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Niemann - Sarin Blitz Match

Hans Niemann10.5/18(+8 -5 =5)[games]
Nihal Sarin7.5/18(+5 -8 =5)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Niemann - Sarin Blitz Match (2025)

Name: Niemann - Sarin Blitz Match
Event Date: June 8, 2025
Site: Endgame.AI INT
Format: 18 games. TC: 3m+1spm

 page 1 of 1; 18 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Niemann vs N Sarin 0-1142025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchB40 Sicilian
2. Niemann vs N Sarin  ½-½532025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchB07 Pirc
3. N Sarin vs Niemann  0-1422025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchD02 Queen's Pawn Game
4. Niemann vs N Sarin  ½-½392025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchA04 Reti Opening
5. N Sarin vs Niemann  0-1182025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchD03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation)
6. Niemann vs N Sarin  ½-½352025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
7. N Sarin vs Niemann  1-0432025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
8. Niemann vs N Sarin  1-0462025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchB10 Caro-Kann
9. N Sarin vs Niemann  0-1412025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchA06 Reti Opening
10. N Sarin vs Niemann  1-0372025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchE51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
11. N Sarin vs Niemann  1-0452025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchA06 Reti Opening
12. Niemann vs N Sarin  1-0472025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchB10 Caro-Kann
13. N Sarin vs Niemann  0-1452025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchD02 Queen's Pawn Game
14. Niemann vs N Sarin  0-1392025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchB10 Caro-Kann
15. N Sarin vs Niemann  ½-½682025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchA13 English
16. Niemann vs N Sarin  1-0292025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchC50 Giuoco Piano
17. N Sarin vs Niemann  ½-½632025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchC77 Ruy Lopez
18. Niemann vs N Sarin 1-0762025Niemann - Sarin Blitz MatchC50 Giuoco Piano
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-09-25  stone free or die: Good work, <CG>, getting this up so quickly.

But Niemann's adversary isn't <Sarin>, it's <Nihal>.

From <wiki>

<In this Indian name, the name Sarin is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Nihal.>

And his FIDE card is <Nahil Sarin>, without a comma which means Sarin isn't to be used a s a surname.

Thanks.

Jun-09-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: <Niemann> is a patronymic, isn't it?
Jun-09-25  stone free or die: <MissScarlett: <Niemann> is a patronymic, isn't it?>

No, his father's name is David(*).

https://www.chessdom.com/hans-niema...

Songs of innocence:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/1...

* * * * *

(*) Don't trust me? Just ask Google AI:

<While some combinations involving "Niemann" can be patronymic, like "Henrichsen Niemann" (son of Henrich) or "Rasmussen Niemann" (son of Rasmus), the surname "Niemann" itself generally is not considered a patronymic surname.

Instead, Niemann primarily originates from:

• A geographical/characteristic description: It's a northern German variant of "Neumann" meaning "newcomer" from Middle Low German nie ('new') + man ('man').

etc/etc.>

Basically, <Nahil>'s case is the same as this guy's - Dommaraju Gukesh

Jun-09-25  stone free or die: aka <Gukesh D> on his FIDE card.
Jun-09-25  stone free or die: Harrumph!

If <CG> doesn't get this right, pretty soon people are going to pick up the bad habit of calling him <Sarin> instead of <Nihal>.

(Though worse would be calling him Nahil!)

Jun-10-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: This whole match, 18 games, probably took half an hour.
That's longer than writing this kibitz, Niemann - Sarin Blitz Match (2025) (kibitz #3) by <User: stone free or die.

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