Abhimanyu Mishra, the youngest new Grand Master, learnt the moves at 2

Mishra is also the youngest person to achieve the International Master title at 10 years, 9 months, 3 days

On June 30, Abhimanyu Mishra of Englishtown, New Jersey (US), was 12 years 4 months and 25 days old when he sat down to play 15-year-old Goan Grandmaster Leon Luke Mendonca at the Vezerkepzo Tournament in Budapest, Hungary. “Abhi’s” win in that game made him the youngest person to earn the right to call himself “Grandmaster” (GM). 

This breaks a long-standing record set by Sergey Karjakin, way back in 2002. Karjakin was then 12 years 7 months old. Mishra gains additional credit for doing this during the pandemic, which severely limited opportunities.

Mishra is also, not coincidentally, the youngest person to have