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WORLD’S YOUNGEST CHESS GRANDMASTER

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The 12-year-old chess prodigy from New Jersey, Abhimanya Mishra (above), broke the world record on June 30 when he won first place
at the
Vezérképző GM Mix 2021, a 10-round Swiss chess tournament
that took place in Budapest, Hungary.

Mishra defeated grandmaster Leon Luke Mendonca, 15, of India,
seconds before the match ended.

“It feels amazing,” Mishra told Fox & Friends Saturday. “All my
years of hard work, everything, finally paid off.”

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FIRST MASTERS ON THIS DAY IN 1934

The 1934 Masters Tournament was the first Masters Tournament, held March
22–25 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. It was officially known
as the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament" for its first five editions, but
informally as the Masters from the start. Horton Smith won the event with a 20-
foot birdie putt at the 17th hole (now the 8th hole), and finished at 284 (−4),
one stroke ahead of runner-up Craig Wood. Horton took home a cool $1500
for winning the tournament.


Horton Smith


Bobby Jones was one of the co-founders
of the first Masters Tournament.

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