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A chess prodigy is a young child who possesses an aptitude for the game of chess that far exceeds what might be expected at their age. Their prodigious talent will often enable them to defeat experienced adult players and even titled chess masters. Some chess prodigies have progressed to become grandmasters or even World Chess Champions.
Chess players (male or female) who are or were once a world youth chess champion on any of the age categories. See also: World Youth Chess Championship Pages in category "World Youth Chess Champions"
In May 2024, Faustino defeated 5-time world champion and world #1 ranked Magnus Carlsen during a weekly Bullet Brawl tournament hosted by Chess.com. [ 3 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] He holds the world record for the youngest International Master , a title which he earned in June 2024 at the age of 10 years, 8 months, and 16 days, breaking the record of ...
Indian chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju, better known as Gukesh D, became the youngest player to claim the men’s Candidates Tournament in Toronto, Canada Sunday.
Alireza Firouzja (Persian: علیرضا فیروزجا, pronounced [æliːɾeˈzɒː fiːɾuːzˈdʒɒː]; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian-French chess grandmaster.Firouzja is the youngest player to have surpassed a FIDE rating of 2800, beating the previous record set by Magnus Carlsen by more than five months.
Young chess students among players to enjoy once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Standing against a side wall, May Black, of Holbrook, watched her 7-year-old son Miles command one of the 33 boards.
In 1997 the name of tournament was changed to the World Youth Chess Championships. The under 8 category was first introduced in 2006. 1974 – Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France, 2–13 July – The first World Cadet Championship was an Under-18 event, organised by the French chess authorities. Thirty players took part in an 11-round Swiss.
Gukesh Dommaraju (born 29 May 2006), is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning FIDE World Chess Champion.A chess prodigy, Gukesh is the youngest undisputed world champion, the youngest player to have surpassed a FIDE rating of 2750, doing so at the age of 17, and the third-youngest to have surpassed 2700 Elo at the age of 16.