Steven Zierk ( ; born August 27, 1993) is an American

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

Grandmaster. He is best known for being the 2010 World Under 18 Chess Champion. He finished with 9.5/11, one point ahead of second-place finisher

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Samvel Ter-Sahakyan ( hy, Սամվել Տեր-Սահակյան; born 19 September 1993) is an Armenian chess grandmaster. He won the 2003 Under 10 and 2009 Under 18 European Youth Chess Championship. He completed the Grandmaster requirements ...

. In 2015, Steven graduated from the

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, where he was a brother at the

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fraternity. In June 2018, Zierk earned his final GM norm by earning first place in the Charlotte Chess Center's Summer 2018 GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina with an undefeated score of 6.5/9.

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Steven Zierk chess games - 365Chess.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zierk, Steven 1993 births Living people American chess players Chess Grandmasters World Youth Chess Champions Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Sportspeople from Mountain View, California