Vinay Bhat Explained

Vinay Bhat
Full Name:Vinay Subrahmanya Bhat
Country:United States
Birth Date:4 June 1984
Birth Place:Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Grandmaster (2008)
Peakrating:2549 (March 2010)[1]
Fideid:2011352

Vinay Subrahmanya Bhat (born June 4, 1984) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM)[2]

Chess career

Junior years

Bhat first learned to play chess at the age of 6. His mother taught him and his older brother, Harish (now a professor at UC Merced) how to play. The two brothers started playing in the Kolty Chess Club in Campbell every Thursday night. Bhat spent his early years studying the games of Paul Morphy and José Raúl Capablanca as a part of the Blue Knights.[3] "That was my steady diet," Bhat said.[4] Bhat studied chess with GM Gregory Kaidanov.[5]

At 10 years and 176 days old, Bhat became the youngest national master, breaking the record previously held by Jordy Mont-Reynaud (10 years and 294 days),[6] Stuart Rachels (11 years and 10 months),[7] and before that by Bobby Fischer (age 13). Since then, his record has been broken three times, by Hikaru Nakamura, Nicholas Nip, and Samuel Sevian. In 1998, Bhat contributed to "Whiz Kids Teach Chess" with Eric Schiller.

At the age of 15 years and 10 months, Bhat became an International Master, at the time the youngest ever in U.S. history; this record was later surpassed by Hikaru Nakamura, Samuel Sevian, Ray Robson, and is presently held by Awonder Liang.[8] [9] [10]

Notable junior tournament results and awards

Later chess career

After taking an extended break from chess, Bhat began to play regularly again in 2008. On April 22, 2008, it was announced that Vinay was awarded the 2008 Samford Fellowship. This fellowship was created to "identify and assist the best American chessmasters under the age of twenty-five by providing top-level coaching, strong competition and access to study materials."[17]

Bhat was awarded with the title of International Grandmaster in October 2008 when he crossed 2500 FIDE, with his three Grandmaster norms coming from Qingdao (China, 2002), Balaguer (Spain, 2006), and Balaguer (Spain, 2007).[18] [19]

Other notable tournament results

Education

Bhat graduated from Lynbrook High School in San Jose, CA, in 2002. While at Lynbrook, he played on his school's chess team, leading it to victory in local state and high-school competitions.[16]

Instead of focusing solely on chess, Bhat chose to continue his education and received a B.S. in Statistics and Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006.[27] In 2004, while an undergraduate, Bhat co-founded the East Bay Chess Club.[3]

Career outside of chess

Until receiving the Samford Fellowship, Bhat was employed at Cornerstone Research, an economic consulting firm headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

After two-and-a-half years of professional chess play, Bhat began working full-time again in December 2010. He worked at Shipt, where he was the Head of Data Science.[28]

References

  1. Web site: Ratings Progress Chart: Bhat, Vinay . ratings.fide.com . November 22, 2021.
  2. Web site: fpawn . Grandmaster Vinay Bhat . Fpawn.blogspot.com . 2006-07-11 . 2012-03-20.
  3. Web site: East Bay Chess Club - About Vinay . August 31, 2007 . September 29, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929182904/http://www.eastbaychess.com/about/vinay.html . dead .
  4. Personal interview, conducted August 31, 2007
  5. Web site: CALCHESS.org - The Northern California Chess Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194507/http://www.calchess.org/chessbio_index.php. dead. September 27, 2007.
  6. "Jordy Mont-Reynaud's record of becoming a master at the youngest age (ten years, 209 days) has been broken by Vinay Bhat (ten years, 176 days) of San Jose, California." Chess Life, July 1995, p. 8.
  7. http://www.jamesrachels.org/stuart/stuchess.htm Stuart Rachels
  8. Web site: East Bay Chess Club - About Vinay . August 31, 2007 . September 29, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929182904/http://www.eastbaychess.com/about/vinay.html#bio . dead .
  9. Web site: The Nakamura Brothers . May 29, 2009 . Chess.com . 2012-03-20.
  10. Web site: Silver. Albert. Awonder Liang is youngest ever IM in US. ChessBase. 3 December 2015. 2015-12-02.
  11. Web site: Calchess.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20060427020718/http://www.calchess.org/modules.php?name=Information&page=02_calchess_scholastics%2Fchampions_history.htm. dead. April 27, 2006.
  12. Web site: Wch U12 1995 - 365Chess.com Tournaments . 365chess.com . 2022-10-09.
  13. Web site: Leal, Carolyn, "Chess whiz wins coveted Aspis award." Mercury News, 1996 . Mytown.mercurynews.com . 1996-02-14 . 2012-03-20.
  14. Web site: The Week in Chess 209 . 2014-10-02.
  15. Web site: Mechanics' Institute Newsletter 518 . Chessclub.org . 2012-03-20.
  16. Web site: CalNorth Youth Chess News . Calnorthyouthchess.org . 2012-03-20.
  17. Web site: 2008 Samford Fellowship Press Release . Main.uschess.org . 2008-04-22 . 2012-03-20.
  18. Web site: FIDE Title Application - Vinay Bhat . Ratings.fide.com . 2007-11-16 . 2012-03-20.
  19. Web site: The United States Chess Federation - Vinay Bhat Gets 3rd Norm in Spain . Federation . US Chess . www.uschess.org . 2016-04-28.
  20. Web site: The Week in Chess 535 . 2014-10-02.
  21. Web site: The Week in Chess 664 . Chess.co.uk . 2012-03-20.
  22. Web site: The Week in Chess 754 . Chess.co.uk . 2012-03-20.
  23. Web site: 2009 SPICE Cup Chess Festival Results and Games . Monroi.com . 2012-03-20.
  24. Web site: USCL - Vinay Bhat Player Page . Uschessleague.com . 2012-03-20.
  25. Web site: USCL - Alex Lenderman Player Page . Uschessleague.com . 2012-03-20.
  26. Web site: USCL - Hikaru Nakamura Player Page . Uschessleague.com . 2012-03-20.
  27. Web site: EBCC – About Us: Vinay Bhat . August 31, 2007 . September 29, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929182904/http://www.eastbaychess.com/about/vinay.html#bio . dead .
  28. Web site: LinkedIn Profile - Vinay Bhat . Linkedin.com . 2012-03-20.

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