India’s Nihal Sarin became currently the world’s youngest player to cross 2600 Elo points on FIDE’s rating list. In the latest list released by FIDE on Saturday, the 14-year-old Grandmaster has reached the rating of 2606.
This makes him the third youngest player in history after John Burke and Wei Yi. Nihal is now ranked ninth in India.
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