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    Awonder Liang and Cristian Chirila

    https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2017...lassic-group-b St Louis is holding 3 grandmaster tournaments at the same time. In Group B Cristian Chirila and Awonder Liang started each with 5-0! Wow! GM Chirila is a seasoned GM but I dont think Awonder Liang has a GM norm yet - maybe - but he's still an IM. They drew each other in rd 6 and both have winning games in rd 7. Talk about hot streaks. In group A its a dog fight with lots of tough grandmasters. In group C Sam Sevian is currently leading. Lots of interesting chess.
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    Re: Awonder Liang and Cristian Chirila

    Awonder Liang has won his section with 6 wins, 3 draws, and no losses and a 2900 performance! Other section winners GM Sam Sevian and GM Var Akobian (probably).

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      Awonder Liang and Cristian Chirila

      May 26, 2017

      Congrats to 14-year-old Awonder Liang, who earned his second GM norm on the way to winning his section of the 2017 Spring Chess Classic. A trio of strong round robins were hosted from May 16-24 in Saint Louis. Awonder won the “B” group with 7.5/9, a full point ahead of his nearest rival Cristian Chirila, who also had an outstanding performance. Awonder earned his first GM norm last year in El Salvador. He gained over 30 rating points at the Spring Classic, which will boost him over 2500, leaving just the final norm between him and the Grandmaster title.

      Jennifer Shahade

      https://new.uschess.org/news/can-wow...wonder-sevian/

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      • #4
        Re: Awonder Liang and Cristian Chirila

        Wayne - thanks for posting

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          Re: Awonder Liang and Cristian Chirila

          Awonder Liang and Cristian Chirila

          May 31, 2017

          This tweet:

          AmericanChessMag‏ @ACMChess May 30

          Awonder Liang (Wisconsin) becomes the 2nd youngest American Chess Grand Master in history, at 14 years, 1 month, and 20 days.

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          • #6
            Re: Awonder Liang and Cristian Chirila

            Yes apparently Awonder Liang scored well enough at the just finished Chicago Open to get his 3rd GM norm and also the GM title. Congratulations Awonder! You are on tough chess playing kid!

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            • #7
              Re: Awonder Liang and Cristian Chirila

              Congratulations to Awonder Liang for winning the US Junior Championship ahead of Kayden Troff who was leading most of the way.

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              • #8
                Re: Awonder Liang and Cristian Chirila

                Awonder Liang and Cristian Chirila

                July 22, 2017

                All of Awonder’s games from the U.S. Championship

                U.S. Junior Championship 2017
                St. Louis, Mo.
                Round 1, July 8, 2017
                Liu, Bovey – Liang, Awonder
                B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

                1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qd3 Qc6 9.c4 Be6 10.b3 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Nc3 b4 13.Ne2 Nf6 14.Ng3 h6 15.a4 bxa3 16.Bxa3 Rb8 17.Nd2 Be7 18.Nc4 Rd8 19.Rfc1 Qd7 20.Na5 Rb8 21.Rab1 Qb5 22.Qxb5+ Rxb5 23.Nc6 Bf8 24.Rc3 h5 25.f3 g5 26.Nf1 g4 27.Ne3 Rg8 28.Kf2 h4 29.Rd3 Kd7 30.Rc1 h3 31.Bb2 Ke8 32.Ba3 hxg2 33.Bxd6 gxf3 34.Bxe5 Nxe4+ 35.Kxf3 Bd7 36.Bg3 g1=Q 37.Rxg1 Bxc6 38.Ke2 Be7 39.Rc1 Rc5 40.Rc4 Nxg3+ 41.hxg3 Bb5 42.Rxc5 Bxd3+ 43.Kxd3 Bxc5 44.Nf5 Rg4 45.Ke2 Rg5 0-1

                Round 2, July 9, 2017
                Tang, Andrew – Liang, Awonder
                A45 Queen’s Pawn game

