Fenil Shah

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Fenil Shah
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CountryIndia
Born (1995-04-20) 20 April 1995 (age 26)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Title International Master (chess) (2018)

Fenil Shah (born 20 April 1995) is an Indian chess player, who holds the Fide Title of International Master (IM). [1] [2] He was the youngest rated chess player in 2002 and also the youngest chess player to represent Indian Team. [3] [4] [5]

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Early life and education

Fenil Shah was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He did his early schooling from Udgam School and pursued high school from St.Xaviers Loyola hall. Shah graduated with Bachelors in Civil Engineering from Nirma University in 2017. [1] Fenil was introduced to the chessboard at the age of five. [4] He has a Masters in Construction Management from Purdue University in West Lafayette, United States.

Chess career

Fenil was introduced to the chessboard at the age of five. His journey began when he won his first ever state Championship U-7 category. In 2002, he finished third in the U-7 Category National Championship in Lucknow. He was also adjudicated as the youngest rated player of India in the same year. [3]

In August 2003, he won the British U-11 and U-9 Categories at Smith and Williamson British Championship in Edinburg, Scotland. He also won the silver medal in Commonwealth Youth Championship U10 in 2003. Consequently, in 2005 he secured silver medal in Asian Youth U10 Championship at New Delhi. [4]

In 2006, he became the National U11 Champion of India and got selected in the India Team to represent India at international platforms. Later on, he went to win myriad Asian and Commonwealth Medals at international platforms in consecutive years.

In the Chennai Open in 2010, Fenil finished with 8 points out of 11, one point behind the eventual winner Turov Maxim. He defeated Grandmaster Gutov Andrey in the tournament and secured his first International Master Norm. [6] [7]

He was awarded to the Title of Fide Master after breaching the 2300 elo rating mark in the Catalan Circuit. [8]

He secured his second International Master Norm in Rilton Cup 2017–18 at Stockholm, Sweden defeating International Master Krisel Robert in the final crucial game. In Aeroflot Open at Moscow, Russia Shah earned his final International Norm with a round to spare and thus completed his norm requirements. Fenil completed his title formalities in May 2018 when he had a published rating of 2411, thus completing the rating criteria and becoming an International Master. He was awarded the International Master Title in the 2nd Presidential Board Meeting at Bucharest, Romania. [2] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "'I feel on top of the world right now' - The Times Of India - Ahmedabad, 5/25/2018" . Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 Administrator. "Fenil, Shah FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Andhra kids rule the roost". The Hindu . 1 January 2002. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 "This chess champ loves to play cricket - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Shah Fenil chess games and profile - Chess-DB.com". chess-db.com. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Fenil Shah does his bit for Gujarat chess". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Breaking the break - 4th IM from Gujarat and his story of not giving up on his dream - ChessBase India". chessbase.in. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Checkmate: Fenil Shah International Master in Chess". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Breaking the break - 4th IM from Gujarat and his story of not giving up on his dream - ChessBase India". chessbase.in. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
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