Abhimanyu Mishra

Grandmaster Abhi Mishra’s career to date has been one of firsts. The New Jersey native once held the American record for the youngest player to achieve Expert status (2000 rating), since broken by Ruben Quintans in 2025. Abhi still holds the American record for the youngest Master (2200 rating), achieving this record at just 9 years, 2 months, and 17 days.

Mishra once held the world record for becoming the youngest International Master in chess history, a record eclipsed by Russian prodigy Roman Shogdzhiev.

Most importantly, Mishra still holds the most significant of all youth records: that of the youngest Grandmaster in chess history. He set the mark at 12 years, 4 months, and 25 days in 2021, and it still stands today. As a result, Abhi’s name is firmly etched in the record books.

In September 2025, Mishra delivered his career-best event to date at the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss. Along the way, he defeated World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju in round five, thereby becoming the youngest player ever to defeat a reigning world champion in classical chess. Furthermore, Mishra scored an undefeated 7/11 in the event with a tournament performance rating of 2828. That result was good for a whopping 32-point FIDE rating gain.

2026 has been mostly positive for the 17-year-old Mishra with first place ties in the Menorca and Semana Santa Opens but a slightly subpar result in the U.S. Junior Championship.