Youngest International Master

Delhi's 12-year-old chess wizkid, Parimarjan Negi, on Sunday became the youngest International Master, when he earned his third and final IM norm at the Sort International open chess tournament in Sort, Spain.









A student of Amity International School (Saket) and coached by Grandmaster Evgeny Vladimirov, Negi played a quick draw with Karen Morsziszian of Armenia in the final round, aggregating five points out of a possible nine. It also fetched him the final norm.

Negi made his first IM norm at the Bad Wissen tournament in Germany in 2003 and earned his second norm during the Dubai Open Chess Festival in April this year.

Last year, Parimarjan became the youngest Indian ever to win the national sub-junior title to eclipse the record of Grandmaster P. Harikrishna.

Negi will be the top seed in the under-12 category at the World Chess Championships scheduled to be held in Belford (France), later this month.