Abhimanyu Mishra Becomes Youngest Grandmaster In Chess History, Dethrones Sergey Karjakin

Team Latestly Jul 01, 2021 06:28 PM IST

Indian-American prodigy Abhimanyu Mishra became the youngest-ever chess Grandmaster on Wednesday after he scored his third GM norm in Budapest, Hungary. The 12-year-old from New Jersey, USA, broke GM Sergey Karjakin's record that has stood for 19 years. Defeating Leon Luke Mendonca, Abhimanyu secured a performance rating higher than 2600 over nine rounds.

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