Indian GM Nihal Sarin outperforms world No 1 Magnus Carlsen at 'Titled Tuesday' online chess event

Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin had the best combined performance at the ‘Titled Tuesday’ event, finishing runner-up to Alexey Sarana in the ’early’ event followed by seventh in the ’late’ edition. Carlsen, in comparison, finished 10th and third in the ’early’ and ’late’ editions respectively.

Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin was the standout performer in an online chess event that had the likes of world No 1 Magnus Carlsen among its participants. Nihal had the best combined finish among all competitors at the ‘Titled Tuesday’ event, hosted by online chess platform Chess.com. The 20-year-old from Thrissur, Kerala finished runner-up to Russian Serbian GM Alexey Sarana in the ’early edition’ of the event. Nihal would then secure a top-seven finish in the ’late edition’ of the event.

What made his performance even more impressive was his recovery from a disastrous start in the ’early’ event – losing to Russian Candidate Master Evgenij Novikov after committing a blunder.

Nihal would go on to win nine and draw one in the next 10 rounds to finish tied on 9.5 points with Sarana and Vietnam’s Tuan Minh Le, defeating big names such as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Jan-Krzysztof Dudaalong the way.

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