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Divya Deshmukh Grandmasters Faustino Oro Bodhana Sivanandan Records R Praggnanandhaa Young Players D Gukesh Medals Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa Judit Polgár Gukesh Dommaraju Judit Polgar Koneru Humpy Magnus Carlsen Awards Youngest Champion D. Gukesh Salm Abdulrahman Youth Records Rankings Young Prodigies Aarav Dengla Lalit Babu Viswanathan Anand Inspiration Mamikon Gharibyan Ranking International Competitions FIDE Circuit 2025 Individual Titles Advik Agrawal Vaishali Rameshbabu Gran Maestro National Titles Soud Alzarouni Aronyak Ghosh International Masters Ilamparthi AR Hans Niemann Mongolian Players Young Talents R. Praggnanandhaa World Championship Humpy Madhesh Kumar Aarit Kapil FIDE Ratings Grandmaster International Titles FIDE Titles Arjun Erigaisi Youngest Female Player Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha Alexandra Goryachkina R Vaishali Young Athletes Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa World Championships Candidates Tournament

Eleven‑Year‑Old Bodhana and 17‑Year‑Old Shreyas Claim British Chess Crowns

Their wins at the record‑entry 2026 championships mark a generational shift in British chess.

Judit Polgar Declines Offer to Become Hungary’s President

Faustino Oro, 12, Becomes Chess Grandmaster, Second-Youngest in History

Vaishali, Sindarov Win Candidates to Set World Title Matches

Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, 3, Becomes Youngest FIDE-Rated Chess Player

10-Year-Old Bodhana Sivanandan Becomes Youngest Woman International Master After Defeating Grandmaster