GM Nihal Sarin
Bio
The name Sarin is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by the given name, Nihal.
Nihal Sarin is an Indian chess prodigy who became a grandmaster at the age of 14 and is currently in the top 10 players of his country (as of April 2021). In 2013, Nihal won the U-10 World Blitz Championship. A year later, he won the U-10 World Youth Chess Championship with a score of 9/11.
In 2020, Nihal had impressive results. He won Chess.com's Junior Speed Chess Championship, the gold medal as part of the Indian team in the FIDE Chess Olympics, and the U-18 World Youth Championship. In December 2021, Nihal reached a rating of 2662, his peak as of August 2022.
Nihal was a bronze medalist for the Indian team at the 2022 FIDE Chess Olympiad., scoring 7.5/10 in his individual games for a performance rating of 2774. Later in the year he was a finalist in the Chess.com Global Championship, earning $100,000, and the winner of the Tata Steel India Rapid tournament.
