Indian-American prodigy Abhimanyu Mishra on Wednesday became the youngest ever chess Grand Master after he scored his third GM norm in Budapest, Hungary, according to an official report. The 12-year-old player from New Jersey scored his third GM norm in Budapest, having already crossed the required 2500 Elo rating barrier.

“On Wednesday, Mishra won the biggest game of his sweet career so far. He defeated the 15-year-old Indian GM Leon Luke Mendonca with the black pieces, securing a performance rating higher than 2600 over nine rounds,” stated an official release on the Chess.com website.

Mishra broke GM Sergey Karjakin’s record that was standing for 19 years. On August 12, 2002, Karjakin, a world championship challenger in 2016, secured the grandmaster title at 12 years and seven months. Mishra, born on February 5, 2009, took 12 years, four months, and 25 days to obtain the highest title in chess.

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He played back-to-back tournaments and scored both his first and second GM norms at the April Vezerkepzo tournament and the May 2021 First Saturday tournament. His final shot at the norm was a bit delayed, but it came Abhimanyu achieved it in Budapest. Abhimanyu won his first title at the age of eight and achieved IM norms at 10 years and nine months.