00 Amazon Attack (17 games)
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (15 games)
Black:
B06 Modern Defense (18 games)
D02 London System (15 games)
B90 Sicilian Defense (13 games)
D02 London System (50 games)
D00 Amazon Attack (17 games)
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (15 games)
Black:
B06 Modern Defense (18 games)
D02 London System (15 games)
B90 Sicilian Defense (13 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Hansen, Eric | 2568 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | 1-0 | 62 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 |  |
| 202 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 2530 | 0-1 | 87 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |
| 203 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | Adly, Ahmed | 2605 | 1-0 | 43 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |
| 204 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2909 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | 1-0 | 62 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |
| 205 | Sanal, Vahap | 2576 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | 0-1 | 52 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |
| 206 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | Moiseenko, Alexander | 2577 | 1-0 | 36 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |
| 207 | Alonso Rosell, Alvar | 2514 | Nihal, Sarin | 2702 | 0-1 | 47 | Almaty | 29 Dec 2022 | |
| 208 | Sarana, Alexey | 2629 | Nihal, Sarin | 2628 | 1/2-1/2 | 38 | Almaty | 28 Dec 2022 | |
| 209 | Nihal, Sarin | 2628 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2676 | 1/2-1/2 | 48 | Almaty | 28 Dec 2022 | |
| 210 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 2646 | Nihal, Sarin | 2628 | 0-1 | 37 | Almaty | 28 Dec 2022 | |
| 211 | Nihal, Sarin | 2628 | Duda, Jan Krzysztof | 2791 | 1/2-1/2 | 52 | Almaty | 28 Dec 2022 | |
| 212 | Puranik, Abhimanyu Sameer | 2549 | Nihal, Sarin | 2628 | 0-1 | 48 | Almaty | 27 Dec 2022 | |
| 213 | Nihal, Sarin | 2628 | Sadhwani, Raunak | 2532 | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Almaty | 27 Dec 2022 | |
| 214 | Dubov, Daniil | 2712 | Nihal, Sarin | 2628 | 1-0 | 18 | Almaty | 27 Dec 2022 | |
| 215 | Nihal, Sarin | 2628 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2766 | 1/2-1/2 | 49 | Almaty | 27 Dec 2022 | |
| 216 | Yu, Yangyi | 2743 | Nihal, Sarin | 2628 | 1/2-1/2 | 15 | Almaty | 26 Dec 2022 | |
| 217 | Fedoseev, Vladimir1 | 2741 | Nihal, Sarin | 2628 | 1/2-1/2 | 56 | Almaty | 26 Dec 2022 | |
| 218 | Nihal, Sarin | 2628 | Quparadze, Giga | 2538 | 1-0 | 35 | Almaty | 26 Dec 2022 | |
| 219 | Fedorov, Alexei | 2531 | Nihal, Sarin | 2628 | 0-1 | 47 | Almaty | 26 Dec 2022 | |
| 220 | Nihal, Sarin | 2628 | Suleymenov, Alisher | 2440 | 1-0 | 60 | Almaty | 26 Dec 2022 | |
| 221 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar | 2722 | 1/2-1/2 | 56 | Kolkata | 4 Dec 2022 | |
| 222 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 2719 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 1-0 | 31 | Kolkata | 4 Dec 2022 | |
| 223 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2740 | 1/2-1/2 | 50 | Kolkata | 4 Dec 2022 | |
| 224 | So, Wesley | 2760 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 1-0 | 67 | Kolkata | 4 Dec 2022 | |
| 225 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu | 2684 | 0-1 | 58 | Kolkata | 4 Dec 2022 | |
| 226 | Gukesh, Dommaraju | 2725 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 0-1 | 34 | Kolkata | 4 Dec 2022 | |
| 227 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2730 | 1-0 | 36 | Kolkata | 4 Dec 2022 | |
| 228 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2713 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 1-0 | 72 | Kolkata | 4 Dec 2022 | |
| 229 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2768 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 1-0 | 53 | Kolkata | 4 Dec 2022 | |
| 230 | Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar | 2722 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 1/2-1/2 | 74 | Kolkata | 3 Dec 2022 | |
| 231 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 2719 | 1-0 | 44 | Kolkata | 3 Dec 2022 | |
| 232 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2740 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 1-0 | 37 | Kolkata | 3 Dec 2022 | |
| 233 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | So, Wesley | 2760 | 1-0 | 37 | Kolkata | 3 Dec 2022 | |
| 234 | Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu | 2684 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 0-1 | 44 | Kolkata | 3 Dec 2022 | |
| 235 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Gukesh, Dommaraju | 2725 | 0-1 | 29 | Kolkata | 3 Dec 2022 | |
| 236 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2730 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 1-0 | 43 | Kolkata | 3 Dec 2022 | |
| 237 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2713 | 1/2-1/2 | 38 | Kolkata | 3 Dec 2022 | |
| 238 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2768 | 1-0 | 87 | Kolkata | 3 Dec 2022 | |
| 239 | Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar | 2718 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 1-0 | 59 | Kolkata | 1 Dec 2022 | |
| 240 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 2720 | 1-0 | 61 | Kolkata | 1 Dec 2022 | |
| 241 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2741 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 0-1 | 34 | Kolkata | 1 Dec 2022 | |
| 242 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | So, Wesley | 2760 | 1/2-1/2 | 22 | Kolkata | 30 Nov 2022 | |
| 243 | Sethuraman, SP. | 2643 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 0-1 | 57 | Kolkata | 30 Nov 2022 | |
| 244 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Gukesh, Dommaraju | 2725 | 1-0 | 50 | Kolkata | 30 Nov 2022 | |
| 245 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2724 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 0-1 | 38 | Kolkata | 29 Nov 2022 | |
| 246 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2713 | 1/2-1/2 | 36 | Kolkata | 29 Nov 2022 | |
| 247 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2768 | 1/2-1/2 | 28 | Kolkata | 29 Nov 2022 | |
| 248 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | Anton Guijarro, David | 2668 | 1/2-1/2 | 78 | Jerusalem | 25 Nov 2022 | |
| 249 | Anton Guijarro, David | 2668 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 0-1 | 57 | Jerusalem | 25 Nov 2022 | |
| 250 | Anton Guijarro, David | 2668 | Nihal, Sarin | 2670 | 1-0 | 56 | Jerusalem | 25 Nov 2022 | |