09
Sep
Samarkand, Uzbekistan – Sixteen-year-old chess sensation Abhimanyu Mishra produced a stunning upset at the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament by defeating reigning World Champion D Gukesh, the youngest world champion in history.The victory makes Mishra the youngest player ever to beat a sitting world champion in classical chess, shattering a 33-year-old record previously held by Grandmaster Gata Kamsky.Born to Indian-origin parents and raised in New Jersey, Mishra has been a prodigy since learning the game at age two. He shot to international prominence in June 2021 when he became the world’s youngest Grandmaster at 12 years, 4 months, and 25 days,…