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Hetul beats GM to make history

Nine-year-old Hetul Shah made history in the first round of the 7th Parsvnath International Open chess tournament defeating Grandmaster Nurlan Ibrayev...

Nine-year-old Hetul Shah made history in the first round of the 7th Parsvnath International Open chess tournament defeating Grandmaster Nurlan Ibrayev of Kazakhstan in New Delhi on Sunday.

Shah betterd Parimarjan Negis record of being the youngest Indian to beat a GM by more than a year. Negi was 11 years old when he beat Grandmaster Ivan Nemet in the Biel Open in 2004.

The first round also turned out well for other Indians with six-time national champion Surya Sekhar Ganguly,Negi,GMs Abhijit Kunte and Dibyendu Barua starting with victories.

Ganguly made short work of compatriot Niraj Saripalli while Kunte got past DK Chopra and Barua defeated Dinesh Kumar Gupta.

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