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Youngest Grandmasters in history of Chess,

1. Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) 12 years, 7 months
2. R Praggnandhaa (India) 12 years, 10 months
3. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) 13 years, 1 month
4. Parimarjan Negi (India) 13 years, 4 months
5. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 13 years, 4 months

The young R Praggnandhaa has become India’s youngest and world’s second youngest Grandmaster at age of 12 years, 10 months and 13 days ... He missed out on becoming the youngest ever by three months with Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine holding the record of being the youngest Grandmaster in the world at 12 years, 7 months ... Before that, Praggnanandhaa had become the youngest International Master in the history of chess at age of 10 years and nine months.

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At 6th Altibox Norway Masters Blitz 2018, Stavanger

[R1] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Levon Aronian (ARM,2764) ½-½
[R2] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2769) ½-½
[R3] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Liren Ding (CHN,2791) ½-½
[R4] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) vs GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2843) ½-½
[R5] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZB,2808) ½-½
[R4] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Wesley So (USA,2778) ½-½
[R7] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) bt GM Maxime Vachier Lagrave (FRA,2789) 1-0
[R8] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) l GM Fabiano Caruana (USA,2822) 0-1
[R9] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) bt GM Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2782) 1-0

Anand finished on tied 2nd position in Norway Masters with 4.5 pts with Carlsen and Nakamura ... Fabiano Caruana won the tournament with 5 pts, so Anand's loss against him turned to be crucial ... Chinese Liren Ding withdrew in the middle of the tournament.

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At the Tal Memorial 2018, Moscow, Russia

1 GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2776) 6.0 pts

Anand lifted the Tal Memorial rapid title by a point over GM Mamedyarov in 9 rounds ... Here, Anand scored a win over GM Nakamura, GM Grischuk, GM Dubov and GM Nepomniachtchi.

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At Tata Steel Chess Masters tournament 2018, Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands

Viswanathan Anand finished on the 5th position in Tata Steel Chess Masters tournament with 8 points ... In that he scored wins over Fabiano Caruana, Maxim Matlakov, Yifan Hou and Gawain C B Jones ... And drew against Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Wesley So, Sergey Karjakin, Peter Svidler, Yi Wei and Adhiban ... His only lost come against Vladimir Kramnik ... Overall, good performance by Anand.

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At Tata Steel Chess Candidates tournament 2018, Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands

Vidit Gujrathi capped off a phenomenal week with a draw that secured a first place with 9 points ... And with that, he will received invitation for Masters tournament in 2019 ... He scored five wins and 8 draws.