Misha Osipov became famous throughout the country when he was only three years old. On the air of the first channel, a little boy played a chess match with the world champion Anatoly Karpov. At the time, Misha lost after not agreeing to a draw and he became very worried. The hearts of millions of Russians were torn apart after seeing the tears of a small chess player.
When Misha was four years old, he played chess with Grandmaster Yuri Averbakh (at that time he was 95 years old) and won. He is currently a finalist of the Moscow Championship among children from nine to eleven years old and a two-time winner of the Alexandra Kosteniuk International Cup.
In January of this year, the boy turned seven years old, and he did not lose a single game to a chess player of his age! Chess remains the boy's main hobby.