Srinath Narayanan (born 14 February 1994) is an Indian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in August 2017.[1]
| Srinath Narayanan | |
|---|---|
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| Country | India |
| Born | 14 February 1994 Madras, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2017) |
| FIDE rating | 2533 (April 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2572 (November 2018) |
Biography edit
Srinath Narayanan was born and brought up in Chennai. He started playing chess when he was just five years old. In 2002, at the tender age of 8, he became India's youngest FIDE rated player, with an initial rating of 2088.[2] In July 2005, he took the gold medal in the U12 division at the World Youth Chess Championships held in Belfort, France, edging out Sanan Sjugirov, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Wesley So on tiebreak. All four had a final score of 8.5 points.[3] In 2008, he clinched the 7th Dubai Juniors Chess Championship.[4] Srinath played for the Indian team that won the silver medal in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad in 2010.[5] He won the Asian Junior Championship in 2012,[6] 2013,[7] and 2014.[8] He became an IM at the age of 14 and a GM in 2017.[9] In 2017, he also finished 2nd at the Runavik Open.[10]
Srinath won the Faroes Open in 2018.[11] He also clinched the 2018 Kolkata Open title.[12] He finished 3rd at the 2021 Sheikh Russel International Chess Tournament in Bangladesh.[13]
Coaching edit
Srinath is the former coach of prodigies like Grandmasters Nihal Sarin[14] and Arjun Erigaisi and International Master Divya Deshmukh. He has played an important role as part of the Indian Chess Team. He was the coach of the Junior team that won the silver medal at the 2018 World Youth Chess Olympiad.[15] He was also the assistant coach of the Senior team that year. He was the captain of the Indian team at the World Teams in 2019. He was the vice captain of the Indian team that won the historic gold medal at the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020. He was the captain of team for the 2021 FIDE Online Olympiad. He was also the captain of the India A team at the 2022 FIDE Chess Olympiad. He led the Indian team as the captain at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, where the team won a silver medal.
He is also a chess streamer and commentator, with 38k subscribers on YouTube.
He has authored two courses on Chessable- the lifetime repertoires Catalan Opening for white and the lifetime repertoires Classical Sicilian for black pieces. He also co-authored a course on London System, with Grandmaster Sahaj Grover.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "List of titles approved by PB by written resolution". FIDE. 9 August 2017. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ https://in.rediff.com/sports/2002/nov/15inter.htm
- ^ "Trouble at the Youth Championship in Belfort". 4 August 2005.
- ^ https://chess-results.com/tnr14385.aspx?lan=3&art=4
- ^ https://chess-results.com/tnr58064.aspx?lan=1&art=20&snr=2
- ^ https://archive.today/20130103111042/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-07/chess/32100309_1_tashkent-asian-junior-chess-championship-girls-titles
- ^ "IM Narayanan Srinath Keeps Asian Junior Title – Chessdom". 6 April 2013.
- ^ "Asian Juniors and Girls Championships 2014 – Chessdom". 7 December 2014.
- ^ "Narayanan, Srinath".
- ^ https://chess-results.com/tnr289200.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=ind&snr=9
- ^ http://chess-results.com/tnr330086.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30
- ^ "Srinath Narayanan wins LIC 3rd Kolkata International Open 2018 - ChessBase India". 24 May 2018.
- ^ "Ranindu and SasithTo Sheikh Russel International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2021 - GlobalChess.lk | News".
- ^ "Coaching 14-year-old GM Nihal Sarin has taught Srinath Narayanan more than he could imagine". 20 August 2018.
- ^ "Team India takes Silver in World Youth Olympiad". 4 December 2018.
External links edit
- Srinath Narayanan rating card at FIDE
- Srinath Narayanan chess games at 365Chess.com
- Srinath Narayanan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Srinath Narayanan at Chessable
- Srinath Narayanan member profile at Chess.com
- Srinath Narayanan at Chess24
- Srinath Narayanan member profile at Lichess
