Aaron Reeve Mendes, shown in a handout photo, didn't know he would become a chess prodigy when he started playing chess as a hobby a few years ago. The 12-year-old boy from Mississauga, Ont.
A 12-year-old chess player from Mississauga recently became the youngest Canadian to win an international master title.Aaron Reeve Mendes, pictured here, didn't know he would become a chess prodigy when he started playing chess as a hobby a few years ago. The 12-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., recently became the youngest Canadian to win an international master title. Aaron Reeve Mendes says he was just five years old when he started playing chess, a favourite game of his father's.
Mendes, who lives in Mississauga, Ont., came in first at the 2024 North American Youth Chess Championship held in Dulles, Va., last month. Mendes spent his early childhood in India, where he said his parents and teachers supported him in his chess journey.His mother, Jennifer Mendes, said her son was always interested in the game. He would go with his cousins to classes and coaches would tell her: "Aaron has a special knack."
Not long after he started playing, the family was already travelling internationally to allow the young prodigy to compete.
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