King of board and King of hearts! A legend in the making

King of board and King of hearts!
A legend in the making

"Mama!! Look! He is Siddhanth Lohia, I want to be like him." A proud coach,balaji, overheard a young chess aspirant point out to his mother. This suffices to portray Siddhanth’s credentials.

Let us introduce to you our most beloved and revered player Siddhant Lohia of Dhirubai Ambani International School with an ever rocketing ELO a colossal 1458, with his last improvisations being 100 points in one go by crushing players with ELO's 500 points higher than his! So there you go the grand introduction.

Now we will give you reasons that make him the 'King of Board'. Currently he is the highest rated player in the state in his category(U-9). His benchmark achievements include Gold at Maharashtra U-7 state championship 2012,Gold in Below 1600 rating Coulsdon open in London ,silver at St.Patrick's Annual chess event Singapore,Silver at Asian schools chess championship, Silver at Maharshtra U-9 state chess championship and he set new record by raising 100 ELO points in 30 days. For an 8 year old playing in the cut throat boys category of a difficult and a game of geniuses is an unconventional accomplishment. 

Siddhant doesn't just play he plays in style while most of us who believe chess players play the game demurely and thoughtfully, Siddhant will be a treat to watch because this genius manages to have all his strategies worked out well before and plays during the game, some believe even if blindfolded as though he already knows all the moves of his opponents! 

But despite all this our SMCA king is barely resting on his laurels instead he is constantly striving to improve his game to the extent that he now plays exceptional world class chess, a feat that has earned him the reputation of a player who plays solely to win. Of course, confidence of taking over any challenge against any and every opponent doesn't come without skills, in this case super skills from lightning speed calculations, to a very potential grasping power, an unlimited source of positivism and energy and a risk taking attitude makes him a feared opponent and a respected player.

But don't be fooled by the standard and number of his achievements in chess, he is also a junior Einstein, given his inclination to science, specifically robotics a hobby and interest that he is doing exceedingly well and also rather unusually combines with the above his love for piano on which performs marvelously too. In every sense he breaks the stereotyped personality of chess players through his multifaceted persona. 

A confident and extremely proud coach Fide Master,Balaji says,"Siddhanth has burning passion for chess. He has a unique ability to see the moves deeper with amazing accuracy & lightning speed. He has an incredible gift of vision.

What sets him a part from his compeers is that his plans are based on sound judgement,he has a very good and concrete sense of judgement,rare for someone his age and his endgame skills are reminiscent of the legendary Capablanca.

He displays high level of patience & maturity in converting minute advantages into phenomenal victories and therefore he has without a scope of doubt the ability to become a GM."

Now let us tell you what makes him the “King of Hearts” its because when you try to spot him in a crowd of 8 year olds he is the boy with a 1000 watts smile on his face all day every day, and bright eyes that perfectly display his “Never say No” attitude. This is what makes him the most popular player, be it at the academy, or at the tournaments, or in terms of the number of his fan following in social media But what makes him the 'King of Hearts' is his sunshine smile that he wears on that he will be one of those great players who are not only rare and unique but have the fabulous talent of inspiring hundreds of others who have started their journey with the same dream and this is what makes them players of the century. 

Despite all his feats his father, sushir’s words reflect immaculately how letting your child explore himself is the best road to success, he says,"We are very proud of Siddhanth and we are happy to see him play only because he is happy to play and win, if he goes on to be an IM or GM nothing like it but if not we will still be with him." 

But what his followers & the entire chess fraternity wants from siddhanth is that he continue delivery heart winning performances and keep up his attitude towards chess and life and rest assured he will soon be a legend.

A Quick glance at this second standard student's incredible records and achievements in chess so far!! 

Maharashtra’s Youngest Rated Chess player , India’s no.2 & across the globe he stood at no.7 with an International FIDE Rating of 1351 as per the July 2012 Rating list released by world chess federation ,FIDE. 

Career Milestones:-

Gold Medalist in the Maharashtra U-7 State chess championships 2012
Gold Medalist in the below 1600 International FIDE Rating in the coulsdon open, London.
Gold Medalist In the Rotary Club Rapid Chess Championships 2012
Silver medalist In the Maharashtra U-9 State Chess Championships 2013
Silver medalist in the Asian Schools Chess Championships 2012, New delhi
Silver Medalist in the St.Patricks Chess challenge , Singapore

Some of Siddhanths illustrious victims:-

Nguyen Duc Sang of Vietnam (FIDE rating: 1653)
Aditya Guhagarkar , ELO, 1470----U-9 State Champion 2012
Aditya Mittal , ELO, 1531-----National U-7 Champion 2013
Ridit Nimdia, ELO, 1316----former U-7 State Champion 2011
Joglekar, Abhijeet,ELO, 1715--Seasoned player
Gupta,Rajesh RS,ELO,1742---3 times Mumbai Senior Division Champion
Maitri Choksey, ELO,1376--Mumbai U-10 MSSA Girls Champion, 2012