Actually at thirteen years and eleven months, but still according to our calculations the fifth youngest player in history to gain the title. Richárd did it in spite of a last-round loss to chess legend Lajos Portisch, who is almost 60 years older than the lad. The tournament was held in Hungary and was won by Alexander Beliavsky. Congratulations to the new GM.



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GMs Istratescu, Edouard, Howell, and Hebden all tie for first at Hastings.

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Check out this full Press Release By Magnus' Father Henrik on Chessbase.

Magnus Carlsen gained nine rating points in his last sixteen games to come in at 2810 Elo points and to occupy the number one slot in the world rankings. Below is this prodigy's rating progress in the last nine years.

This is to some degree "old news" as it happened earlier in the week but I'm still happy for my man, Magnus. He showed his pain and joy during the event and I think the important lesson for the amateur is that even those beneath you can give you a headache (see photo).



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