Parimarjan Negi, India's youngest ever grandmaster

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7/5/2006 – This lad has broken a number of records. Making his final GM norm at the age of 13 years 3 months and 22 days he became India's youngest Grandmaster. Before him it was Pentala Harikrishna, who did it at 15, breaking Anand's 14-year record of 18 years. But Negi has also broken Magnus Carlsen's record by five days to become the second-youngest GM is chess history.

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Parimarjan Negi becomes India's Youngest Grandmaster

By Vijay Kumar

Parimarjan Negi has become India's youngest Grandmaster, when he achieved the third and the Final GM norm at Chelyabinsk Region Superfinal Championship at Satka in Russia. At the age of 13 years and 142 days, Parimarjan Negi broke the previous Indian record of Pentala Harikrishna, who did it at the age of 15 years and 99 days, in August 2001. Harikrishna broke Viswanathan Anand's 14 years record of becoming India's youngest Grand Master at the age of 18.

Parmarjan is now the second youngest Grandmaster of all time, replacing Magnus Carlsen of Norway by a five-day margin. Sergey Karjakin, who achieved this feat at the age of 12 years and 7 months, however, holds the World's Youngest GM title. It is remarkable that Parimarjan Negi, who attained his International Masters title only in December last year, has been able to "upgrade" to GM within the short span of six months.

Youngest grandmasters in history

No.	Player	Nat.	years	months	days	year
1	Sergey Karjakin	UKR	12	7	0	2002
2	Parimarjan Negi	IND	13	3	22	2006
3	Magnus Carlsen	NOR	13	3	27	2004
4	Bu Xiangzhi	CHN	13	10	13	1999
5	Teimour Radjabov	AZE	14	0	14	2001
6	Ruslan Ponomaryov	UKR	14	0	17	1997
7	Etienne Bacrot	FRA	14	2	0	1997
8	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	14	4	0	2005
9	Peter Leko	HUN	14	4	22	1994
10	Yuri Kuzubov	UKR	14	7	12	2004
11	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	14	10	0	2004
12	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	15	2	19	2003
13	Pentala Harikrishna	IND	15	3	5	2001
14	Koneru Humpy	IND	15	1	27	2002
15	Judit Polgar	HUN	15	4	28	1991
16	Alejandro Ramirez	CRI	15	5	14	2003
17	Bobby Fischer	USA	15	6	1	1958