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Christopher Yoo (chess Player)
Christopher Woojin Yoo (born December 19, 2006) is an American chess grandmaster. He became the youngest International Master in American history in February 2019 until surpassed by Abhimanyu Mishra later in 2019. Chess career In March/April 2018, Yoo earned clear first place in the Charlotte Chess Center's Spring 2018 IM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina with a score of 6.0/9. Yoo also won the 2020 US Cadet (under-16) Championship. In May 2021, Yoo tied for first place with GM Peter Prohaszka in the Memorial Day 2021 CCCSA GM Norm Invitational tournament with a performance rating of 2600, earning his first GM norm. In September 2021, Yoo won the Labor Day 2021 CCCSA GM Norm Invitational tournament with a performance rating of 2620, earning his second GM norm. In November 2021, Yoo tied for 3rd place at the 2021 US Masters with a performance rating of 2604, earning his third GM norm. On December 12, 2021, Yoo achieved a live FIDE rating of 2500.2 after ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Located in the East Bay region of the Bay Area, Fremont has a population of 230,504 as of 2020, making it the fourth most populous city in the Bay Area, behind San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland. It is the closest East Bay city to the high-tech Silicon Valley network of businesses, and has a strong tech industry presence. The city's origins lie in the community that arose around Mission San José, founded in 1797 by the Spanish under Padre Fermín Lasuén. Fremont was incorporated on January 23, 1956, when the former towns of Mission San José, Centerville, Niles, Irvington, and Warm Springs unified into one city. Fremont is named after John C. Frémont, a general who helped lead the American Conquest of California from Mexico and later served as Military Governor of California and then U.S. Senator. History Early history The recorded history of the Fremont area began on June 6, 1797, when Mission San José ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robby Kevlishvili
Robby Kevlishvili is a Dutch chess grandmaster. Chess career Kevlishvili began playing chess at the age of 4, and finished in second place in the 2013 U-12 World Youth Chess Championship. In the Trinidad and Tobago International Open 2022, Kevlishvili won the Blitz event with a perfect 9/9 score. In the Masters section, he was defeated by local FIDE Master Ryan Harper. Kevlishvili attended Saint Louis University Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississip ... for a major in finance, and played for the university's team in the Collegiate Chess League in 2022 and 2023. The team won both championships. Kevlishvili competed in the Aimchess Rapid tournament of the Champions Chess Tour 2023. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kevlishvili, Robby Living people 2001 births Dutch ches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Chess Players
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2006 Births
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Living People
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Alejandro Ramírez (chess Player)
Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez (born 21 June 1988) is a Costa Rican-American chess Grandmaster and commentator. At the age of 15, he became the first Central American to achieve the title of Grandmaster and the second youngest chess grandmaster in the world at the time. Born in Costa Rica, he represented Costa Rica before switching to the United States in 2011. Career Born in San José, Costa Rica, Ramírez started playing chess at the age of four after watching the movie ''Searching for Bobby Fischer'' and was taught the game by his father, Jorge Ramírez. In 1998 Ramírez won the Under 10 division of the Pan American Youth Chess Festival, held in Florianópolis, Brazil and this achievement earned him the title of FIDE Master. He was awarded the title of International Master at the age of 13 by scoring 6½ points in the sub-zonal tournament held in Managua, Nicaragua in November 2001. In 2002, he played for the Costa Rican team on board three at the 35th Chess Olympiad, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesley So
Wesley Barbossa So (born October 9, 1993) is a Filipino and American chess grandmaster and 3-time U.S. Chess Champion (in 2017, 2020, and 2021). He is also a three-time Philippine Chess Champion. On the March 2017 FIDE rating list, he was ranked number two in the world and had an Elo rating of 2822, making him the fifth-highest rated player in history. In 2019, So said his favorite form of chess is chess960. Later that year, So became the inaugural official Fischer Random world champion, on 2 November 2019, after defeating Carlsen 13½–2½ to win the FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship. A former chess prodigy, So became the youngest player to pass a 2600 Elo rating in October 2008, breaking the record previously held by Magnus Carlsen. This record has since been broken by John M. Burke. In early 2013, So passed 2700 and in January 2017 he became the 11th player to pass 2800 Elo. So represented the Philippines until transferring to the United States in 2014. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akshat Chandra