                1.d4 Nf6 2.c3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Ngf3 Nbd7 7.h3 Re8 8.Bf4 b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Ne4 11.a4 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 c5 13.a5 c4 14.Bc2 b5 15.a6 Bc6 16.Rfe1 Qb6 17.b3 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Rxe5 21.Bd1 Rd8 22.Be2 Ba8 23.Red1 Ree8 24.Qb2 Rd6 25.Rd4 Rc8 26.bxc4 bxc4 27.Qd2 Rcd8 28.Rd1 Qxa6 29.Bxc4 Qa5 30.e4 Rc8 31.exd5 h5 32.Rc1 Rcd8 33.Ba2 Ra6 34.Rc2 Qc5 35.c4 Bb7 36.Rd3 Bc8 37.Qe3 Ra5 38.Rb2 Ba6 39.Qxc5 Rxc5 40.Rb4 Ra5 41.Bb3 Kg7 42.Rd2 Ra1+ 43.Kh2 Rc1 44.Ra4 Bc8 45.Rxa7 Re8 46.Rd1 Rc3 47.Ba4 Rd8 48.Bb5 Rc2 49.Kg1 Rd6 50.Rc7 Rf6 51.d6 Rfxf2 52.Bc6 Be6 53.d7 Bxd7 54.Rdxd7 1-0

                Round 3, July 10, 2017
                Liang, Awonder – Checa, Nicolas
                D11 QGD Slav

                1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Qc2 Qc7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 c5 11.d5 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Qc2 exd5 14.cxd5 Be7 15.O-O-O O-O 16.Bc3 Qf4+ 17.Kb1 Bf5 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Rxd3 Nd7 20.Re1 Bf6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Rde3 Rfd8 23.h4 h6 24.g4 Nf8 25.Qxc5 Rac8 26.Qd4 Qxd4 27.Nxd4 g6 28.Re7 Rxd5 29.Nf3 Nd7 30.g5 h5 31.a3 Kf8 32.R1e3 a5 33.Ka2 a4 34.R7e4 Nc5 35.Rb4 Rd1 36.Rc3 Rc6 37.Nd4 Rc7 38.f4 b6 39.Rbc4 Rd7 40.Nc2 Nb3 41.Rc8+ Kg7 42.Re3 Rd8 43.Rxd8 Rxd8 44.Re1 Rd2 45.Ne3 Nc5 46.f5 Nd3 47.f6+ Kf8 48.Nc4 Rxb2+ 49.Nxb2 Nxe1 50.Nxa4 Nf3 51.Nxb6 Nxh4 52.a4 Nf3 53.a5 Ne5 54.a6 Nc6 55.Kb3 h4 56.Nd7+ Ke8 57.Ne5 Na7 58.Kc4 h3 59.Ng4 Kd7 60.Kd5 Nc6 61.Ke4 Kc7 62.Kf3 Nd4+ 63.Kg3 Ne6 64.Kxh3 Nxg5+ 65.Kg3 Kb6 66.Kf4 Ne6+ 67.Ke5 Kxa6 68.Kd6 Ng5 69.Ke7 Nh7 70.Kxf7 Nxf6 71.Kxf6 g5 72.Kxg5 1/2-1/2

                Round 4, July 11, 2017
                Colas, Joshua – Liang, Awonder
                E52 Nimzo-Indian, main line

                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.a3 Bd6 10.b4 a6 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.b5 axb5 13.Nxb5 Be7 14.Ne5 c5 15.a4 Re8 16.f4 cxd4 17.exd4 Ne4 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Rxc8 Qxc8 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qb3 Nxe5 22.fxe5 Rf8 23.Rc1 Qg4 24.h3 Qe2 25.Qc2 Qe3+ 26.Qf2 Qb3 27.Qc2 Qe6 28.Qe2 Bg5 29.Rc2 Qb3 30.Bc1 e3 31.Rb2 Qxa4 32.Ra2 Qb4 33.Ba3 Qb1+ 0-1

                Round 5, July 12, 2017
                Liang, Awonder – Brattain, Mika
                B10 Caro-Kann, Two Knights variation

                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.a3 Bd6 10.b4 a6 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.b5 axb5 13.Nxb5 Be7 14.Ne5 c5 15.a4 Re8 16.f4 cxd4 17.exd4 Ne4 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Rxc8 Qxc8 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qb3 Nxe5 22.fxe5 Rf8 23.Rc1 Qg4 24.h3 Qe2 25.Qc2 Qe3+ 26.Qf2 Qb3 27.Qc2 Qe6 28.Qe2 Bg5 29.Rc2 Qb3 30.Bc1 e3 31.Rb2 Qxa4 32.Ra2 Qb4 33.Ba3 Qb1+ 0-1

                Round 6, July 14, 2017
                Troff, Kayden – Liang, Awonder
                E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Nb5 Be4 11.Qd1 Nb7 12.Bf4 a6 13.Nd6 Bxd6 14.Bxd6 Nxd6 15.Qxd6 Rc8 16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Rfd1 Rc2 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.Qxd7 Nxd7 22.Rxd7 Rxb2 23.e3 b4 24.a4 bxa3 25.Rxa3 Rbb8 26.Raa7 Rbd8 27.Rdc7 Rc8 28.Rcb7 Rb8 29.Rd7 Rbd8 30.Rdc7 Rc8 1/2-1/2

