In chess, the TePe Sigeman & Co International tournament, begins in Malmo, Sweden on Friday.

Fourteen-year-old Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin is training his sight to become the youngest Indian to break the 2600 rating barrier from this event. 

Nihal goes into the tournament with a live rating of 2598. He hopes to break the Indian record set by Parimarjan Negi almost a decade back in 2009.

Negi had then become the youngest Indian to have broken the barrier, at the age of 15 years 11 months. Crossing the mark will make Nihal currently the youngest player in the world to do so. 

According to the World Chess Federation, FIDE, the tournament will have eight players with an average rating of 2663, making it a Category 17 tournament.

The field is led by the India No. 2 Grand Master Pentala Harikrishna. Harikrishna will open his campaign against Persson while Nihal is set to meet Saric in the opener.