Richárd Rapport – grandmaster at thirteen

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.

Related posts:

1. Daniil Dubov, grandmaster at fourteen ...
2. Amusing blunders and a grandmaster’s endgame lesson ...
3. Bologan: Beating the Sicilian: A Grandmaster’s repertoire ...
4. 1st Hangzhou Women Grandmaster Tournament ...
5. Bologan: Beating the Sicilian Vol. 2: A Grandmaster’s repertoire ...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

This entry was posted on Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 12:00 am and is filed under chessnews. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.