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Srinath Narayanan, Indian Chess Player
Srinath Narayanan is a child prodigy who is a FIDE master. He has brought huge laurels for his country at a very young age.

Srinath NarayananSrinath Narayanan was born in the year1994. This 13-year-old chess prodigy hails from Chennai, India. At the age of five, when he defeated his father in a chess game, his talent in chess was acknowledged. In the year 2002, Srinath became the youngest FIDE rated chess player in India. The under-12 world chess championship, which held at Belfort, France, in July 2005, Srinath Narayanan participated and won along with three others - Sanan Sjugirov of Russia, Samvel Ter Sahakyan of Armenia and Wesley So of Philippines. A final score of 8.5 was made by all four of them. As of July 2011, his FIDE Elo rating is 2371.

Career of Srinath Narayanan
When Srinath Narayanan was only eight-and-a-half years old he used to start his work in the morning at nine and used to end up at the nine in night. This little champion doesn`t even mind missing out his favourite cartoons on Cartoon Network. His father Narayanan is a United India Assurance employee. Srinath`s enchantment for the chessboard began at the age of five on a train journey from Chennai to Mumbai.

He took part in the state under-9 tournament, a few months later, and to everyone`s surprise, he won the State championship.

Awards and Achievements of Srinath Narayanan
Parimarjan Negi, the youngest FIDE-rated player in the country is from Delhi at that time. When Srinath came to know about him, he wanted to beat him for the record. Till he played his first rated tournament in the year 2002, he didn`t even know anything about FIDE rating.

As this child said, "I wanted to beat Negi and become the youngest rated player, and when I became one, I felt normal; not very happy. Now, I want to be the youngest IM in India, then the youngest GM and I also want to be the youngest world champion. But I am going step by step only!" In the year 2002 he became the youngest FIDE rated chess player in India. The highest rating achieved by him was 2280. In the 5th Dubai Juniors Chess Championship held in the year 2006, he finished second behind Azerbajani IM Eltaj Safarli in a field of 146. He achieved equal ninth, in the Hastings Chess Congress (2007), scoring his first IM norm and is a FIDE Master.

His most played openings are: B 90 Sicilian, Najdorf (4 games); B-42 Sicilian, Kan (4 games); C 53 Giuoco Piano (3 games); B 07 Pirc (2 games); A33 English, Symmetrical (2 games); B 76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (2 games) A 57 Benko Gambit (2 games); B22 Sicilian, Alapin (2 games) and A46 Queen`s Pawn Game (2 games).

(Last Updated on : 7/09/2011)
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