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| Country | United States |
| Born | (2000-12-26) December 26, 2000 (age 24) Corning, New York |
| Title | International Master |
| FIDE rating | 2401 (December 2013) |
Samuel Sevian (born December 26, 2000) is an American chess prodigy of Armenian descent. He was born in Corning, New York. On December 5, 2010, he became the youngest National Master in USCF history with a rating of 2206 at the age of 9 years, 11 months and 9 days. In November 2013 he also broke the record for the youngest ever International Master in the US History
Earlier career
Sevian played his first tournament in Orlando on August 12, 2006. His first success came when he became the youngest Expert in US history, an achievement that was featured in an article of the Los Angeles Times by International Master Jack Peters. On December 19, 2010 Sevian broke yet another major record by becoming youngest ever National Master in the US chess history. In 2012 Sevian completed all International Master Norms winning two Metropolitan IM and one GM Norm tournament held in Los Angeles. He became the World Champion in the U12 category in Maribor Slovenia, November 7–19, 2012. His pre-tournament (FIDE) rating at the World Youth was 2347, almost 100 points above his nearest competitor. In May 2013 Sevian was invited to play US Championship in Saint Louis as the youngest ever participant in the US History. With the field consisted of 24 players Sevian scored 4/9, which placed him in the shared 15th place ahead of several prominent Grandmasters. In June Sevian, again the youngest in the field of competitors, played in the US Junior under 20 Championship where he came second only half a point behind the eventual winner. Sevian was awarded the International Master title in November 2013 when he crossed 2400 FIDE rating mark.
References
External links
- Sevian Samuel rating card at FIDE
- 8 year old expert from susanpolgar.blogspot.com
- The United States Chess Federation Top Aged 9 from uschess.org
- Chess rating history for SAMUEL SEVIAN from kebuchess.com
- The USCF Title System
- Kraft, Scott (May 5, 2011), "At age 10, chess master is already an old pro", Los Angeles Times