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{{Short description|Indian chess player (born 2011)}}
{{Infobox chess biography
| name = Ethan Vaz
| country = India
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2011|09|03|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Raia, Goa]], India
| title = [[International Master]] (2024)
| peakrating = 2522 (March 2026)
| FideID = 25940783
}}
'''Ethan Vaz''' (born 3 September 2011) is an Indian chess player who holds the title of [[International Master]]. A [[chess prodigy]], he achieved the International Master title at the age of 12, becoming the youngest player in the world to hold the title at the time.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-05 |title=Chess: Ethan becomes youngest IM in his current age group, sets eyes on GM title |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/chess-ethan-becomes-youngest-im-in-his-current-age-group-sets-eyes-on-gm-title/articleshow/106553813.cms |access-date=2025-05-01 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Herald |date=2024-01-04 |title=Ethan Vaz is world's youngest IM |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/sports/ethan-vaz-is-world%E2%80%99s-youngest-im-/216115 |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Herald Goa |language=en}}</ref> In 2025, he won five medals at the Western Asia Youth Chess Championships.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2025-04-30 |title=Ethan wins five medals at Western Asia Youth Chess |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/ethan-wins-five-medals-at-western-asia-youth-chess/articleshow/120740397.cms |access-date=2025-05-01 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

He played against fellow prodigy [[Tanitoluwa Adewumi]] in the ''Checkmate: USA vs India'' exhibition event.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Svensen |first=Tarjei J. |date=2025-05-01 |title=Gukesh Vs. Nakamura Headlines USA-India Chess Match At Esports Stadium |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/gukesh-nakamura-usa-india-showdown-esports-stadium |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Chess.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Colodro |first=Carlos Alberto |date=2025-10-07 |title=USA v. India at Esports Stadium: A 5-0 clean sweep for Team USA |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/checkmate-usa-india-2025-live-2 |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=ChessBase |language=en}}</ref>

== Chess career ==
Ethan started playing chess in 2017, at the age of 6.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-16 |title=12-year-old Becomes Youngest Chess International Master |url=https://www.robinage.com/12-year-old-becomes-youngest-chess-international-master/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=RobinAge |language=en-US}}</ref> Following a hiatus from tournaments for over two years due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], he resumed play in 2022 and rapidly gained rating. He earned his first International Master [[Norm (chess)|norm]] at the Sharjah Masters in August 2023. He earned his second norm three months later in November, and his final norm on January 3, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Shahid |date=2024-01-06 |title=Ethan Vaz becomes the eighth International Master from Goa - ChessBase India |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Ethan-Vaz-becomes-the-latest-International-Master-from-Goa |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=ChessBase India}}</ref>

In September 2024, he won the gold medal in the under-16 category of the [[Commonwealth Chess Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Souza |first=Walwyn D' |date=2024-09-05 |title=Ethan clinches gold at Commonwealth Chess Championships |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/sports/ethan-clinches-gold-at-commonwealth-chess-championships/413026 |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Herald Goa |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{fide|id=25940783|name=Ethan Vaz}}
* {{Chessgames player|195325|Ethan Vaz}}

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[[Category:Chess International Masters]]
[[Category:2011 births]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Goa]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian chess players]]

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