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 |
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