At 13, Samuel Sevian is Youngest-Ever US Chess GrandmasterThe previous record for the youngest US Grandmaster was held by Ray Robson, who achieved the title two weeks before he turned 15. American legend Bobby Fischer also once held the...
Sevian becomes the youngest GM in US history
GM-elect Sam Sevian (3 GM norms) just beat IM Gorovets to break the 2500 rating barrier to officially become the youngest GM in US history! Congratulations to Sam! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Aiming for GM title
Mwali aims for African chess crown, gm titleBy Oliver Shalala | Updated: 05 Oct,2014 ,13:46:57 INTERNATIONAL Master Chitumbo Mwali says he now wants to win the African Individual Championshipship in December after winning the 2014 Botswana Open last week....
India’s newest GM?
GM-elect Aravindh, Chithambaram m IND 2496 Rd. Bo. SNo Name RtgI FED Pts. Res. we w-we 1 1 47 Nassr Ahmed 1965 ALG 2.5 w 1 0.92 0.082 1 28 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2233 NOR 2.5 s 1 0.82 0.183...
Major achievement for Indian phenom
Teen Aravindh Masters Giant in Grand GraduationBy Vishnu PrasadPublished: 25th August 2014 06:00 AMLast Updated: 25th August 2014 03:46 AM CHENNAI: It was November 2013 and world champion Viswanathan Anand was fighting a losing battle against Magnus Carlsen in...
2014-2015 Webster University – SPICE team
2014 – 2015 Webster University – SPICE titled players 1. GM Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) – 28002. GM Wesley So (Philippines) – 27513. GM Illia Nyzhnyk (Ukraine) – 27284. GM Ray Robson (USA) – 27165. GM Georg Meier (Germany)...
Vietnam has 8th GM
Minh Huy qualifies for Grandmaster title VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess master Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy has achieved his third Grandmaster (GM) norm after finishing supreme with 7.5 points at the fifth First Saturday – Borloy-Androvitzky Karoly Memorial, held...
9 year old Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat back to back GMs
A nine-year-old beats a grandmasterJULY 6, 2014 · BY ERROL TIWARI Uzbekistan was catapulted into the chess world when one of its nationals, nine-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov, beat a FIDE rated 2600 chess grandmaster, Andrei Zhigalko, in the first round...
Aiming to be the youngest American GM
Southbridge chess master makes move to be youngest-ever in USBy Brian Lee TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF SOUTHBRIDGE — Armine Sevian said she doesn’t want her 13-year-old son Sam solely focused on chess. But Sam, an international master who’s closing...
Sachdev aims for GM title
Tania targets 2500 mark, Grandmaster ratingWritten by Shahid Judge | New Delhi | June 17, 2014 12:20 am Chess player Tania Sachdev goes out of her way to calm her nerves after a match. Quite literally so. While most...