9-year-old Hetul Shah (India) youngest ever to beat a GM
12 January 2009, 12.29 CET | Last modified: 12:56 | By Peter Doggers | Filed under: Reports | Tags:
In the 1st round of the Parsvnath tournament in New Delhi, 9-year-old Hetul Shah from India defeated Nurlan Ibrayev (Kazachtstan) to become the youngest player ever to beat a grandmaster in a tournament game with regular time control.
India holds many young and highly talented players. Clear proof is the fact that reigning Junior World Champions Abhijeet Gupta (boys under 20) and Dronavalli Harika (girls under 20), both from India, will participate in the 2009 Corus Grandmaster Group C starting next Saturday.
More proof was to be found in the first round of the 7th Parsvnath tournament in New Delhi: nine-year-old Hetul Shah defeated Nurlan Ibrayev from Kazachstan. Shah now holds the official record for the youngest player ever to beat a GM in a standard tournament game. In 1999, David Howell (in Corus C this year too!), then eight, defeated John Nunn in London, but that was a blitz game.
Only nine years old, Hetul Shah already managed what many chess fans can only dream about: beating a grandmaster
MS Gopakumar, FA, Deputy Chief Arbiter, writes:
Hetul Shah was a class act on Sunday afternoon as he not only recorded his biggest victory but also ensured a name in the record books. While it was confirmed late in the day that Hetul is the youngest ever to beat a Grandmaster, he, at the same time, bettered the Indian record set up by Parimarjan Negi by more than a year. Parimarjan had beaten Grandmaster Ivan Nemet in a Biel open and was thus far the youngest ever to beat a Grandmaster from India. That feat was achieved way back in 2004 when Parimarjan was 11 years old. Hetul, at 9 years and six months has won his place in history of the game.
The second round saw another upset: O. T. Anil Kumar, rated 2207, defeated top seeded Ukranian Alexander Areshchenko (2673):
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Shah is certainly a great name for a future champ.
1800 player defeating 2400 player
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2200 player defeating 2670 player
Great Upsets by Indian players seems Indian chess will replace Russian and Ukraine in the next 10 years
Need More Tournaments in India where TOP GM’s Participate Like Corus where Dutch players are given chance to prove their mettle even though they fail
Did anybody record the how many times he went to the bathroom? A nine year old, rated 1800, knowing more theory than a GM and proceeding to completely outplay him completely with energetic moves like 20.-,d5! I am a bit suspicious.
Wow
9 year old…impressive
Does anyone know what the previous record of ‘youngster beats a GM’ was?
I think I´m getting to old for chess. Maybe it´s time to stop with chess and start a stamp-collection.
I learnd the rules of chess at eleven; very very late. Now I understand why I´m still not a GM!
39.Ng6 Qxg6 and mate follows 0-1 (No need for further brilliancies!)
39.Ng6 Qxg6 and mate follows 0-1 (No use for further brilliancies!
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Shah… nomen est omen?
Wow! India is becoming quite the power in Chess! Looks like India and China are set to dominate the 21st century.
No wonder his name is Shah, maybe I should change my name into Mate.
i am proud fentacick game also hetul learn to me because he is my brother great great mind bowling