{"id":30041,"date":"2026-09-29T02:26:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T02:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=30041"},"modified":"2026-09-29T02:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T02:26:57","slug":"indias-chess-olympiad-medallist-nihal-sarin-replies-to-play-for-pakistan-troll-with-three-words-chess-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=30041","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Chess Olympiad medallist Nihal Sarin replies to &#8216;play for Pakistan&#8217; troll with three words | Chess News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134553924,imgsize-85276,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg\" alt=\"India's Chess Olympiad medallist Nihal Sarin replies to 'play for Pakistan' troll with three words\" title=\"Nihal Sarin replies to troll on social media\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Nihal Sarin replies to troll on social media\">Nihal Sarin replies to troll on social media<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Indian grandmaster Nihal Sarin didn&#8217;t need more than three words to shut down a troll on X. After India&#8217;s open team wrapped up their campaign at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand with a silver medal, Nihal posted a simple message of celebration, penning, &#8220;Happy to win silver for Team India.<!-- --> Congratulations to Uzbekistan.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>It should have been an uncontroversial post. Instead, it drew an ugly reply from one user. &#8220;Plz quit playing for India. Play for Pakistan,&#8221; the comment read, which has now been deleted.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Nihal didn&#8217;t let it slide, nor did he engage at length. His response was just as brief as the provocation. The Kerala-born grandmaster wrote, &#8220;on board 0?&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>A mixed <keyword id=\"39634151\" type=\"Denny\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"personal-campaign\" source=\"keywords\">personal campaign<\/keyword><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The exchange came at the end of a tournament that had its own share of ups and downs for the 22-year-old chess star individually.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>He started in fine form, winning his first three games, against Thailand, Indonesia and Italy, before the results cooled off with back-to-back draws against Spain and the Netherlands.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Round 6, against hosts Uzbekistan, proved to be the turning point. Nihal blundered his queen in a winning position against Nodirbek Yakubboev, a loss that visibly rattled him, he lost again the very next round, in a marathon 88-move battle against England&#8217;s Luke McShane.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Those two defeats were the only blemishes on an otherwise solid campaign; Nihal steadied himself in the rounds that followed, drawing against Germany&#8217;s Frederik Svane, beating Uzbekistan second team&#8217;s Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov in Round 10, and closing out the tournament with a draw against Hungary&#8217;s Benjamin Gledura.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The individual numbers, though, were always going to matter less than the team result. India&#8217;s open side secured silver behind hosts Uzbekistan.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/chess\/indias-chess-olympiad-medallist-nihal-sarin-replies-to-play-for-pakistan-troll-with-three-words\/articleshow\/134553791.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nihal Sarin replies to troll on social media NEW DELHI: Indian grandmaster Nihal Sarin didn&#8217;t need more than three words to shut down a troll on X. After India&#8217;s open team wrapped up their campaign at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand with a silver medal, Nihal posted a simple message of celebration, penning, &#8220;Happy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nihal-sarin-replies-to-troll-on-social-media.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Nihal Sarin replies to troll on social media NEW DELHI: Indian grandmaster Nihal Sarin didn&#8217;t need more than three words to shut down a troll on X. 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