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It looks like India has a new chess star on the horizon. The U10 WYCC Champion in Durban, Nihal Sarin, was featured at ChessBase earlier today for his 94-move upset R1 win vs Swedish IM, Jonathon Westerberg (2420). Today he could 'only' manage an 88-move R2 draw against the Czech Republic IM, Tadeas Kriebel (2428).
If this Mathrubhumi news item is to be believed, Nihal has risen to the top of the chess world without the benefit of a chess coach (or at least didn't have as of July). Long live the internet!
In what continues to be an awe-inspiring sequence, 10-year-old Nihal Sarin [Wikipedia doesn't have him turning 10 until December] came out undefeated against Hungary’s Balazs Csonka in 44 moves.
For the recently-crowned World (under-10) champion this was a third successive unbeaten outing against a rival rated over 2400. Nihal, rated at 2076, humbled Sweden’s International Master Jonathan Westerberg (2420) in the opening round and followed it up with draws against Czech Republic’s IM Tadeas Kriebel (2428) and Csonka (2409).
As a result, Nihal has gained whopping 66 rating points from these games.
Jack Maguire wrote about Nihal Sarin in 2014 as a new chess star.
An article appeared today in Chessbase.com about a visit Nihal made to Hamburg and the ChessBase offices:
Nihal Sarin, born on 13 July 2004 Thrissur, Kerala (a southern state in India), learned chess at the age of five, advanced rapidly and earlier this year entered the record books by becoming an International Master at the tender age of 12 years and 08 months. His feat is reminiscent of the current world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who had also become an IM at the age of 12 years and 08 months in 2003. Nihal is the second youngest International Master ever in India, and third youngest in the world.
Last week he completed his first GM norm in Norway, crushing a 2600+ GM in the process.
Just before the Norway tournament Nihal and his father Sarin visited Hamburg and spent some days at the ChessBase office, optimizing his computer and software, learning how to use the system more effectively. He also recorded a Playchess show with our endgame expert GM Dr Karsten Müller, which you can watch here in our video archives. It is an hour and a half of intense instructive analysis. I would not advocate missing it.
In the ChessBase office it was not all work and no play. Nihal is highly entertaining, blessed with a keen sense of humour, and always open to pranks. I want to describe some of his escapades in part two of this portrait….
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It is a warm portrait of a future grandmaster. There are also chess puzzles with prizes.
And a photo of the programmer of Fritz and ChessBase – Mathias Feist, if the other stuff doesn’t stir you.
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