by John Bain
The Youngest International Master
in the
History of Chess!
Abhimanyu “Abhi” Mishra learned chess at 2.5 years old, and became the youngest USA Expert in history with a USA rating of 2000+ at 7.5 years old.
A younger Abhi with his mother.
Abhi became a USA Master with US rating 2200+ at 9.2 years old.
The New Record!
An International Master
at
10 years, 9 months and 3 days!
In November 2019, Abhi became the youngest International Master (IM) in the history of chess at the age of 10 years, 9 months and 3 days–breaking Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa’s world youngest IM record of 10 years and 10 months by 17 days!
Abhimanyu Mishra is now the youngest IM in the history of the world.
