The Grand Chess Tour announced today the players selected to compete in the full 2024 tour. Joining the likes of Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave are three rising stars who had not been ‘regulars’ in the tour previously: Gukesh D (pictured), Praggnanandhaa R and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. The first event of the series kicks off on May 6 in Warsaw, Poland. | Photo: Grand Chess Tour
Just how young is too young in chess? Well, all you can say is you are never too young after an eight-year old desi kid defeated a Grandmaster in a tournament in Switzerland on Sunday,.
On Feb. 12, Leonid Ivanovic of Serbia became the youngest chess player to beat a grandmaster in a classical game at 8 years, 11 months, and 7 days. His record stood only six days.
At eight years, six months and 11 days old, Ashwath Kaushik made history by becoming the youngest player to beat a chess grandmaster in a classical tournament game.