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Samuel Sevian
Samuel Sevian, 2016
Country	United States
Born	(2000-12-26) December 26, 2000 (age 24) Corning, New York, U.S.
Title	Grandmaster (2014)
FIDE rating	2692 (January 2025)
Peak rating	2633 (July 2017)
Ranking	No. 38 (January 2025)

Samuel Sevian (born December 26, 2000) is an American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he holds the record for the youngest ever United States grandmaster at 13 years, 10 months, and 27 days of age. He also set age records when reaching the National Expert, Master and International Master titles. In 2017, Sevian became, at 16, the youngest ever Pan American Champion.

Early life and career

Sevian was born in Corning, New York to Armenian parents. His father held the title of candidate master in Armenia before moving to the United States, where he earned his doctorate in laser science. He started to play chess at age 5 and his first major success came when he broke the record for the youngest Expert in USCF history at 8 years, 2 months of age, beating Brian Luo's previous record by over 10 months.. On December 9, 2010, Sevian became the youngest National Master in USCF history at 9 years, 11 months, and 23 days, beating Nicholas Nip's record by 3 days. In 2012, Sevian completed all the norms required for the title of International Master (IM) in the space of 6 months, during three Metropolitan FIDE IM Invitational events. He became an International Master after crossing the 2400 FIDE rating mark during a tournament in Budapest in November 2013, setting a new US record of 12 years, 10 months.

In November 2012, he became the world champion in the U12 category at the World Youth Chess Championships in Maribor, Slovenia. In May 2013, Sevian was invited to play in the U.S. Chess Championship in St. Louis as the youngest ever participant. The field consisted of 24 players and Sevian scored 4/9, which placed him in shared 14th place ahead of several grandmasters.

Sevian became a grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 10 months, and 27 days, a new US record. After completing all three norms required for the title at the Foxwoods Open in January 2014, Saint Louis GM Invitational in May and Washington International in August 2014 at age 13 years and 7 months, he then completed the final requirement for the title by reaching over a FIDE rating of 2500 during the Saint Louis GM Norm Invitational tournament, which he won with a score of 7.5/9 points.

He took part in the Tata Steel Challengers event in January 2015, sharing fifth and sixth places with a score of 7.5/13 points. Sevian shared fifth place in the US Chess Championship 2015, beating Wesley So, a world top ten ranked player, and drawing with Hikaru Nakamura as well as defending champion Gata Kamsky. This performance earned him a spot in the Chess World Cup 2015. He drew both classical games against Teimour Radjabov by 1-1 in the first match of the tournament. Sevian got eliminated in the rapid playoff by 2-0.

In June 2017, Sevian won the American Continental Chess Championship in Medellín, Colombia scoring 8.5/11 points on tiebreak from Jorge Cori, Neuris Delgado Ramirez, Axel Bachmann, Emilio Córdova, Lázaro Bruzón, Yusnel Bacallao Alonso and Diego Flores. By winning this tournament, Sevian became, at the age of 16 years, the youngest American Continental champion ever.

References

1. "Youngest-ever American Chess Grandmaster crowned in St. Louis". Fox News. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
2. ^ "Sevian, 13, Youngest-Ever American Grandmaster". US Chess Federation. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
3. Jerauld, Brian (2013-12-12). "World Chess Champ, 12, Earns International Master Title | St. Louis Public Radio". News.stlpublicradio.org. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
4. "The United States Chess Federation - Sevian Awarded IM Title". Uschess.org. 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
5. DePaolo, Joe (30 March 2014). "Could Sam Sevian become the youngest US chess grandmaster ever?". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
6. "Mechanics' Institute Chess Room". www.chessclub.org. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
7. "The United States Chess Federation - Samuel Sevian Youngest US Master Ever!". www.uschess.org. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
8. "Profile of a prodigy: Samuel Sevian". ChessBase. James Satrapa. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
9. https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tataSteelChallengers2015
10. "The Week in Chess 1180". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
11. Londoño, Diego (2017-06-20). "Samuel Sevian, campeón de América". Noticias de ajedrez (in Spanish). ChessBase. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
12. Guadalupe, Franc (2017-06-19). "GM Samuel Sevian wins Continental Championship". US Chess. Retrieved 2017-06-26.

External links

• Samuel Sevian rating card at FIDE
• Samuel Sevian chess games at 365chess.com
• Samuel Sevian player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Samuel Sevian player profile at Chess.com
• 8 year old expert from susanpolgar.blogspot.com
• The United States Chess Federation Top Aged 9 from uschess.org
• Kraft, Scott (May 5, 2011), "At age 10, chess master is already an old pro", Los Angeles Times

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• 2000 births
• Living people
• Chess grandmasters
• American chess players
• World Youth Chess Champions
• American people of Armenian descent
• People from Corning, New York