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Vinay Bhat
V Bhat 
Photo copyright © 2009, courtesy of member "timhortons"  

Number of games in database: 310
Years covered: 1993 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2519 (2538 rapid, 2501 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2549
Overall record: +90 -81 =89 (51.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 50 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (31) 
    B52 B23 B30 B51 B27
 Queen's Pawn Game (15) 
    A45 A40 A41 E10 A46
 Grunfeld (10) 
    D80 D91 D87 D85 D78
 King's Indian Attack (10) 
    A07
 Slav (9) 
    D10 D17 D16
 Queen's Gambit Declined (9) 
    D31 D38 D37 D35
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (33) 
    C05 C12 C11 C01 C03
 Queen's Gambit Declined (21) 
    D30 D31 D37 D35
 Semi-Slav (20) 
    D45 D43 D44 D48 D47
 Slav (15) 
    D11 D17 D10 D13 D18
 French Tarrasch (13) 
    C05 C03 C04
 French (12) 
    C12 C11 C00 C10
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Ehlvest vs V Bhat, 2000 0-1
   T Gharamian vs V Bhat, 2001 1/2-1/2
   V Bhat vs H Akopyan, 1999 1-0
   Y Bruned vs V Bhat, 2006 0-1
   V Bhat vs D Aldama Degurnay, 2008 1-0
   L Altounian vs V Bhat, 2010 1/2-1/2
   M Hrabinska vs V Bhat, 2009 0-1
   Robson vs V Bhat, 2009 0-1
   V Bhat vs Y Wang, 2002 1/2-1/2
   V Bhat vs L A Shipman, 1996 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Max Wilkerson International (1998)
   US Junior Closed (1999)
   SPICE Cup (B Group) (2009)
   Budapest FS08 GM (2001)
   Montreal International (2009)
   Koltanowski Memorial Open (2000)
   Koltanowski Team Match (1999)
   Metz Open (2010)
   Pula Open (2006)
   Reykjavik Open (2009)
   Andorra Open (2001)
   US Masters (1997)
   Saitek US Masters (1998)
   Gibraltar Masters (2010)
   PRO League Group Stage (2019)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 San Francisco Mechanics Institute op
   V Bhat vs Caruana (May-02-19) 0-1
   C Wheeler vs V Bhat (Feb-27-19) 1/2-1/2, rapid
   V Bhat vs Xiong (Feb-27-19) 0-1, rapid
   C Holt vs V Bhat (Feb-27-19) 1-0, rapid
   V Bhat vs E Nguyen (Feb-27-19) 1-0, rapid

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VINAY BHAT
(born Jun-04-1984, 41 years old) India (federation/nationality United States of America)

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This Grandmaster from California, at the age of 10, set a new record for becoming the youngest national master of USA, breaking Robert James Fischer 's record by two years. That record has since been broken by Hikaru Nakamura. Bhat is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley.

Wikipedia article: Vinay Bhat

Last updated: 2022-06-04 14:17:29

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 page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 310  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Bhat vs R Moore  1-0151993ConcordC53 Giuoco Piano
2. T Lagier vs V Bhat  1-0191993Silicon Valley-chD03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation)
3. V Bhat vs Navara  1-0341994Wch U10C02 French, Advance
4. V Bhat vs D Smerdon  ½-½661994Wch U10C02 French, Advance
5. Ganguly vs V Bhat  0-1381995Wch U12C26 Vienna
6. N F Nur vs V Bhat  1-0461995USA Cadet ChampionshipC50 Giuoco Piano
7. V Bhat vs H Akopyan  ½-½521995USA Cadet ChampionshipC54 Giuoco Piano
8. V Bhat vs A Nazarian  0-1451995USA Cadet ChampionshipC02 French, Advance
9. D Zilberstein vs V Bhat  1-0201995USA Cadet ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. V Bhat vs C Gelman  0-1511995USA Cadet ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
11. J Frenklakh vs V Bhat  1-0351995USA Cadet ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
12. I Shliperman vs V Bhat  ½-½131995USA Cadet ChampionshipC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
13. V Bhat vs K Miton  1-0391996Wch U12C55 Two Knights Defense
14. V Belov vs V Bhat  1-0331996Wch U12C41 Philidor Defense
15. V Bhat vs E Martinovsky  1-0431996Hawaii opC50 Giuoco Piano
16. V Bhat vs L A Shipman  1-0281996Hawaii opB23 Sicilian, Closed
17. V Bhat vs Blatny  0-1601996Hawaii opB15 Caro-Kann
18. W J Donaldson vs V Bhat  1-0211997San Francisco MechanicsE08 Catalan, Closed
19. Kudrin vs V Bhat  1-0571997US MastersC42 Petrov Defense
20. E Martinovsky vs V Bhat  1-0311997US MastersD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. V Bhat vs T Babcock  1-0421997US MastersB23 Sicilian, Closed
22. V Bhat vs C Brasket  1-0341997US MastersC12 French, McCutcheon
23. F Lindsay vs V Bhat  0-1211997US MastersA13 English
24. V Bhat vs A Kaliksteyn  0-1421997US MastersB23 Sicilian, Closed
25. V Bhat vs R Henley  ½-½211997National OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
 page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 310  PGN Download
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Jun-18-04  salokin: This is Vinay S Bhat
Jan-10-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: He's on Fred Wilson's show tonight on chess.fm
Jul-19-06  BIDMONFA: Vinay S Bhat

