When Abhimanyu Mishra became the world's youngest GM, I was somewhat dismissive of the achievement. Not because I did not think he deserved to be a GM, or even how he achieved it, but simply because it was an easier achievement than in the past (Yes, I know I'm sounding like an old man yelling at clouds).
However Mishra, who is currently playing in the Sigeman tournament in Sweden, looks to be "walking the walk" with a strong performance against a number of other strong GM's. As I write this he has score 2 wins and 2 draws to lead the 7 round event, which includes Svidler, Gelfand and Gukesh. Despite being the bottom seed, he looks to be in the right sort of company, as shown by this interesting game.
Sigeman (2), 06.05.2023
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Bf4 g5 10. Be3 Nd6 11. Nbd2 h5 12. Rfd1 Nf5 13. Nf1 g4 14. Ne5 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 Bd6 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Nf1 f5 18. b4 a6 19. Rdb1 Qf6 20. e3 h4 21. a4 Rc8 22. Qe2 hxg3 23. hxg3 dxc4 24. e4 Be7 25. Ne3 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. exf5 exf5 28. Ra7 Rd8 29. d5 c5 30. d6 Qxd6 31. Nd5 Rh6 32. Rd1 Re6 33. Qc2 Qe5 34. Nc7+ Kf8 35. Nxe6+ Qxe6 36. Qc3 Bf6 37. Qd2 Bd4 38. bxc5 Be8 39. Qg5 Rd7 40. Rxd7 Qxd7 41. Re1 Bf7 42. Qh6+ Bg7 43. Qf4 1-0
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He actually behaved like a really good and polite boy. He said "Thank you", when he was "allowed" to sign my tournament programme, (as all the other players do).
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