Ridit Nimdia

Ridit Nimdia
Country India
Born 23 September 2004 (2004-09-23) (age 12)
FIDE rating 1537
(September 2015 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating 1607 (March 2015)

Ridit Sunil Nimdia (born 2004) is a chess player from Mumbai, India. At 4 years, 270 days;[1] he became the world’s youngest rated player,[2] when he received his first official Elo rating of 1283.[3] He has participated in two national and school championships in India. His current head coach is Praveen Kothari of Udaipur.

In July–Aug 2010, at the age of 5 he participated in Under-7 section of 6th World School Chess Championship held in Kayseri, Turkey.[4] He claimed the third position[5] with score of 6.5/9.[5]

The fact of Ridit Nimdia being the Youngest Rated player was verified and recorded by the Limca book of Records in the 2012 edition with his Photograph.

He also defeated a FIDE rated player in a world championship at the youngest age.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Ridit rules | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dnaindia.com. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "World School Championship – getting to know you... | Chess News". chessbase.com. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ridit Nimdia, becomes the youngest rated chess player in the world". mid-day.com. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "WSCC 2010". wscc2010.tsf.org.tr. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 http://sports.indiainfo.com/six-year-old-mumbai-boy-scripts-history-in-turkey-1474764.html
  6. ↑ http://www.ptinews.com/news/850080_Ridit-Nimdia-Wins-bronze-medal-in-world-school-c-ship


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