Tanuj bags Gold at Pan-Am Youth with perfect score!
Currently the youngest FIDE Master at 8 years 2 months and 3 days
Report by Chessdom.com
Tanuj Vasudeva is eight year old kid from Bunker Elementary school in Newark, CA. He has been playing chess for about 3 years. He plays mostly in adult tournaments in San Francisco bay area. As the #1 ranked under 8 years old in the US, he qualified as the official representative for US team to Pan American Youth Championships 2009 at Mar Del Plata, Argentina.
Pan American Youth is the most prestigious chess tournament for youths from North and South America. This year’s event had representation of top kids from 17 countries.
Tanuj was the only perfect score at the event with 9 out of 9 in Under 8 Open section. His win at Pan American earned him the title of FIDE Master. He is currently the youngest FIDE Master at 8 years 2 months and 3 days. Tanuj is preparing to play at the World Youth Chess Championship, which is starting next week in Kemer-Antalya.
To make it even more memorable it was the best ever performance from US team with 8 medals in total. US team finished with most gold medals at the event with a tally of 5 gold, 2 silvers and 1 Bronze.
US Team Medalists:
Tanuj Vasudeva U-8 Open Gold – 9.0
Annie Wang U-8 Girls Gold – 7.5S
imone Liao U-10 Girls Gold – 7.5
Tommy He U-10 Open Bronze – 6.5
Arthur Shen U-12 Open Silver – 7.0
Daniel Rozovsky U-14 Open Gold – 7.5
Victor Shen U-16 Open Gold – 7.5
Andrew Shvartsman U-16 Open Silver – 6.5
Is there a record for this? I have never seen it.
He is unrated, how can a unrated person become FIDE Master?
Sounds unbelievable. Did he beat some players in U8 section who hold FM title?
Susan whered u find this kid , im outta here!!! hahaha.
5 out of the 8 USA Team medalists are Chinese.
Has the kid beat a master, a single master? No. Fide continues to prove it’s inadequacy in showering titles.now with this happened fm title has just become another usless title.
Congratulation! Tanuj.
The kid for sure is talented. However, his USCF rating is ~1900 and his best results are achieved in kid-events in his age. Can’t understand FIDE’s approval.
I think its a great that people have questions about how Tanuj got his title; however, one this is to ask questions and the other one is to question.
Two different things.
A person can win a FIDE title by winning 1st place in a the North American Youth Championship (CM or WCM title), Pan American Youth (FM or WFM Title) or World Youth (FM, IM or WFM, WIM).
In the World Youth U-20, the grandmaster title in the Senior World Championship the grandmaster title.
These titles are given by FIDE due to performance in major international tournaments. It is the the fault of a child for getting a title, he should be applauded. Instead Tanuj is questioned because he has not beaten a master.
Are you guys for real??
We know Tanuj from the North American Youth Championship 2007 when he won the bronze medal for the USA. Two years later he goes 9-0 in the Pan American Youth and then he is questioned if “he played any masters” in that tournament.
When can people simply celebrate other peoples achievements??
If Tanuj is for real, great!! and if his not, why dont we let time tell us that instead of playing armchair grandmaster.
You can become a 1300 rated player without ever playing a 1300 rated player, just beat several 1100 and 1200 rated players and there you go.
Tanuj became a FIDE Master because he won the Pan American Youth 2009, 9-0. I doubt very few adults could achieve that in any tournament.
Before we qustion Tanuj or FIDE – read the Title rules. There are many roads to get a title, rating or performance.
Tanuj got his due to performance because his parents worked hard to pay the $6,000 dollar trip to Argentina.
Let’s now give gm titles for todler events.comparing 1300 perfomance with fm award is simply ridiculous.let’s get real. If anyone knew how hard it was to get the fm title in Fisher times …
We congratulate Tanuj’s victory in the Pan American Youth. What I question is FIDE’s FM title rule for kid events without any FM title holders. It is totally not serious and it actually gives wrong indication to the kids as well as the parents and couches.