Mishra Finishes Strongly: No Norm, But More Rating Points
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 1:12AM
Dennis Monokroussos in Abhimanyu Mishra

After speedily falling out of contention for his third and final GM norm, Abhimanyu Mishra finished like a house on fire, winning his last four games (most notably against GM Zoltan Varga) and coming out of the event with another nine rating points in his pocket. He still needs one norm and approximately 17 rating points before this September 5 to break Sergey Karjakin's record for the youngest GM ever.

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