Nihal Sarin Age 19
Source: chessbase.in
- Title
- Grandmaster
- Live Rating
- 2685.5
- Live Rank
- #49
- FIDE Rating
- 2698
- World Rank
- #39
- India Rank
- #7
- FIDE Peak Rating
- 2698 - Mar 2024 (Age 19)
- FIDE Peak Rank
- #38 (2698) - Mar 2024 (Age 19)
- Rapid
- 2653 World #43, Peak 2678 (Jan 2023)
- Blitz
- 2704 World #21, Peak 2705 (Dec 2021)
- Active Years:
- 2011 - 2024
- Total Games:
- 1183
- Wins:
- 466 (39%)
- Losses:
- 199 (17%)
- Draws:
- 518 (44%)
- Total score:
- 61%
- Performance :
- Performance for the last active 12 months:
- 2687
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)
C54 Italian Game (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)
C54 Italian Game (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)
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 | Pranav, Anand | 2519 | Nihal, Sarin | 2698 | 1-0 | 99 | Ciutadella de Menorca | 6 Apr 2024 |  |
| 2 | Nihal, Sarin | 2698 | Chigaev, Maksim | 2621 | 1/2-1/2 | 51 | Ciutadella de Menorca | 6 Apr 2024 | |
| 3 | Aryan, Chopra | 2630 | Nihal, Sarin | 2698 | 1-0 | 136 | Ciutadella de Menorca | 5 Apr 2024 | |
| 4 | Nihal, Sarin | 2698 | Iermito, Sebastian | 2511 | 1-0 | 63 | Ciutadella de Menorca | 4 Apr 2024 | |
| 5 | Lamard, Guillaume | 2495 | Nihal, Sarin | 2698 | 0-1 | 66 | Ciutadella de Menorca | 4 Apr 2024 | |
| 6 | Nihal, Sarin | 2698 | Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando | 2500 | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Ciutadella de Menorca | 3 Apr 2024 | |
| 7 | Deuer, Marius | 2439 | Nihal, Sarin | 2698 | 0-1 | 68 | Ciutadella de Menorca | 3 Apr 2024 | |
| 8 | Nihal, Sarin | 2698 | Alfonso Durban, Xavier | 2211 | 1-0 | 27 | Ciutadella de Menorca | 2 Apr 2024 | |
| 9 | Pfreundt, Jakob | 2455 | Nihal, Sarin | 2694 | 0-1 | 70 | Germany | 25 Feb 2024 | |
| 10 | Nihal, Sarin | 2694 | Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter | 2600 | 1-0 | 37 | Germany | 24 Feb 2024 | |
| 11 | Nihal, Sarin | 2694 | Cheparinov, Ivan | 2658 | 1/2-1/2 | 78 | Germany | 23 Feb 2024 | |
| 12 | Hovhannisyan, Robert | 2611 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 1-0 | 49 | Samarkand | 30 Dec 2023 | |
| 13 | Daneshvar, Bardiya | 2591 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 1-0 | 56 | Samarkand | 30 Dec 2023 | |
| 14 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Lazavik, Denis | 2566 | 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Samarkand | 30 Dec 2023 | |
| 15 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 2742 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 1/2-1/2 | 64 | Samarkand | 30 Dec 2023 | |
| 16 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin | 2692 | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Samarkand | 30 Dec 2023 | |
| 17 | Murzin, Volodar | 2627 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 1/2-1/2 | 93 | Samarkand | 30 Dec 2023 | |
| 18 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2771 | 0-1 | 58 | Samarkand | 30 Dec 2023 | |
| 19 | Yu, Yangyi | 2714 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 1/2-1/2 | 10 | Samarkand | 30 Dec 2023 | |
| 20 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar | 2727 | 1/2-1/2 | 51 | Samarkand | 30 Dec 2023 | |
| 21 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Dubov, Daniil | 2710 | 1/2-1/2 | 15 | Samarkand | 30 Dec 2023 | |
| 22 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2830 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 1/2-1/2 | 35 | Samarkand | 29 Dec 2023 | |
| 23 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Artemiev, Vladislav | 2711 | 1-0 | 52 | Samarkand | 29 Dec 2023 | |
| 24 | Sanal, Vahap | 2595 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 0-1 | 68 | Samarkand | 29 Dec 2023 | |
| 25 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Vachier Lagrave, Maxime | 2731 | 1/2-1/2 | 39 | Samarkand | 29 Dec 2023 | |
| 26 | Makhnev, Denis | 2486 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 0-1 | 55 | Samarkand | 29 Dec 2023 | |
| 27 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Dreev, Alexey | 2606 | 1-0 | 49 | Samarkand | 29 Dec 2023 | |
| 28 | Muradli, Mahammad | 2550 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 0-1 | 65 | Samarkand | 29 Dec 2023 | |
| 29 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Mitrabha, Guha | 2508 | 1-0 | 56 | Samarkand | 29 Dec 2023 | |
| 30 | Zilka, Stepan | 2615 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 1/2-1/2 | 81 | Samarkand | 29 Dec 2023 | |
| 31 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | 2490 | 1/2-1/2 | 65 | Samarkand | 29 Dec 2023 | |
| 32 | Nogerbek, Kazybek | 2483 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 1/2-1/2 | 60 | Samarkand | 29 Dec 2023 | |
| 33 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna | 2677 | 1/2-1/2 | 26 | Samarkand | 28 Dec 2023 | |
| 34 | Sargsyan, Shant | 2634 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 1/2-1/2 | 19 | Samarkand | 28 Dec 2023 | |
| 35 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Fedoseev, Vladimir1 | 2683 | 0-1 | 156 | Samarkand | 28 Dec 2023 | |
| 36 | Nesterov, Arseniy | 2584 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 0-1 | 32 | Samarkand | 28 Dec 2023 | |
| 37 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Vakhidov, Jahongir | 2599 | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Samarkand | 27 Dec 2023 | |
| 38 | Chigaev, Maksim | 2621 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 1/2-1/2 | 49 | Samarkand | 27 Dec 2023 | |
| 39 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Ponkratov, Pavel | 2608 | 1/2-1/2 | 60 | Samarkand | 27 Dec 2023 | |
| 40 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 2661 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 0-1 | 44 | Samarkand | 27 Dec 2023 | |
| 41 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Quparadze, Giga | 2491 | 1/2-1/2 | 62 | Samarkand | 26 Dec 2023 | |
| 42 | Gareyev, Timur | 2570 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 1-0 | 63 | Samarkand | 26 Dec 2023 | |
| 43 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR | 2646 | 1-0 | 35 | Samarkand | 26 Dec 2023 | |
| 44 | Idani, Pouya | 2602 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 0-1 | 46 | Samarkand | 26 Dec 2023 | |
| 45 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Terry, Renato | 2522 | 1-0 | 29 | Samarkand | 26 Dec 2023 | |
| 46 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Sjugirov, Sanan | 2703 | 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Sharjah | 6 Dec 2023 | |
| 47 | Yu, Yangyi | 2714 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Sharjah | 6 Dec 2023 | |
| 48 | Salem, AR Saleh | 2639 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | 1/2-1/2 | 31 | Sharjah | 6 Dec 2023 | |
| 49 | Nihal, Sarin | 2688 | Sjugirov, Sanan | 2703 | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Sharjah | 6 Dec 2023 | |
| 50 | Sjugirov, Sanan | 2569 | Nihal, Sarin | 2689 | 0-1 | 59 | Sharjah | 6 Dec 2023 | |