Mangalorean Chess prodigy Aaron Reeve Mendes tops world chess ranking among Under 10

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Aug 01, 2022: Derik’s Chess School alumnus and Mangalore’s chess prodigy Master Aaron Reeve Mendes (Canada) is now ranked Number 1 in the world among Under 10 players in FIDE (World Chess Federation) ratings with a standard rating of 2095.

 

In the recently held Canadian Open chess tournament, Aaron defeated Grandmaster Preoru Razvan. The victory made him the youngest Canadian to win against a grandmaster at the age of 9 years 325 days. World record is 9 year 111 days.

Aaron had won the World Championship in the Under 11 open category in the World School Championship held in Panama during June 2022.

Aaron had started playing chess at the age of 5 in 2017 in Derik’s Chess School and was studying in Mount Carmel School. In 2019 after he delivered medal performances in Canadian Championship and also in North America continent age group championships, his family decided to move to Canada.