Next Vishy Anand? Dev Shah wins world schools chess title
PTI
Mumbai, December 06, 2014
The youngest Indian to become a rated chess player, seven-year-old Dev Shah, has become the world champion in the Under-7 category in the World Schools Chess Championships that concluded at Juiz de Fora in Brazil on December 4.
Dev, a trainee of South Mumbai Chess Academy and student of Dhrubhai Ambani School, was among three boys who scored the highest score — 7.5 points out of 9 — to tie with Ochirbat Lkhahvajamts of Mongolia and Sindarov Islombek of Uzbekistan.
The Mumbai boy was ruled the victor on account of a better aggregate score, said a media release here today.
With this championship win, he also qualified to hold the title of Candidate Master awarded by world chess body FIDE, with a current international Rating of 1448, the release added.
Even better. He’s the next Nakamura.
There can ONLY be 1 Anand & he can never be replaced by anyone including those chess prodigies. Sha has to make his own name but he can NEVER be the Next Anand no matter what crazy writers insist.
Nakamura??? The non winning champion:))
he may be a next anand or naka.. as long as he is not nosher, it is ok
Sha can NEVER be the Next Anand BUT he can ALWAYS be the Next Nakamura… the self-proclaimed chess genius that had NEVER BEATEN Carlsen & always FALLS SHORT in match that counts a lot 🙂 Sha the Next Nakamura 🙂