| Nihal Sarin | |
|---|---|
 Nihal Sarin playing in the 2023 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship. | |
| Country | India |
| Born | 13 July 2004 Thrissur, Kerala, India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
| FIDE rating | 2668 (September 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2698 (March 2024) |
| Ranking | No. 59 (September 2024) |
| Peak ranking | No. 38 (March 2024) |
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.[1]
As a junior player, Nihal was the World Under-10 champion in 2014[2] and placed second in the 2015 World Under-12 championship.[3][4] Nihal won the Gold Medal as part of the Indian team in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020.[5] He won the U-18 World Youth Championship held online in rapid format in 2020.[6]
- ^ "Nihal Sarin becomes third youngest 2600+ in the world – All India Chess Federation". aicf.in. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "World Youth Chess Championships 2014". Chess-Results.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "World Youth Ch 2015 – Open under 12". Chess-Results.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ Silver, Albert (7 November 2015). "WYCC 2015 final: India! India! India!". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "India, Russia announced joint winners of Chess Olympiad after controversial finish". The Indian Express. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Nihal Sarin, Rakshitta Ravi and D Gukesh win gold medals at Online World Youth and Cadet Rapid Chess Championships". Firstpost. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.