Nihal Sarin Age 20
Source: chessbase.in
- Title
- Grandmaster
- Live Rating
- 2687.0
- Live Rank
- #39
- FIDE Rating
- 2687
- World Rank
- #43
- 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 #27, Peak 2711 (Sep 2024)
- Active Years:
- 2011 - 2025
- Total Games:
- 1322
- Wins:
- 528 (40%)
- Losses:
- 224 (17%)
- Draws:
- 570 (43%)
- Total score:
- 62%
- Performance :
- Performance for the last active 12 months:
- 2662
White:
D02 London System (52 games)
D00 Amazon Attack (18 games)
A06 Nimzo-Larsen Attack (16 games)
Black:
B06 Modern Defense (20 games)
C54 Italian Game (16 games)
D02 London System (16 games)
D02 London System (52 games)
D00 Amazon Attack (18 games)
A06 Nimzo-Larsen Attack (16 games)
Black:
B06 Modern Defense (20 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)
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Games
| # | White Player | Rating | Black Player | Rating | Result | Moves | Site | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nihal, Sarin | 2687 | Sjugirov, Sanan | 2631 | 1-0 | 51 | Tashkent | 26 Mar 2025 |  |
| 2 | Abdisalimov, Abdimalik | 2525 | Nihal, Sarin | 2687 | 0-1 | 38 | Tashkent | 25 Mar 2025 | |
| 3 | Neelash Saha | 2460 | Nihal, Sarin | 2687 | 1/2-1/2 | 41 | Tashkent | 23 Mar 2025 | |
| 4 | Chinguun, Sumiya | 2385 | Nihal, Sarin | 2687 | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Tashkent | 21 Mar 2025 | |
| 5 | Nihal, Sarin | 2687 | Umarov, Bekhruz | 2218 | 1-0 | 53 | Tashkent | 20 Mar 2025 | |
| 6 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Daneshvar, Bardiya | 2600 | 1/2-1/2 | 167 | Doha | 12 Dec 2024 | |
| 7 | Adhiban, Baskaran | 2535 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 0-1 | 45 | Doha | 11 Dec 2024 | |
| 8 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Shuvalova, Polina | 2504 | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Doha | 10 Dec 2024 | |
| 9 | Bharath, Subramaniyam H | 2561 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Doha | 9 Dec 2024 | |
| 10 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Abdisalimov, Abdimalik | 2536 | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Doha | 7 Dec 2024 | |
| 11 | Zemlyanskii, Ivan | 2543 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1/2-1/2 | 56 | Doha | 6 Dec 2024 | |
| 12 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Sankalp, Gupta | 2545 | 1/2-1/2 | 31 | Doha | 5 Dec 2024 | |
| 13 | Srihari, LR. | 2484 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 0-1 | 56 | Doha | 4 Dec 2024 | |
| 14 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Bukreev, Stanislav | 2384 | 1-0 | 32 | Doha | 3 Dec 2024 | |
| 15 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2777 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Tashkent | 29 Nov 2024 | |
| 16 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Sindarov, Javokhir | 2682 | 1-0 | 39 | Tashkent | 28 Nov 2024 | |
| 17 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Nigmatov, Ortik | 2447 | 1-0 | 38 | Tashkent | 27 Nov 2024 | |
| 18 | Atabayev, Saparmyrat | 2520 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 0-1 | 46 | Tashkent | 26 Nov 2024 | |
| 19 | Karthikeyan, Murali | 2625 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Tashkent | 25 Nov 2024 | |
| 20 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Sankalp, Gupta | 2539 | 1-0 | 107 | Tashkent | 24 Nov 2024 | |
| 21 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Neelash, Saha | 2458 | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Tashkent | 23 Nov 2024 | |
| 22 | Rakhmatullaev, Almas | 2410 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 0-1 | 35 | Tashkent | 22 Nov 2024 | |
| 23 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Bakhrillaev, Bakhrom | 2369 | 1-0 | 39 | Tashkent | 21 Nov 2024 | |
| 24 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2715 | Nihal, Sarin | 2711 | 0-1 | 65 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 25 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | So, Wesley | 2747 | 0-1 | 50 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 26 | Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu | 2737 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 0-1 | 43 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 27 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2831 | 1/2-1/2 | 60 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 28 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2739 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1-0 | 23 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 29 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar | 2799 | 0-1 | 35 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 30 | Dubov, Daniil | 2693 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1-0 | 44 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 31 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna | 2647 | 0-1 | 51 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 32 | Nihal, Sarin | 2711 | Keymer, Vincent | 2578 | 1-0 | 66 | Kolkata | 17 Nov 2024 | |
| 33 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2777 | 1/2-1/2 | 60 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 34 | So, Wesley | 2797 | Nihal, Sarin | 2711 | 1-0 | 62 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 35 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu | 2737 | 0-1 | 51 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 36 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2831 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1-0 | 62 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 37 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2739 | 1-0 | 36 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 38 | Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar | 2799 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1-0 | 30 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 39 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Dubov, Daniil | 2693 | 0-1 | 37 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 40 | Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna | 2647 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 0-1 | 50 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 41 | Keymer, Vincent | 2733 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 0-1 | 60 | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2024 | |
| 42 | Nihal, Sarin | 2679 | So, Wesley | 2735 | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Kolkata | 15 Nov 2024 | |
| 43 | Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna | 2647 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Kolkata | 15 Nov 2024 | |
| 44 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2739 | 1-0 | 48 | Kolkata | 15 Nov 2024 | |
| 45 | Keymer, Vincent | 2733 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1-0 | 62 | Kolkata | 14 Nov 2024 | |
| 46 | Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu | 2676 | Nihal, Sarin | 2679 | 1-0 | 66 | Kolkata | 14 Nov 2024 | |
| 47 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2777 | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Kolkata | 14 Nov 2024 | |
| 48 | Dubov, Daniil | 2693 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Kolkata | 13 Nov 2024 | |
| 49 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2831 | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Kolkata | 13 Nov 2024 | |
| 50 | Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar | 2799 | Nihal, Sarin | 2676 | 1/2-1/2 | 44 | Kolkata | 13 Nov 2024 | |