Akshat Chandra (born May 28, 1999) is an American chess player. He started playing Chess during a visit to India in 2009 when he was nine years old. In 2015, he won the US National K-12 Championship and was also the US Junior Champion, the first time both titles were held by the same person in a single year. He earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in March 2017. Chess career After learning chess from local part-time coaches, he began working with his first professional coach, the Serbian GM Predrag Trajkovic, in 2010, who worked with him for about years until early 2014. Trajkovic exposed him to Soviet style chess, with a focus on positional understanding. In January 2010, he received his starting FIDE rating of 1548. In May 2015 he crossed the 2500 Grandmaster (GM) rating level in realtime rating, the fastest rating improvement in the world of this magnitude recorded in such a short time. This was achieved prior to FIDE's change of K-factor multiple effective July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanguy Ringoir
Tanguy Ringoir is a Belgian chess grandmaster. Chess career In 2012 and 2014, Ringoir played for Belgium in the 40th and 41st Chess Olympiads. He also won the 2012, 2013, and 2016 Belgian Chess Championships and the 2013 Belgian Blitz Championship. He studied economics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Baltimore County, Maryland. It has a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 undergraduate majors, over 92 graduate programs (38 master, 25 doctoral ..., and served as the captain of the chess team, which won six national collegiate championships. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ringoir, Tanguy Living people 1994 births Belgian chess players Chess Grandmasters People from Wetteren Chess Olympiad competitors University of Maryland, Baltimore County alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandmaster (chess)
Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally it has been revoked for cheating. The title of Grandmaster, along with the lesser FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and FIDE Master (FM), is open to all players regardless of gender. The great majority of grandmasters are men, but 40 women have been awarded the GM title as of 2022, out of a total of about 2000 grandmasters. Since about the year 2000, most of the top 10 women have held the GM title. There is also a Woman Grandmaster title with lower requirements awarded only to women. There are also Grandmaster titles for composers and solvers of chess problems, awarded by the World Federation for Chess Composition (see List of grandmasters for chess composition). The International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) awards the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemil Can Ali Marandi
Cemil Can Ali Marandi (born 17 January 1998) is a Turkish chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster in 2017. Biography Cemil Can Ali Marandi repeatedly participated in European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships, where he set a peculiar record, winning five times European Youth Chess Championships in five different age groups: * In 2008, in U10 age group, * In 2010, in U12 age group, * In 2011, in U14 age group, * In 2014, in U16 age group, * In 2015, in U18 age group. Cemil Can Ali Marandi participated in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads four times (2009-2010, 2013-2014), where he won bronze medal in team scoring (2014). Also he participated in the European Boys' U18 Team Chess Championship four times (2011, 2014-2016), where he won gold (2014) and silver (2011) medals in team scoring, as well as gold (2014) medal in individual scoring. Cemil Can Ali Marandi played for Turkey 2 in the Chess Olympiad: * In 2012, at second board i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titas Stremavičius
Titas Stremavičius (born 15 February 1998) is a Lithuanian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM, 2019). He is winner of Lithuanian Chess Championship (2021). Biography Titas Stremavičius was multiple participant of European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age categories. His main achievement is the bronze medal of the 2015 European Youth Chess Championship in the category under 18 (shared 2nd-3rd places with Manuel Petrosyan and lost the tie-break). Titas Stremavičius is Lithuanian Chess Champion in 2021. He is silver medalist of the Lithuanian Chess Championships in 2015 and 2016 (in 2016, he shared 1st-2nd places with Tomas Laurušas and lost on additional indicators). Titas Stremavičius is winner of the Baltic Cup 2014 (chess tournament with the norm of the international master). Titas Stremavičius is winner of Open Chess Tournaments in Lichtenrade (2015), Panevėžys (2018), and participated in a large share ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
