Abhimanyu Mishra
| Abhimanyu Mishra | |
|---|---|
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| Country | United States |
| Born | February 5, 2009 New Jersey |
| Title | Grandmaster (2021) |
| FIDE rating | 2621 (August 2024) |
Abhimanyu Mishra (born February 5, 2009) is an American chess prodigy from New Jersey. He currently holds the record for the world's youngest-ever grandmaster, having qualified for the title at the age of 12 years and five months.[1]
He broke the United States Chess Federation record for youngest Expert by earning a 2000 USCF rating at the age of 7 years, 6 months, and 22 days, breaking the record of Awonder Liang.[2] He then broke the US Chess record for youngest National Master by earning a 2200 USCF rating at the age of 9 years, 2 months, and 17 days, breaking the record of Liran Zhou.[3] He holds the world record for the youngest International Master, a title which he earned in November 2019 at the age of 10 years, 9 months, and 20 days, breaking the record of Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa.[4][5] FIDE awarded him the title in February 2020.[6]
In March 2021, Mishra tied for first place with GM Vladimir Belous in the Charlotte Chess Center's Spring 2021 GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina with a score of 5.5/9 and crossed 2400 FIDE for the first time on an official rating list. [7] In April 2021, Mishra tied for first place with Souhardo Basak at the Vezerkepzo GM tournament in Budapest, Hungary with a score of 7.0/9 and performance rating of 2603, earning his first GM norm.[8] In May 2021, Mishra earned clear first place at the First Saturday GM tournament in Budapest, Hungary with a score of 8.0/9 and performance rating of 2739, having clinched his second GM norm with one round to spare and exceeding the norm by a full point. [9]
References
- ^ "GM Abhimanyu Mishra is the Youngest GM in History!". USCF Online.
- ^ https://new.uschess.org/news/meet-abhimanyu-mishra-our-youngest-ever-us-chess-expert
- ^ https://new.uschess.org/news/abhimanyu-mishra-youngest-us-chess-master-ever
- ^ "Abhimanyu Mishra becomes the youngest IM in the world". 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
- ^ Susan Polgar (9 November 2019). "Meet the world's youngest IM, Abhimanyu Mishra of the US". GamesMaven. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
Abhimanyu, born on 5th of February 2009, thus achieved his IM title at the age of 10 years, 9 months and 3 days. This is 17 days faster than Praggnanandhaa. Abhimanyu Mishra is now the youngest IM in the world.
- ^ "Titles approved by 2020 Executive Board in Abu Dhabi, UAE". FIDE. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ http://chessstream.com/Invitational/spring-2021-gm-im-norm-invitational/TournamentPairings.aspx
- ^ http://chess-results.com/tnr557917.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30
- ^ http://chess-results.com/tnr558888.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30
External links
- Abhimanyu Mishra rating card at FIDE
- Abhimanyu Mishra chess games at 365Chess.com
- Abhimanyu Mishra player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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