Srinath Narayanan

Srinath Narayanan (born 14 February 1994) is an Indian grandmaster of chess from Chennai, India. He won the Asian Junior Chess Championship in 2012,[1] 2013[2] and 2014.[3]

In 2002, Srinath became the youngest FIDE rated player of India.[4] 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 8½/ points.[5] Srinath played for the Indian team that won the silver medal in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad in 2010.[6] He was awarded the Grandmaster title in September 2017.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Srinath, Ivana win Asian Junior Chess titles". The Times of India. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  2. ↑ "IM Narayanan Srinath Keeps Asian Junior Title". Chessdom. 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  3. ↑ "Asian Juniors and Girls Championships 2014". Chessdom. 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  4. ↑ Warrier, Shobba (2002-11-15). "From the land of Anand... Srinath". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  5. ↑ "Trouble at the Youth Championship in Belfort". Chess News. 2005-08-04. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  6. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads :: Narayanan Srinath". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  7. ↑ "List of titles approved by PB by written resolution". FIDE. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-09-01.


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