New Delhi: 14-year-old Apar Saxena has achieved the coveted International Master (IM) title after his stellar performance across Europe, completing all three criteria in just 5 weeks.
Born in 2012, this young player from Bengaluru made his mark at the international level by performing brilliantly in the IM Renome 2 tournament held in Bosnia on March 30. In this tournament he scored 7 out of 9 points to win the title and completed his first IM norm.
Soon after, she also performed brilliantly at the San Vicente Open in Spain on 6 April. More than 500 players from 54 countries took part in this match, in which Apar once again scored 7 out of 9 points. Saxena completed her second benchmark with two rounds left in the tournament, which clearly reflects her consistency and composure.
His excellent performance continued at the Menorca Open in late April. Here he achieved a performance rating of 2404 and also collected a lot of rating points. However, despite remaining in the competition, he fell just short of achieving his third consecutive norm.
After this, Apar Saxena got success in the IM Putnik 114 tournament held in Serbia on 3 May. Here Saxena once again scored 7 out of 9, completing her last criterion and officially taking the IM title. During this tournament, his live rating also crossed 2450. This reflects his sharp rise from his previous rating of 2185 to his official rating of 2362 as of May 1.
Apar’s father Prashant Saxena has played an important role in his training, preparation and tournament planning, while mother Ruchi Saxena has been continuously encouraging him throughout his journey. His school Silicon City Academy of Secondary Education has played a major role in Apar’s development. His father Prashant told ChessBase India that Principal Sumalini and school co-ordinator Shenoy constantly encouraged Apar. Apar has not had any personal coach in the last 2 years. Before this, Jairam Ramana was training him. Apart from this, Apar also took help from Killer Chess Training and Yuri Vovk’s courses.
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