IM Vinay Bhat

Some Pictures
Bio Info
Game collection
Some Tournament Results

I learned how to play chess when I was about 6 and a half years old. My mom taught my brother and me, and we started out by going to the Kolty Chess Club in Campbell every Thursday night. My brother and I also went to Richard Shorman's group class at the Fremont Public Library.

At that time, I used to just study the games of Morphy and Capablanca and do tactics. By the age of 10, I set a new record for becoming the youngest national master, breaking Bobby Fischer's record by 2 years. That record has since been broken once, by Hikaru Nakamura.

One other other coaches I've worked with was GM Gregory Kaidanov. We worked together for a few years, and after a few missed opportunities, I became an International Master at the age of 16. I have one GM norm, from China in 2002.

I am currently a student at UC Berkeley, studying Statistics and Political Economy. I will be graduating in May of 2006. My chess involvement is now mostly limited to my work at the East Bay Chess Club, which I helped co-found in 2004.

Here is a small collection of my games (some are annotated). They are in .pgn format, and so require a PGN viewer. A free PGN viewer can be downloaded from the ChessBase website here.

Vinay's Games

Tie-1st

Tournament Name	Place	Year	Section	Result (W-D-L)	Final Standing
Michael Franett Memorial	San Francisco, California	2005	Round-Robin	7-4-0	1st
US Junior Closed	Lindsborg, Kansas	2004	Round-Robin	2-2-5	10th
Pacific Southwest Open	Los Angeles, CA	2004	Open	4-2-0	2nd
Mechanics G/45	San Francisco, CA	2003	Open	3-0-1	Withdrew
San Leandro Open	San Leandro, CA	2003	Open	3-1-0	1st
US Junior Closed	Dallas, Texas	2002	Round-Robin, U21	4-3-2	2nd
US-China Summit Match	Shanghai, China	2002	Team, 1st board	0-2-1
Qingdao GM	Qingdao, China	2002	Master	2-6-1	GM norm
CalChess Scholastic Championships	Monterey, California	2002	K-12	6-0-0	1st
World Youth Championships	Oropesa del Mar, Spain	2001	Boys U-18	5-3-3	Tie-17th
First Saturday GM	Budapest, Hungary	2001	GM Round-Robin	4-7-2	3rd
US Junior Closed	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	2001	Round-Robin, U21	5-1-3	3rd
Chicago Open	Chicago, Illionis	2001	Open	4-2-1	Tie-9th
US-China Summit Match	Seattle, Washington	2001	Team, 1st board	1-1-2
CalChess Scholastic Championships	Santa Clara, California	2001	K-12	6-0-0	1st
Koltanowski International	San Francisco	2000	Open	3-5-1	9th
World Youth Championships	Oropesa del Mar, Spain	2000	Boys U-16	5-4-2	Tie-8th
Toronto Summer International	Toronto, Canada	2000	Open	4-5-0	2nd
US Junior Closed	Catonsville, Maryland	2000	Round-Robin, U21	2-4-3	7th
Val Zemitis International	San Francisco, California	2000	Round-Robin	5-2-2	1st
Saitek CEA National	San Jose, California	2000	K-12	6-1-0	Tie-1st
York IM	York, England	1999	Round-Robin	4-3-2	3rd
World Youth Championships	Oropesa del Mar, Spain	1999	Boys U-16	5-2-4
US Junior Closed	San Francisco, California	1999	Round-Robin, U21	5-1-3	2nd
Arhur Dake Memorial	San Francisco, California	1999	Round-Robin	4-5-0	1st
People's Tournament	Berkeley, California	1999	Open	4-2-0	1st
CalChess Scholastic Championships	Santa Clara, California	1999	K-12	6-0-0	1st
Max Wilkerson International	San Francisco, California	1998	Round-Robin	5-6-0	1st
World Youth Championships	Oropesa del Mar, Spain	1998	Boys U-14	7-2-2	Tie-3rd
CalChess Scholastic Championships	Santa Clara, California	1998	K-12	6-0-0	1st
US Cadet	Nashville, Tennessee	1998	Round-Robin, U-16	3-4-0
Pan American Youth Championships	Florianopolis, Brazil	1998	Boys U-14	5-3-0	1st
World Youth Championships	Nice, France	1997	Boys U-14	5-2-4
World Youth Rapid Chess Championships	Paris, France	1996	Boys U-14	5-2-2	Tie-2nd
World Youth Championships	Palma de Menorca, Spain	1996	Boys U-12	7-2-2	3rd
World Youth Championships	Sao Lorenzo, Brazil	1995	Boys U-12	8-0-3	Tie-2nd
World Youth Championships	Szeged, Hungary	1994	Boys U-10	5-2-2	Tie-6th

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