Abhimanyu Mishra
The youngest grandmaster in history, qualifying at 12 years, 4 months and 25 days. The American prodigy won the 2023 U.S. Junior Championship.
At the 2025 Grand Swiss, aged 16, he beat reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, jointly the youngest ever to do so in classical chess, and went unbeaten with a 2828 performance.
Career highlights
- Youngest grandmaster in history, at 12 years and 4 months
- Beat reigning world champion Gukesh at the 2025 Grand Swiss
- 2023 U.S. Junior Champion
- Peak rating 2652 (October 2025)
Titles
- Open Chess Menorca: 2026
From the winners lists on our event pages.
Abhimanyu Mishra in The Chess Herald
- So Draws Niemann in Under an Hour, One Round From a Fourth Title
- So Beats Woodward in a Pawn Ending, Leads Caruana by a Point
- Weekly Recap: The U.S. Championship Tightens in Saint Louis While Youth Records and Upsets Pile Up
- Caruana and Liang Join a Four-Way Lead After Round 6
- Roman Shogdzhiev, 11, Is One GM Norm From Mishra's Record
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- Woodward Beats Caruana as Eight of 12 Games Are Decisive
- Caruana Joins So in the Lead as Liang Falls to Xiong
- So and Liang Lead Open at 2/2, Bottom Seeds Top the Women
- Caruana Chases a Fifth Straight US Title, and Reshevsky's Record
- Caruana Heads a 12-Player U.S. Championship Field in Saint Louis
- Weekly Recap: Uzbekistan's Wild Ride Through the Samarkand Olympiad
- Total Chess Fills Its 24-Player Field With Six More Signings
- GCL's Lead Swings Back to the Gambits on Day 5
- A Second's Difference: GCL's Prodigy Board Controversy
- Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi Meet Again, but This Time Board Six Matters More Than They Do
- Faustino Oro and the Ever-Shrinking Youngest-GM Record
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Profile last reviewed September 29, 2026. Ratings update monthly from FIDE.