Nihal Sarin: If my contemporaries can do it, why shouldn’t I

Nihal Sarin: If my contemporaries can do it, why shouldn’t I

In pic: Nihal Sarin (PC: X) It’s not easy to be Nihal Sarin. He was among the superstars of the new generation of Indian players, who have taken the chess world by storm over the last two years. Part of the 2022 bronze-winning Olympiad team with D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa, he was the third-youngest in the world to cross the 2600 Elo rating mark in 2018, when he was just 14. Make no mistake. To turn 21 in July, Nihal is going strong. His ratin…