Roman Shogdzhiev is the youngest International Master at only 10 years, 3 months, and 21 days. With this achievement Roman Shogdzhiev beats the record set by Faustino Oro. Shogdzhiev won his final norm at the RadnickiChess May IM tournament in Belgrade, Serbia (find the tournament in The Chess Calendar and the Serbia Chess Calendar). The previous norm was achieved at Baku Open 2025
