Success is pouring for the members of the Young Stars program, and a new World Record has been broken! The title of youngest International Master, which belonged to Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, clocked in at 10 years, 9 months and 20 days. Abhimanyu Mishra, has just broken that record by a mere 17 days, to clock in at the age of 10 years, 9 months and 3 days.
The youngest IM ever!
Abhimanyu achieved his final IM norm in the Chess Max Academy Fall Invitational. A tournament with opportunities to score norms, Abhimanyu needed 50% to score his final IM norm – a result that he achieved through the surprising method of 9 draws in a row!
Abhi, on the left, at a recent training camp for Young Stars in New York City with Garry Kasparov and FST Michael Khodarkovsky
Chess does not stop for this ambitious youngster – he immediately starts on his quest for the GM title by playing in the 2019 Norm Invitational in Saint Louis, Missouri. Congratulations to Abhi and his family!
You can read a more detailed recount of who is Abhimanyu, his way to IM and many of his games in the following ChessBase India Article.