80-year-old Nasir Ali Syed leads in Udaipur!

by Priyadarshan Banjan - 13/09/2016

Have you ever seen an 80-year-old man lead a chess tournament? Well, now you will! Nasir Ali Syed is leading ahead of 4 established Indian international masters! Although, he is now rated 1926, he is now leading the 4th NL Pandiyar Memorial Open in Udaipur with 6.5/7 points! Check out our brief update here.

80-year-old Nasir Ali Syed leads in Udaipur!

Have you ever seen an 80-year-old man lead a chess tournament? Well, now you will!

Now, imagine this man walking to the top table in the tournament where he is leading ahead of 4 established Indian international masters!

Nasir Ali Syed [Photo: Masters Scholastic Chess School]

Nasir Ali Syed was born in 1936 in Uttar Pradesh and had won the National Championship at Pune in 1967 ahead of Manuel Aaron. His peak rating was 2385 (in 1983) and has beaten many grandmasters in his chess career!

Mark Taimanov is a Soviet chess legend who has defeated almost all the top GMs of his era! Nasir Ali drew his game against him!

Although, he is now rated 1926, he is now leading the 4th NL Pandiyar Memorial Open in Udaipur with 6.5/7 points! Of course, we shall keep you updated as usual, so keep following Chessbase India! Have you played with this legend? What was your experience like?

Standings after Round 07:

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	23		Nasir Ali Syed	IND	1926	UP	6,5	30,0	26,0	30,00
2	1	IM	Akshat Khamparia	IND	2363	MP	6,0	29,5	26,0	26,75
3	22		Doshi Moksh Amitbhai	IND	1928	GUJ	6,0	29,5	26,0	26,50
4	6		Manigandan S S	IND	2099	TN	6,0	29,5	25,5	28,75
5	11		Soni Krishan	IND	2004	DEL(CCSCSB)	6,0	29,0	25,0	27,75
6	17		Avdhoot Lendhe	IND	1974	MAH	6,0	28,5	24,5	26,00
7	2	IM	Mishra Neeraj-Kumar	IND	2328	JHA	6,0	28,0	24,5	26,50
8	3	IM	Prasad Devaki V	IND	2328	MAH	6,0	26,5	22,5	26,00
9	74		Aaryan Varshney	IND	1652	DEL	6,0	24,5	23,0	21,25
10	14		Maulik Raval	IND	1989	GUJ	5,5	31,0	27,0	25,25