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Women's Records:

Youngest To Earn A Title:

  • Youngest Candidate Master: Tamizh Amudhan (IND) - 8 years old

  • Youngest FIDE Master: Alekhine Nouri (PHL) - 7 years old

  • Youngest International Master: Roman Shogdziev (RUS) - 10 years old.

  • Youngest Grandmaster: Abhimanyu Mishra (USA) -  12 years old.

Women's Records:

  • Highest Ever Rated Woman: Judit Polgar (HUN) - 2735

  • Youngest Ever Woman to become a GM: Hou Yifan (CHN) - 14 years old

  • Youngest ever woman to defeat a Grandmaster: Bodhana Sivanandan (ENG) - 10 years old.

Other Records:

  • Highest Rated Human: Magnus Carlsen (NOR) - 2882

  • Longest ever tournament game: 269 moves.

  • Longest ever World Championship game: 2021 Game 6 - 136 moves.

  • Longest ever unbeaten streak in FIDE Classical Chess: 158 games by Jianchao Zhou (USA).

The World Chess Hall of Fame
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