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Nihal Sarin

2004 - Today

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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 2nd 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Nihal Sarin is the 530th most popular chess player (down from 461st in 2024), the 2,187th most popular biography from India (down from 1,833rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Nihal Sarin ranks 530 out of 461. Before him are Samuel Sevian, Irina Bulmaga, Jovana Rapport, Divya Deshmukh, Jeffery Xiong, and Abhijeet Gupta. After him are Soumya Swaminathan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2004, Nihal Sarin ranks 188. Before him are Isaac Cooper, Alessandro Mazzara, Elena Gerasimova, Faith Cherotich, Shafali Verma, and Claire Curzan. After him are Leah Namugerwa, Wei Xiaoyuan, Kaylyn Brown, Evy Leibfarth, Lisa Vaelen, and Hazuki Watanabe.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nihal Sarin ranks 2,187 out of 1,861. Before him are Renuka Singh (1996), Dharun Ayyasamy (1996), Manjari Fadnis (1988), Karthika Nair (1992), Priyanka Goswami (1996), and Sukirti Kandpal (1987). After him are Krithi Shetty (2003), Asha Bhat (1992), Nikki Pradhan (1993), Usha Jadhav (1987), Nidhi Subbaiah (1985), and Shweta Pandit (1986).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In India

Among chess players born in India, Nihal Sarin ranks 20. Before him are Surya Shekhar Ganguly (1983), Nisha Mohota (1980), Arjun Erigaisi (2003), Padmini Rout (1994), Divya Deshmukh (2005), and Abhijeet Gupta (1989). After him are Soumya Swaminathan (1989).

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