+Grandmasters younger than 15 years oldPlayer Country Age Birth year Abhimanyu Mishra 12 years, 4 months, 25 days 2009 Sergey Karjakin 12 years, 7 months, 0 days 1990 Gukesh D 12 years, 7 months, 17 days 2006 Javokhir Sindarov 12 years, 10 months, 5 days 2005 Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 12 years, 10 months, 13 days 2005 Nodirbek Abdusattorov 13 years, 1 month, 11 days 2004 Parimarjan Negi 13 years, 4 months, 22 days 1993 Magnus Carlsen 13 years, 4 months, 27 days 1990 Wei Yi 13 years, 8 months, 23 daysWei Yi has become the youngest GM in the world 1999 Raunak Sadhwani 13 years, 9 months, 28 days 2005 Bu Xiangzhi 13 years, 10 months, 13 days 1985 Samuel Sevian 13 years, 10 months, 27 days 2000 Richárd Rapport 13 years, 11 months, 6 days 1996 Marc’Andria Maurizzi 14 years, 0 months, 5 days 2007 Teimour Radjabov 14 years, 0 months, 14 days 1987 Ruslan Ponomariov 14 years, 0 months, 17 days 1983Nihal Sarin14 years, 1 month, 1 day2004 Awonder Liang 14 years, 1 month, 20 days 2003 Wesley So 14 years, 1 month, 28 days14-year-old Filipino is newest grandmaster 1993 Étienne Bacrot 14 years, 2 months, 0 days 1983 Illia Nyzhnyk 14 years, 3 months, 2 days 1996 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 14 years, 4 months, 6 days 1990 Péter Lékó 14 years, 4 months, 22 days 1979 Jorge Cori 14 years, 5 months, 15 daysCori achieved his final GM norm in October 2009, but he crossed the 2500 rating mark during a tournament in January 2010 1995 Hou Yifan 14 years, 6 months, 16 daysHou Yifan – the youngest female grandmaster in history (Chessbase, December 8, 2008) gives 14-6-2, but this cannot be correct because that date (August 29) was the first day of the Women's World Chess Championship 2008. Chessbase appears to have used the first day of the championship, instead of the day she qualified for the final and earned her 3rd norm (September 12). 1994 Jeffery Xiong 14 years, 6 months, 25 days 2000 Anish Giri 14 years, 7 months, 2 daysAnish Giri, 14, makes his final GM norm ChessBase January 31, 2009 1994 Yuriy Kuzubov 14 years, 7 months, 12 days 1990 Bogdan-Daniel Deac 14 years, 7 months, 27 days 2001 Dariusz Świercz 14 years, 7 months, 29 days 1994 Alireza Firouzja 14 years, 8 months, 2 days 2003 Aryan Chopra 14 years, 9 months, 3 days 2001 Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn 14 years, 9 months, 22 days 1990 Kirill Shevchenko 14 years, 9 months, 23 days 2002Vincent Keymer 14 years, 11 months, 4 days 2004Arjun Erigaisi 14 years, 11 months, 13 days 2003Daniil Dubov 14 years, 11 months, 14 days 1996 Ray Robson 14 years, 11 months, 16 daysRay Robson is the new youngest GM 1994 Fabiano Caruana 14 years, 11 months, 20 days 1992Yu Yangyi 14 years, 11 months, 23 days 1994 Note: While Alireza Firouzja became a GM playing with the Iranian federation, in July 2021 he transferred to the French Federation.
+Grandmasters younger than 15 years oldPlayer Country Age Birth year Abhimanyu Mishra 12 years, 4 months, 25 days 2009 Sergey Karjakin 12 years, 7 months, 0 days 1990 Gukesh D 12 years, 7 months, 17 days 2006 Javokhir Sindarov 12 years, 10 months, 5 days 2005 Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 12 years, 10 months, 13 days 2005 Nodirbek Abdusattorov 13 years, 1 month, 11 days 2004 Parimarjan Negi 13 years, 4 months, 22 days 1993 Magnus Carlsen 13 years, 4 months, 27 days 1990 Wei Yi 13 years, 8 months, 23 daysWei Yi has become the youngest GM in the world 1999 Raunak Sadhwani 13 years, 9 months, 28 days 2005 Bu Xiangzhi 13 years, 10 months, 13 days 1985 Samuel Sevian 13 years, 10 months, 27 days 2000 Richárd Rapport 13 years, 11 months, 6 days 1996 Marc’Andria Maurizzi 14 years, 0 months, 5 days 2007 Teimour Radjabov 14 years, 0 months, 14 days 1987 Ruslan Ponomariov 14 years, 0 months, 17 days 1983Nihal Sarin14 years, 1 month, 1 day2004 Awonder Liang 14 years, 1 month, 20 days 2003 Wesley So 14 years, 1 month, 28 days14-year-old Filipino is newest grandmaster 1993 Étienne Bacrot 14 years, 2 months, 0 days 1983 Illia Nyzhnyk 14 years, 3 months, 2 days 1996 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 14 years, 4 months, 6 days 1990 Péter Lékó 14 years, 4 months, 22 days 1979 Jorge Cori 14 years, 5 months, 15 daysCori achieved his final GM norm in October 2009, but he crossed the 2500 rating mark during a tournament in January 2010 1995 Hou Yifan 14 years, 6 months, 16 daysHou Yifan – the youngest female grandmaster in history (Chessbase, December 8, 2008) gives 14-6-2, but this cannot be correct because that date (August 29) was the first day of the Women's World Chess Championship 2008. Chessbase appears to have used the first day of the championship, instead of the day she qualified for the final and earned her 3rd norm (September 12). 1994 Jeffery Xiong 14 years, 6 months, 25 days 2000 Anish Giri 14 years, 7 months, 2 daysAnish Giri, 14, makes his final GM norm ChessBase January 31, 2009 1994 Yuriy Kuzubov 14 years, 7 months, 12 days 1990 Bogdan-Daniel Deac 14 years, 7 months, 27 days 2001 Dariusz Świercz 14 years, 7 months, 29 days 1994 Alireza Firouzja 14 years, 8 months, 2 days 2003 Aryan Chopra 14 years, 9 months, 3 days 2001 Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn 14 years, 9 months, 22 days 1990 Kirill Shevchenko 14 years, 9 months, 23 days 2002Vincent Keymer 14 years, 11 months, 4 days 2004Arjun Erigaisi 14 years, 11 months, 13 days 2003Daniil Dubov 14 years, 11 months, 14 days 1996 Ray Robson 14 years, 11 months, 16 daysRay Robson is the new youngest GM 1994 Fabiano Caruana 14 years, 11 months, 20 days 1992Yu Yangyi 14 years, 11 months, 23 days 1994 Note: While Alireza Firouzja became a GM playing with the Iranian federation, he left the federation in November 2019 and joined the French federation in July 2021.
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