BHAT, Vinay S.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/bhat_vinay....
_

Jul-25-07  yalie: Bhat won (or at least tied for first) the Balaguer Open Chess ahead of a bunch of GMs.

www.openbalaguer.org

Jul-25-07  Ragh: The title win at Balaguer Open in Spain also brought Vinay Bhat his 3rd and final GM-norm along with the required 2500+ rating to be crowned as the new chess Grand Master.
Jul-25-07  arunjangity: congratulations, it is quite rare to have another gm in the usa!
Jul-27-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Eric Schiller: Congratulations Vinay! He finally got his 3rd GM norm. He could have been a GM much earlier but like most Bay Area chess talent, he decided to have a real life.
Jul-27-07  dx9293: He reached 2500? He's only 2450 on the July FRL. I'm not disupting it, just curious.
Jul-27-07  dx9293: Hmm...on the website they give his TPR as 2587.
Jul-28-07  Ragh: <dx9293> His TPR was over 2600 after nine games, until that draw in last round brought it down to 2587. So, he must have gotten a nine game GM-norm.
Jul-31-07  dx9293: I see. Thank you for clearing this up.
Jul-31-07  Timothy Glenn Forney: [Event "Balaguer Open,Spain 2007"]
[Site "D3GK5091"]
[Date "2007.07.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vinay S Bhat"]
[Black "Jose Ramon Perez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E41"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Time "13:43:39"]
[Variation "4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[TimeControl ""]
[Termination "unterminated"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[WhiteType "human"]
[BlackType "human"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 d5 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 cxd4 9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bd6 11.h3 b6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Qd3 Re8 14.Rad1 h6 15.Bh4 Be7 16.Bg3 Bd6 17.Bh4 Be7 18.Bg3 Bd6 19.Nf4 e5 20.Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.Qc4+ Nd5 22.Qxd5+ Kf6 23.Ne4+ *

Jul-31-07  Timothy Glenn Forney: Here's the ending to the above game-22.Qxd5+ Kf6 23.Ne4+ Kf5 24.Qf7+ Qf6 25.Nxd6+ Kg5 26.Qh5# Mate 1-0
Jul-31-07  Timothy Glenn Forney: forgot this one-22.Qxd5+ Kf6 23.Ne4+
Ke7 24.Qe6+ Kf8 25.Ng6# Mate 1-0
Aug-03-07  arunjangity: unfortunately, we are wrong. uschess says bot does not have the 2500 rating at any point, and has 50 points to go. no gm title.
Sep-22-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  An Englishman: Good Evening: The United States Chess League still lists Bhat as an IM. While I'm on the subject, I wish the USCL would post more games to this website. Bhat has been quite an impressive GM killer and plays with considerable elan, cheerfully sacrificing pawns against players rated almost 300 points higher, no matter how nebulous the compensation seems.
Sep-22-07  dx9293: <An Englishman> He is still an IM. He needs some Elo points to make GM.

USCL games are not rated by USCF or FIDE, so they would not be listed here.

Jan-24-08  DarthStapler: Wait so is he an IM or a GM?
Aug-03-08  myschkin: . . .
http://www.chesscity.com/PDF/Whiz%2...

see p. 22-27
(with User: Eric Schiller )

Aug-10-08  myschkin: . . .

Interivew with IM <Vinay Bhat>, Samford Fellow, in Mainz, Germany, August 3, 2008

http://blip.tv/file/1144415
(Video)

Apr-01-09  Dredge Rivers: BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBhat's all folks! :)
Apr-05-09  timhortons: http://vbhat.wordpress.com/tag/samf...

If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving isn’t for you.

The economy is a key factor in the Ukrainian chess boom. Playing chess is a prestigious occupation and you can earn money with it. Additionally, you travel around the world. So, a professional chess player has respect, unlike in Europe or the USA. By our standards, chess is a good career.’ (Grandmaster Alexander Moiseenko in a ChessCafe.com interview).”

Although I find the average chessplayer’s income assumed here ($90,000 per year, in constant 2005 dollars)

<really?! what average he mean those 2650 elo rated player ?>

to be a bit overly optimistic, the compiled metrics still paint a clear picture of the usual distribution of top players in the world. The following table is taken directly from the paper (Table 3): R/Y is the relative income ratio (R = $90,000 for chessplayers, Y = avg annual income); WEB is the number of internet users per 1000 people (higher the WEB metric, the lower the training cost); TR is the number of FIDE-recognized tournaments (higher the TR, the lower the training cost).

Jun-21-09  timhortons: Ill do my best to get a picture of GM Bhat in the ongoing Quebec chess championship.

Hes a real nice guy.

Jun-21-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  fm avari viraf: My hearty Congrats for your achievements & keep going. I belong to Gujarat, Valsad.
Jun-21-09  WhiteRook48: so he's an IM
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