Saturday
Jan012011
GM Ilya Nyzhnyk
Saturday, January 1, 2011 at 10:36AM
It's about time! - which is an odd thing to say about someone who has achieved the title at the age of 14 years, three months and two days old. Still, when I first learned about Ilya Nyzhnyk more than two years ago I thought he could even challenge Sergey Karjakin's record for the youngest-ever GM (at 12 years and seven months); from that point of view he seems to have taken his sweet time about getting the title. It's still a great achievement, putting him at #11 on the list for youngest-ever grandmaster, and he's currently the youngest grandmaster (or GM-elect, technically) in the world.
More here.
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