Aaron Reeve Mendes

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Aaron Reeve Mendes
Country India (until 2020)
Canada (since 2020)
BornSeptember 2012 (age 12)
Mangalore, India
Title International Master (2025)
Peak rating 2360 (December 2024)

Aaron Reeve Mendes is a Canadian chess player.

Chess career

He began playing chess at the age of 5. His family immigrated to Mississauga, Ontario, Canada in 2021. [1] He is coached by grandmasters Stany G.A., Swayams Mishra, and Arjun Kalyan. [2]

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In July 2022, he became the youngest Canadian player to defeat a grandmaster after winning a game against Razvan Preotu in the Canadian Open chess tournament at the age of 9 years and 325 days. [3]

In January 2024, he tied for second place with Mandar Pradip Lad and Augustin A in the 6th Kudremukh Trophy Rapid Rating Open. He was ranked second according to tiebreaks. [4]

In December 2024, he became the youngest Canadian player to achieve the International Master title after winning the gold medal in the Under-18 category at the North American Youth Chess Championship. With this, he became the second-youngest International Master globally and the No. 2 ranked player under the age of 12. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Alhmidi, Maan (January 16, 2025). "This 12-year-old chess prodigy recently became Canada's youngest international master".
  2. 1 2 "Mangaluru: 12-year-old Chess prodigy Aaron Mendes becomes Canada's youngest international master". January 1, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Mangalorean Chess prodigy Aaron Reeve Mendes tops world chess ranking among Under 10". August 1, 2022.
  4. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (January 27, 2024). "Sharan Rao convincingly clinches 6th Kudremukh Trophy Rapid Rating Open 2024".
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