Chess prodigy
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A chess prodigy is a young child who possesses an aptitude for chess that far exceeds what might be expected at their age. Their prodigious talent will often enable them to defeat experienced adult pl
Samuel Reshevsky playing chess with Douglas Fairbanks, as Charlie Chaplin watches them during filming of the American silent film The Three Musketeers, 1921
13-year-old Magnus Carlsen playing against 35-year-old Ivan Sokolov in 2004
Roman Shogdzhiev
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Roman Savrovich Shogdzhiev is a Russian chess player. A chess prodigy, he became the youngest international master in history in May 2025, at the age of 10 years, 3 months, and 21 days.
Shogdzhiev in 2022