Srinath Narayanan

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Srinath Narayanan (b. 1994) is a 13-year-old 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.[1]

His FIDE Elo rating as of January 2007 is 2229.[2]

[edit] See also

• Sahaj Grover
• Parimarjan Negi

[edit] External links

• From the land of Anand... Srinath
• The Chess games of Srinath Narayanan