Amazing Chess Records Still Standing Today

Chess has been around for thousands of years. Even today, most people grow up playing at least a few rounds of chess with a parent or grandparent. It’s usually a very frustrating experience since it’s an unwritten rule that you don’t help your opponent too much and just outright crush them in their first few games of chess. Or that might’ve just been something my family does.

Anyway, let’s take a look at some amazing chess records, in case you’re looking to break one or two.

Longest Undefeated Streak – 100 Games

The longest streak of only winning or drawing games in top level chess belongs to Ding Liren. It’s an amazing run that lasted for over a year and spanned a few high level tournaments – including the world cup.

Youngest Chess Grandmaster – 12 Years and 7 Months

Becoming a chess grandmaster is the chess equivalent of whatever type of Jedi Yoda was. The youngest one to be granted the title of grand master was named Sergey Karjakin. Whether or not he was granted a seat on the chess council or not, we cannot confirm.

Highest ELO Recorded – 2882

In competitive games, your skill is measured by an ELO. This number changes after each match you do, and people with high ELO gain less points from beating opponents with a low ELO. Of only about a dozen players to reach an ELO above 2800, the highest belonged to Magnus Carlsen – his ELO was 2882. Even the world famous chess champion Kasparov only reached an ELO of 2851!