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Hetul Welcomes Chief Minister - Shri Narendrabhai Modi. At 44th National 'B' Chess Championship - 2006.
National Under-9 Chess Championships that ended in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Hetul Shah of Ahmedabad came in third and bookedtwo berths in the India team for the World and Asian U-9 tournaments that will be held later this year in Teheran and Vietnam respectively.Hetul, a third standard student of DPS.
This tournament is of Hetul’s age group that is under 9, Boys & Girls came from all over the India and Hetul Got 8 and ˝ Points out of 11 and placed 7th in the merit list.
He became the “youngest” in the world to beat a Grandmaster when he maintained an accurate continuation against Kazakh Nurlan Ibrayev and prevailed in 44 moves to pull off the opening round stunner in the seventh Parsvnath International Open chess tournament here on Sunday.
The All India Chess Federation treasurer and organizer Bharat Singh Chauhan said he had confirmation from the World Chess Federation (FIDE) that Hetul was indeed the youngest ever to beat a GM.
Hetul adds one more achievement in his portfolio by attaining 1st position in Gujarat state championship in under 11.
He will now represent Gujarat at national levels.