Nihal Sarin

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.As a junior player, Nihal was the World Under-10 champion in 2014 and placed second in the 2015 World Under-12 championship. Nihal won the Gold Medal as part of the Indian team in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020.

Nihal Sarin, an Indian chess grandmaster, is known for his chess prowess and is considered a chess prodigy, with his height being a notable that feet & inches- 5’ 3” tall.

Nihal Sarin, an Indian chess grandmaster, is known for his rapid rise to prominence, becoming a grandmaster at 14 and a speed chess specialist, winning multiple youth championships and achieving high rankings. Nihal was the 2013 National Under-9 Champion in Chennai, the 2014 National Under-11 Bronze medalist in Puri, and the 2015 National Under-11 Silver medalist in Pondicherry. Nihal won the gold medal in the World Blitz Championship in the Under-10 category in Al-Ain in 2013.

Nihal Sarin, an Indian chess prodigy, became a Grandmaster at 14, won the World Under-10 Blitz Championship in 2013 and the World Under-10 Championship in 2014, and is a two-time Chess.com Junior Speed Chess Champion. he Became an International Master at the Aeroflot Open 2017 in Moscow, Russia. he was Part of the Indian team that won the FIDE Chess Olympiad, held online due to the coronavirus pandemic.

• The fourth youngest player to get the Elo rating of 2600 in 2019 was Nihal Sarin, a chess prodigy from India who is now fourteen years old.
• Surprisingly, he could identify the flags and capitals of 190 nations at the age of three. He could also name plants and insects by their scientific names.
• He was able to speak English proficiently while he was in upper kindergarten. When he started class one, he was six years old. In class one, he was also familiar with multiplication tables.
• He won the Kerala state championship in the U-7 category, U-9 category twice, U-11 category twice and U-15 category once.
• He became state under-19 runner-up twice, at the age of eight and at the age of ten.