Samuel Sevian

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Samuel Sevian
Country	United States
Born	(2000-12-26) December 26, 2000 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. He currently holds the record for the youngest ever United States International Master at the age of 12 years and 10 months, besting Ray Robson's previous record by three months. He accomplished it by completing all the norm performances and reaching a FIDE rating of 2401 during the course of tournament play in Budapest, Hungary in November 2013. Sevian accomplished it while being the reigning World Champion in his age group U12. Sevian became an IM-elect by completing all three International Master norms before he turned 12.^[1]^[2]

Early career

Sevian started to play chess when he was 5. His first success came when he became the youngest Expert in USCF history, an achievement that was featured in an article in the Los Angeles Times by International Master John Peters. On December 9, 2010 Sevian broke another major record by becoming the youngest National Master in USCF history. Both records have since been broken by Awonder Liang. In 2012, Sevian completed all International Master norms by winning two Metropolitan International Master and one Grandmaster 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 in the U.S. Chess Championship in St. Louis as the youngest ever participant in US history. The field consisted of 24 players and Sevian scored 4/9, which placed him in shared 14th place ahead of several 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 Daniel Naroditsky. Sevian was awarded the International Master title in November 2013 when he crossed the 2400 FIDE rating mark. Sevian is currently the highest FIDE rated player in the world for his age group.^[3]

References

↑ Jerauld, Brian (2013-12-12). "World Chess Champ, 12, Earns International Master Title | St. Louis Public Radio". News.stlpublicradio.org. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
↑ "The United States Chess Federation - Sevian Awarded IM Title". Uschess.org. 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
↑ http://ratings.fide.com/advaction.phtml?idcode=&name=&title=&other_title=&country=%25&sex=&srating=0&erating=3000&birthday=2000&radio=rating&line=desc

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

Achievements
Preceded by Nicholas Nip	Youngest ever United States chessmaster 2010–13	Succeeded by Awonder Liang
Preceded by Ray Robson	Youngest ever United States International Master 2013-present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Sevian, Samuel
Alternative names
Short description	American chess player
Date of birth	December 26, 2000
Place of birth	New York, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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