Not many people can claim to have shattered a major American record at 13 years, 10 months and 27 days. But chess prodigy Samuel Sevian can now do just that, after being crowned America's youngest-ever Grandmaster, easily besting the country's previous record holder by more than a year. At a tournament in St Louis last weekend, he won all four of his games to push his World Chess Federation rating past 2,500 points -- enough to secure Grandmaster status. ...Saturday, 29 November 2014
Samuel Sevian, 13, Youngest-Ever US Chess Grandmaster
Not many people can claim to have shattered a major American record at 13 years, 10 months and 27 days. But chess prodigy Samuel Sevian can now do just that, after being crowned America's youngest-ever Grandmaster, easily besting the country's previous record holder by more than a year. At a tournament in St Louis last weekend, he won all four of his games to push his World Chess Federation rating past 2,500 points -- enough to secure Grandmaster status. ...
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