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Fenil Shah Biography
Fenil Shah (Born 20 April 1995) is an Indian chess player, who holds the Fide Title of International Master (IM). He was the youngest rated chess player in 2002 and also the youngest chess player to represent Indian Team.
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.
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.
2006 was a huge breakthrough for Fenil as 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. In order to promote chess culture in his own state, Fenil made a unique record by playing simultaneous chess with 128 people simultaneously. He was a part of Guinness World Record event at Ahmedabad, wherein 20,480 people played at one venue. This event was spearheaded by then Chief Minister Narendra Modi and World Champion Viswanathan Anand in 2011.
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.
After a long academic break of 7 years, Fenil returned to chess in 2017 wherein he became Senior State Champion of Gujarat, thus being the only person of Gujarat to have won all the State titles right from U-7,9,11,13,15,17,19,25 Team Championship and State Open. He was also awarded to the Title of Fide Master after breaching the 2300 elo rating mark in the Catalan Circuit. Shah also got an opportunity to participate in the open chess tournament in the world besides the elite chess player which include World Champion Magnus Carlsen, Vishwanath Anand and Vladimir Kramnik.
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. Fenil was introduced to the chessboard at the age of five. Currently he is pursuing Masters in Construction Management at Purdue University in West Lafayette,United States.
What's Fenil Shah Net Worth 2024
| Net Worth (2024) | $1 Million (Approx.) |
| Net Worth (2023) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2022) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2021) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2020) | Under Review |
Fenil Shah Family
| Father's Name | Not Available |
| Mother's Name | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Available |
| Childrens | Not Available |
