Eight-year-old Roman Shogdzhiev defeated five Grandmasters during the recently-concluded World Rapid and Blitz Championships. He defeated Uzbek Grandmaster Jakhongir Vakhidov and Norwegian Grandmaster Johan-Sebastian Christiansen in Rapid chess, while he defeated Ukraine-born Grandmaster Kirill Shevchenko, Argentine Grandmaster Alan Pichot and Indian Grandmaster Pranav Anand in Blitz chess.