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==List of youngest grandmasters==<!-- This section is linked from [[Grandmaster (chess)]] -->

Since 1950, when the [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (GM) title was introduced by [[FIDE]], one measure of chess prodigies is the age at which they gain the GM title. Below are players who have held the record for the youngest grandmaster; the age listed is the age at which they [[Norm (chess)#Grandmaster norm|qualified for the title]]. This is not equal to the age at which they officially became grandmasters, because GM titles can only be awarded at FIDE congresses. The country listed indicates the federation the player was affiliated with at the time of gaining the title, not their current or later affiliation. The first record holder was [[David Bronstein]], who was the youngest of the 27 inaugural players to be awarded the title by FIDE in 1950 at age 26; the record is currently held by [[Abhimanyu Mishra]], who qualified at age 12. 

{| class="wikitable"
|+List of youngest grandmasters since 1950
!Year !!Player !!Country !!Age
|-
|-
| 1950 || [[David Bronstein]] || {{URS}} || 26 years
|-
| 1952 || [[Tigran Petrosian]] || {{URS}} || 23 years
|-
| 1955 || [[Boris Spassky]] || {{URS}} || 18 years
|-
| 1958 || [[Bobby Fischer]] || {{USA}} || 15 years, 6 months, 1 day
|-
| 1991 || [[Judit Polgár]] || {{HUN}} || 15 years, 4 months, 28 days<ref name="jpolgar_1">{{cite web
 | url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-polgar-how-i-beat-fischer-s-record/2
 | title=Judit Polgar: How I beat Fischer's record
 | website=[[ChessBase]]
 | date=5 February 2013
}}</ref><ref name="jpolgar_2">{{Cite Chessgames.com game
 | gid= 1110989
 | title= Tibor Tolnai vs Judit Polgar
 | access-date = 7 September 2023
}}</ref>
|-
| 1994 || [[Péter Lékó]] || {{HUN}} || 14 years, 4 months, 22 days
|-
| 1997 || [[Étienne Bacrot]] || {{FRA}} || 14 years, 2 months, 0 days
|-
| 1997 || [[Ruslan Ponomariov]] || {{UKR}} || 14 years, 0 months, 17 days
|-
| 1999 || [[Bu Xiangzhi]] || {{CHN}} || 13 years, 10 months, 13 days
|-
| 2002 || [[Sergey Karjakin]] || {{UKR}} || 12 years, 7 months, 0 days
|-
| 2021 || [[Abhimanyu Mishra]] || {{USA}} || 12 years, 4 months, 25 days<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guinness World Records Young Achievers - Abhimanyu Mishra |url=https://kids.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/young-achievers/abhimanyu-mishra |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|}

This is a list of the players who fulfilled the requirements to attain the title of Grandmaster before their 14th birthday.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Male Grandmasters younger than 14 years old
!Player !!Country !!Age !!Birth year
|-
| [[Abhimanyu Mishra]] || {{USA}} || 12 years, 4 months, 25 days || 2009
|-
| [[Sergey Karjakin]] || {{UKR}} || 12 years, 7 months, 0 days || 1990
|-
| [[Gukesh Dommaraju]] || {{IND}} || 12 years, 7 months, 17 days || 2006
|-
| [[Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş]] || {{TUR}} || 12 years, 9 months, 29 days || 2011
|-
| [[Javokhir Sindarov]] || {{UZB}} || 12 years, 10 months, 5 days || 2005
|-
| [[R Praggnanandhaa]] || {{IND}} || 12 years, 10 months, 13 days || 2005
|-
| [[Nodirbek Abdusattorov]] || {{UZB}} || 13 years, 1 month, 11 days || 2004
|-
| [[Parimarjan Negi]] || {{IND}} || 13 years, 4 months, 22 days || 1993
|-
| [[Magnus Carlsen]] || {{NOR}} || 13 years, 4 months, 27 days || 1990
|-
| [[Ivan Zemlyanskii]] || {{RUS}} || 13 years, 8 months, 21 days || 2010
|-
| [[Wei Yi]] || {{CHN}} || 13 years, 8 months, 23 days<ref>[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8880 Wei Yi has become the youngest GM in the world] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228183844/http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8880 |date=28 February 2013 }}</ref> || 1999
|-
| [[Andy Woodward (chess player)|Andy Woodward]] || {{USA}} || 13 years, 8 months, 28 days || 2010
|-
| [[Raunak Sadhwani]] || {{IND}} || 13 years, 9 months, 28 days<ref name="Raunak">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/raunak-sadhwani-becomes-indias-65th-grandmaster/article29751356.ece |title=Raunak Sadhwani becomes India's 65th Grandmaster|newspaper=The Hindu|date=20 October 2019|last1=Rao|first1=Rakesh}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/raunak-sadhwani-becomes-indias-65th-grandmaster/article29751356.ece |title=Raunak Sadhwani becomes India's 65th Grandmaster|newspaper=The Hindu|date=20 October 2019|last1=Rao|first1=Rakesh}}</ref> || 2005
|-
| [[Bu Xiangzhi]] || {{CHN}} || 13 years, 10 months, 13 days || 1985
|-
| [[Samuel Sevian]] || {{USA}} || 13 years, 10 months, 27 days<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fox2now.com/2014/11/23/youngest-ever-american-chess-grandmaster-crowned-in-st-louis/|title=Youngest-ever American Chess Grandmaster crowned in St. Louis|date=23 November 2014|access-date=8 August 2017}}</ref> || 2000
|-
| [[Richárd Rapport]] || {{HUN}} || 13 years, 11 months, 6 days<ref>{{cite web|url=http://players.chessdom.com/richard-rapport-gotth-art-kupa|title=Richard Rapport Becomes Hungary's Youngest Grandmaster - Chessdom|website=players.chessdom.com|access-date=8 August 2017|archive-date=28 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728003532/http://players.chessdom.com/richard-rapport-gotth-art-kupa|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 1996
|-
|}
Note: Karjakin has changed federations since attaining the grandmaster title.

===List of youngest female grandmasters===
Below are the holders of the record for the youngest female player to qualify for the grandmaster title (not to be confused with the lesser [[Woman Grandmaster]] title):

{| class="wikitable"
|+Youngest female grandmasters
!Year !!Player !!Country !!Age
|-
|-
| 1978 || [[Nona Gaprindashvili]] || {{URS}} || 37 years
|-
| 1984 || [[Maia Chiburdanidze]] || {{URS}} || 23 years
|-
| 1991 || [[Susan Polgar]] || {{HUN}} || 21 years
|-
| 1991 || [[Judit Polgár]] || {{HUN}} || 15 years, 4 months<ref name="jpolgar_1" /><ref name="jpolgar_2" />
|-
| 2002 || [[Koneru Humpy]] || {{IND}} || 15 years, 1 month<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/humpy-emerges-winner-at-elekes/articleshow/11312648.cms|title=Humpy emerges winner at Elekes|date=29 May 2002|access-date=7 September 2023|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=333 |title=Humpy beats Judit Polgar by three months |work=Chess News |date=31 May 2002|access-date=17 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 2008 || [[Hou Yifan]] || {{CHN}} || 14 years, 6 months<ref>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3263-wccc-nalchik-2008-and-now-there-were-just-four WWCC - Nalchik 2008 - and now there are just four!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913000643/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3263-wccc-nalchik-2008-and-now-there-were-just-four|date=13 September 2008}}, [[FIDE]] web site, 9 September 2008

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