Shah Fenil

Fenil Shah (born 20 April 1995) is an Indian chess player, who holds the FIDE title of International Master (IM). He was the youngest rated chess player in 2002 and also the youngest chess player to represent Indian Team.

Early life and education Fenil Shah was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He did his early schooling at Udgam School and pursued high school at St.Xaviers Loyola hall. Shah graduated with Bachelor's in Civil Engineering from Nirma University in 2017.

He earned the title of FIDE Master (FM) after breaching the 2300 Elo rating mark in the Catalan Circuit.

He secured his second International Master Norm in Rilton Cup 2017–18 in Stockholm, Sweden defeating International Master Krisel Robert in the final crucial game. In Aeroflot Open in Moscow, Russia Shah earned his final International Norm with a round to spare and thus completed his norm requirements. Fenil completed his title formalities in May 2018 when he had a published rating of 2411, thus completing the rating criteria and becoming an International Master. He was awarded the International Master Title in the 2nd Presidential Board Meeting at Bucharest, Romania.