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The Guardian - UK
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Boy, 15, becomes youngest British chess grandmaster

Shreyas Royal focusing on a chess board.
Shreyas Royal set the new age record at the British Chess Championships in Hull on Sunday. Photograph: Brendan O’Gorman / British Chess Championship

A 15-year-old chess prodigy has become the youngest British grandmaster.

Shreyas Royal achieved the prestigious title at the British Chess Championships in Hull on Sunday, breaking David Howell’s UK record, at the age of 16, in 2007.

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