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Abhimanyu Mishra (born February 5, 2009) is an American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he became the youngest player ever to qualify for the grandmaster title on June 30, 2021, at the age of 12 years, 4 months, and 25 days, beating Sergey Karjakin's record of 12 years and 7 months, which had stood since 2002. Career
Find out the latest FIDE rating, title, and profile details of Abhimanyu Mishra, a grandmaster from the United States of America. See his rating progress, results, statistics, and records in standard, rapid, and blitz chess.
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Grandmaster is not the only youngest-ever record Mishra has set as regarding chess titles. He was already the youngest international masterin history, obtaining that title in November 2019 at the age of 10. In his national United States Chess Federation (USCF), Mishra was the youngest-ever expert (rating above 2000) and master (rating above 2200). ...
In 2021 Mishra traveled to Budapest, Hungary, to begin achieving his grandmaster norms, three of which are necessary to make GM. He earned them in consecutive months from April to June: Vezerkepzo GM in April, First Saturday in May, and Vezerkepzo GM Mix in June. Budapest was one of the few places in the world holding regular GM norm tournaments at...
Karjakin went on to challenge GM Magnus Carlsenfor the world championship in 2016. After his record was broken, he told Chess.com: "I hope that [Mishra] will go on to become one of the top chess players, and it will be just a nice start to his big career. I wish him all the best." It remains to be seen, of course, how far Mishra will go in his ches...
Mar 22, 2019 · Abhimanyu Mishra is a 12-year-old American chess prodigy who broke the record of Sergey Karjakin in 2021. Learn more about his achievements, games, and how he became the youngest GM in history.
CNN — At just 12 years of age, Abhimanyu Mishra has become the youngest grandmaster in chess history. Mishra, who is from New Jersey, US, broke Sergey Karjakin’s record of 12 years and seven...
Jun 30, 2021 · IM Abhimanyu Mishra became the youngest chess grandmaster in history today. The 12-year-old player from New Jersey scored his third GM norm in Budapest, having already crossed the required 2500 Elo rating barrier.
Abhimanyu Mishra, who at 12 years, 4 months & 25 days has become the world's youngest ever chess grandmaster, talks about how he did it and his goals now to Kaja Snare...
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