Youngest GMs in the world
Previous record holders of being the youngest GMs in the world.
| Year | Player | Country | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Boris Spassky | Soviet Union | 18 yr |
| 1958 | Bobby Fischer | United States | 15 yr, 6 mths, 1 day |
| 1991 | Judit Polgar | Hungary | 15 yr, 4 mths,28 days |
| 1994 | Péter Lékó | Hungary | 14 yr, 4 mths,22 days |
| 1997 | Etienne Bacrot | France | 14 yr, 2 mths, 0 days |
| 1997 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Ukraine | 14 yr, 0 mths,17 days |
| 1999 | Bu Xiangzhi | China | 13 yr,10 mths,13 days |
| 2002 | Sergey Karjakin | Ukraine | 12 yr, 7 mths, 0 days |
Nowadays it’s so competitive that the youngest GMs in the world are below 15 years old!!
| Player | Country | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Sergey Karjakin | Ukraine | 12 yr, 7 mths, 0 days |
| Parimarjan Negi | India | 13 yr, 4 mths, 22 days |
| Magnus Carlsen | Norway | 13 yr, 4 mths, 27 days |
| Bu Xiangzhi | China | 13 yr,10 mths, 13 days |
| Teimour Radjabov | Azerbaijan | 14 yr, 0 mths, 14 days |
| Ruslan Ponomariov | Ukraine | 14 yr, 0 mths, 17 days |
| Etienne Bacrot | France | 14 yr, 2 mths, 0 days |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | 14 yr, 4 mths |
| Péter Lékó | Hungary | 14 yr, 4 mths, 22 days |
| Yuriy Kuzubov | Ukraine | 14 yr, 7 mths, 12 days |
| Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | Vietnam | 14 yr,10 mths |
Source: WikiPedia’s Chess Prodigy
Sergey Karjakin - currently holding the youngest GM in the world record
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Comments
young local talents like anas nazreen, yeap eng chiam, etc
should not go to waste. IM mas should have been our first GM. providing GM training/assistance/collaboration seems a good idea. our counterparts in vietnam n phillipines seems feasible. we need a lot of catching up to do with singapore
Chess talents are being overlooked in Malaysia today as it has been for decades. They are left to their own resources and I don’t see a bright future for them, the way things are going. That is sad.
If Anas has more support, he could have achieved some IM norms by now.
I can still remember the best Malaysian in DATMO was at 35th. place .. a most embaressing situation indeed! And what has the chess authorities done to ensure that this does not happen again this year?
Our country must be more supportive in producing more young talents that can play at the elite level.