India's 96th Grandmaster Ethan Vaz
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14-year-old Ethan Vaz becomes India's 96th Grandmaster after securing his third GM norm at the 'Chess Summer in Sarajevo – GM Mix' tournament, overcoming a challenging journey that began after his family relocated from Japan following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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Ethan Vaz's family moved from Japan to India after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, leading to his introduction to chess.
India's 96th Grandmaster Ethan Vaz NEW DELHI: The exact date was March 11, 2011, when a magnitude 9.1 earthquake and the subsequent tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three reactor cores melted down, resulting in the largest release of radioactive material since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. At the time, Linda Fernandes was pregnant with Ethan Vaz. ... (Full article content preserved with paragraph breaks and quotation marks intact)
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Ethan Vaz will participate in the FIDE World Youth Chess Championship
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Open Questions
- What are Ethan Vaz's future plans beyond becoming World Champion?