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Nihal from Jay's home state of Kerala finally got his 3rd norm in Abu Dhabi and at 14 years and 1 month becomes the 12th youngest GM ever.

His live rating is 2575 and he is well on target to become the youngest or second youngest to 2600.

Current top 5 as per this metric
1. Wei Yi
2. Wesley So
3. Radjabov
4. Carlsen
5. Karjakin

Nihal is now catching up on elo points after 17 months of no classical OTB action.

He has gained 35 points in 2 tournaments winning both of them and is now in the top 100 with a rating of 2655, just before his 17th birthday.