Youngest Grandmasters

by Year and Age
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1. David Bronstein, Soviet Union in 1950, 26 years
2. Tigran Petrosian, Soviet Union in 1952, 23 years
3. Boris Spassky, Soviet Union in 1955, 18 years
4. Bobby Fischer, United States in 1958, 15 years, 6 months, 1 day
5. Judit Polgár, Hungary in 1951, 15 years, 4 months, 28 days
6. Péter Lékó, Hungary in 1994, 14 years, 4 months, 22 days
7. Etienne Bacrot, France in 1997, 14 years, 2 months, 0 days
8. Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukraine in 1997, 14 years, 0 months, 17 days
9. Bu Xiangzhi, China in 1999, 13 years, 10 months, 13 days
10. Sergey Karjakin, Ukraine in 2002, 12 years, 7 months, 0 days

before their 15th birthday:
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1. Sergey Karjakin, Ukraine 12 years, 7 months, 0 days
2. Parimarjan Negi, India 13 years, 4 months, 22 days
3. Magnus Carlsen, Norway 13 years, 4 months, 27 days
4. Bu Xiangzhi, China 13 years, 10 months, 13 days
5. Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijan 14 years, 0 months, 14 days
6. Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukraine 14 years, 0 months, 17 days
7. Wesley So, Philippines 14 years, 1 month, 28 days
8. Etienne Bacrot, France 14 years, 2 months, 0 days
9. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, France 14 years, 4 months
10. Péter Lékó, Hungary 14 years, 4 months, 22 days
11. Hou Yifan, China 14 years, 6 months, 2 days
12. Yuriy Kuzubov, Ukraine 14 years, 7 months, 12 days
13. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Vietnam 14 years, 10 months
14. Fabiano Caruana, Italy 14 years, 11 months, 10 days