Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen

male, 18 years old (Norway)
youngest Grandmaster age, Magnus Øen Carlsen, third youngest Grandmaster in the world, Corus chess tournament, chessprodigy, Fédération Internationale des Échecs…chess, Chess grandmaster, chess player
Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster who came to international attention after winning the C group of the Corus Chess Tournament in J...
Gata Kamsky

Gata Kamsky

male, 35 years old
chess player, United States Chess Federation, Crimean Tatars, International Grandmaster, Fédération Internationale des Échecs, chessprodigy…U.S. Chess Championship, Chess grandmaster, chess
The American Grandmaster Gata Kamsky is traveling to Elista, Russia on May 25th to play candidate matches in his second run for the world chess...
Nigel Short

Nigel Short

male, 44 years old
chess player, montpellier, English, biel, subotica, Order of the British Empire…World Chess Championship, British chess Grandmaster, Chess grandmaster, chess, chessprodigy
Nigel Short MBE (born June 1, 1965 in Leigh, Lancashire) is widely regarded as the strongest British chess player of the 20th century. He became a...
Paul Morphy

Paul Morphy

male, deceased (1884)
Spring Hill College alumni, Louisiana Creole, Tulane University alumni, chess master, World Chess Champion, chess…chessprodigy, rules of chess, chess player
Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 - July 10, 1884), "The Pride and Sorrow of Chess," was an American chess player. He is considered to have been...
Parimarjan Negi

Parimarjan Negi

male, 16 years old
Indian, chess player, Chess grandmaster, International Master, International Grandmaster, chessprodigy…Chelyabinsk Region Superfinal chess tournament
Parimarjan Negi (b. 9 February 1993) is a 14-year-old chess prodigy from India. In July 2005, he became the youngest International Master ever when...
Hikaru Nakamura

Hikaru Nakamura

male, 22 years old
Frank Samford, bishop, "Hikaru" Nakamura, Frank Samford Chess Fellow, chessprodigy, Fédération Internationale des Échecs…United States Chess Federation, Chess grandmaster, chess master, chess player
"Hikaru" Nakamura is an American chess Grandmaster (GM). He was born in Osaka, Japan, to a Japanese father and an American mother and moved with...
Samuel Reshevsky

Samuel Reshevsky

male, deceased (1992)
Ozorków, Russian Empire, lodz, American, grandmaster, polish…chess, Chess grandmaster, chess player, chessprodigy, child prodigy
Samuel Herman (Sammy) Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski, November 26, 1911, Ozorków near Lodz, (then Russian Empire, today Poland) - died April 4, 1...
Srinath Narayanan

Srinath Narayanan

male
Indian, chess player, fide, chennai, Elo rating, chessprodigy
Srinath Narayanan (b. 1994) is a 13-year-old chess prodigy from Chennai, India. His talent in chess was recognized when he beat his father in a...
Sahaj Grover

Sahaj Grover

male
Indian, chess player, delhi, uzbekistan, chessprodigy, Jekhongir Vakhidov
Sahaj Grover (b. 1995) is a chess prodigy from Delhi, India. In July 2005, he won the under-10 world chess championship held in Belfort, France, by...

Gastón Needleman

male
Jewish, chess player, fide, argentine, Jewish person, drew…chessprodigy
Gastón Needleman is a chess prodigy from Argentina. At age 15, he scored 8.0/11 to tie with six other players for second place in the American C...