Srinath Narayanan
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Srinath Narayanan is a former chess prodigy
from Chennai
, India
. His talent in chess was recognized when he beat his father in a chess game at the age of five.
Srinath became the youngest FIDE rated chess player in India in 2002. In July 2005, he won the under-12 world chess championship held in Belfort, France, along with three others - Sanan Sjugirov of Russia, Samvel Ter Sahakyan of Armenia and Wesley So
of Philippines. All four had a final score of 8.5.http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2557
Srinath is an International Master. His FIDE Elo rating as of July 2011 is 2371.
Chess prodigy
Chess prodigies are children who play chess so well that they are able to beat Masters and even Grandmasters, often at a very young age. Chess is one of the few sports where children can compete with adults on equal ground; it is thus one of the few skills in which true child prodigies exist...
from Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. His talent in chess was recognized when he beat his father in a chess game at the age of five.
Srinath became the youngest FIDE rated chess player in India in 2002. In July 2005, he won the under-12 world chess championship held in Belfort, France, along with three others - Sanan Sjugirov of Russia, Samvel Ter Sahakyan of Armenia and Wesley So
Wesley So
Wesley So is a Filipino chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he achieved the GM title at the age of 14 years, 1 month and 28 days, making him the 8th youngest person to achieve the Grandmaster title in the history of chess. Before becoming a Grandmaster, So had become the youngest Filipino...
of Philippines. All four had a final score of 8.5.http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2557
Srinath is an International Master. His FIDE Elo rating as of July 2011 is 2371.
External links
- From the land of Anand... Srinath
- http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2741/stories/20041009000704300.htm
- http://www.tnq.in/chat_anand.html
- http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2005/08/01/stories/2005080108121800.htm
- http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2833/stories/20050813005501200.htm