Congratulations to Awonder Liang, America’s newest Grandmaster, and currently the youngest Grandmaster in the world. His title has just been officially approved by FIDE.
Awonder Liang wins 2017 US Junior, Akshita Gorti wins US Girls
Final round results Brattain, Mika A Troff, Kayden W 1-0 Checa, Nicolas D Chandra, Akshat ½-½ Colas, Joshua Li, Ruifeng 0-1 Liang, Awonder Brown, Michael William 1-0 Liu, Bovey Tang, Andrew 0-1 Final standings Rank Name Rating 1 2...
World’s youngest IM, Awonder Liang, joins Rilton Cup
World’s youngest IM, Awonder Liang (13), joins Rilton Cup By Ingemar Falk “I could have obtained my IM title much earlier” IM Awonder Liang will certainly be in the limelight in Sweden during Rilton Cup 27 December–5 january. Awonder...
Awonder Liang & Ostrovskiy with early US Junior Championship lead
Standings after 1 round Rank Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score 1 IM Liang, Awonder 2430 x 1 1.0 2 IM Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A 2372 x 1 1.0 3 GM Xiong, Jeffery...
Cordova wins American Continental, GM norm for Awonder Liang
http://chess-results.com/tnr218432.aspx Final Ranking after 11 Rounds (top 30) Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 4 GM Cordova Emilio PER 2602 9,0 0,0 77,5 63,00 64,5 2565 11...
Cordova leads American Continental, GM norm for Awonder Liang
http://chess-results.com/tnr218432.aspx Rank after Round 9 (top 20) Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 n w we w-we 1 5 GM Cordova Emilio PER 2602 7,5 0,0 51,5 42,50 41,0 2520 9 7,5 6,15 1,35...
Cordova leads American Continental but Awonder Liang steals the show
http://chess-results.com/tnr218432.aspx Rank after Round 6 (top 25) Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 n w we w-we 1 5 GM Cordova Emilio PER 2602 5,5 0,0 22,5 20,75 15,5 2457 6 5,5 4,43 1,07...
4-way tie for 1st in Dallas, final IM norm for Awonder Liang – Youngest American IM
From Awonder’s Dad: For the US record on this, GM Samuel Sevian became an IM when he was 12 years, 10 months and 16 days old. Sevian was born on December 26, 2000. He gained his IM title by...
3-way tie for the lead after 7 at North American Junior Championship
Leaders after 7 rounds Full standings: http://chess-results.com/tnr181889.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 3 FM Liang Awonder USA 2404 5.5 0.0 22.5 4.0 9 Krishnan Varun USA 2315 5.5 0.0 22.5 4.0 3 4 IM Viswanadha...