Indian-origin American Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest ever chess Grandmaster at 12

Indian-origin American Abhimanyu Mishra has become the youngest chess Grandmaster (GM) aged 12 years, four months and 25 days. The New Jersey boy scored his third GM norm in Budapest, having already crossed the required 2,500 Elo rating barrier. Abhimanyu broke the 19-year-old record held by Russian Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin, who earned the title aged 12 years and 7 months.