GMAbhimanyu Mishra

Abhimanyu Mishra learned chess from his father Hemant at two and began tournament play at five. Growing up in New Jersey, he became the youngest player to reach the U.S. expert threshold at seven. He completed the international-master requirements in November 2019, with FIDE formally recording the title in 2020. In June 2021 he qualified as a grandmaster at twelve years, four months and twenty-five days, breaking Sergey Karjakin's longstanding age record. His first grandmaster norm had come at the Vezérképző tournament in Budapest that April. He played in the 2021 World Cup, losing to Baadur Jobava in the opening round. In 2022 he won the Saint Louis Spring Classic B tournament. He finished second at the 2023 TePe Sigeman event in Sweden. That year he won the U.S. Junior Championship and shared second place in the senior U.S. Championship. At the 2025 Grand Swiss he defeated reigning world champion Gukesh in a classical game at sixteen. He finished the event unbeaten in fifth place with seven points from eleven games.