At the age of nine, Hetul Shah became the youngest person to beat a grandmaster in chess at a standard (non-fast chess) time control when he beat Nurlan Ibrayev of Kazakhstan, on 11 January 2009 at the seventh Parsvnath International Open chess tournament in round one. Hetul was playing with Black and his Elo rating was 1817, almost 600 points below his opponent's rating of 2407.
References
- "Hetul Shah stuns Ibrayev". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 12 January 2009.
- jrobichess. "Hetul Shah vs Nurlan Ibrayev - 9 Year Old Beats Chess GM". YouTube.
- "Hetul Shah, nine-year-old grandmaster slayer". ChessBase.
External links
- Shah Hetul rating card at FIDE
- Shah Hetul player profile at Chessgames.com
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