                Round 7, July 15, 2017
                Liang, Awonder – Li, Ruifeng
                B51 Sicilian, Canal Sokolsky Attack

                1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Re1 b5 7.c4 g5 8.Nxg5 Ne5 9.Bf1 bxc4 10.Na3 Rg8 11.d4 cxd4 12.f4 Bg4 13.Qxd4 Nd3 14.Bxd3 cxd3 15.Qxd3 e6 16.f5 h6 17.Nf3 d5 18.fxe6 dxe4 19.exf7+ Kxf7 20.Ne5+ Ke6 21.Qc3 Nd5 22.Qd4 Nf6 23.Qc3 Nd5 24.Qc4 Bh3 25.Qxe4 Bc5+ 26.Kh1 Bxg2+ 27.Qxg2 Rxg2 28.Nc6+ Kf5 29.Nxd8 Rf2 30.Nf7 Kg4 31.Rg1+ Kh3 32.Ng5+ hxg5 33.Rg3+ Kh4 34.Bxg5+ Kh5 35.Rag1 Rf3 36.Rxf3 Bxg1 37.Rf5 Rg8 38.Rxd5 1-0

                Round 8, July 16, 2017
                Chandra, Akshat – Liang, Awonder
                E12 Queen’s Indian, Petrofina System

                1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Ba6 6.Qb3 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 exd5 10.exd5 Re8 11.O-O d6 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Bf4 Na6 14.Nb5 Bf8 15.Bd3 Rxe1+ 16.Rxe1 Nc7 17.Nc3 Qd7 18.h3 Rb8 19.Ng5 Nh5 20.Bh2 Re8 21.Rd1 Qd8 22.Nf3 f5 23.Qc2 Qf6 24.Qa4 Ra8 25.Re1 Qd8 26.h4 Bc8 27.Ng5 Bd7 28.Qd1 Qf6 29.Be2 h6 30.Ne6 Nxe6 31.dxe6 Bxe6 32.Nd5 Qf7 33.Bxh5 gxh5 34.Rxe6 Qxe6 35.Nc7 Qe4 36.Nxa8 Qxa8 37.Qxh5 Qe4 38.Qg6+ Bg7 39.Bxd6 Qe1+ 40.Kh2 Qxf2 41.Bg3 Qxb2 42.Qe6+ Kh8 43.Qc8+ Kh7 44.Qxf5+ Kh8 45.a4 Qd4 46.Qe6 Kh7 47.Kh3 Qg1 48.Qe4+ Kh8 49.Qa8+ Kh7 50.Qe4+ Kh8 51.Qa8+ Kh7 52.Qxa7 Qh1+ 53.Bh2 Qf1 54.Qd7 Qxc4 55.Be5 Qg8 56.h5 Qb3+ 57.Kh2 Qg8 58.Kh3 Qb3+ 59.g3 Qg8 60.Qd3+ Kh8 61.Bxg7+ Qxg7 62.Qd8+ Kh7 63.Qxb6 Qd7+ 64.Kg2 Qd5+ 65.Kf2 Qf5+ 66.Ke1 Qe4+ 67.Kd2 Qd4+ 68.Kc1 Qc3+ 69.Kb1 Qd3+ 70.Ka2 Qc2+ 71.Ka3 Qc3+ 72.Qb3 Qa1+ 73.Qa2 Qc3+ 74.Qb3 Qa1+ 75.Qa2 Qc3+ 76.Qb3 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

                Round 9, July 17, 2017
                Liang, Awonder – Brown, Michael
                C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.Re1 g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.d4 O-O 9.Ba4 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.h3 a5 12.Qb3 Qc8 13.Qd1 Nb8 14.Bc2 Bc6 15.Bd3 b6 16.Qc2 Na6 17.a3 Qb7 18.b3 Nh5 19.Bb2 Nf4 20.Bf1 Bd7 21.b4 Nb8 22.b5 Be6 23.Kh2 Qc8 24.Ng1 g5 25.g3 Ng6 26.Nc4 f5 27.exf5 Bxf5 28.Qd2 Nd7 29.Bg2 Rb8 30.Re2 Be6 31.Ne3 Nf6 32.Qc2 Bf7 33.Rae1 e4 34.f3 d5 35.fxe4 dxe4 36.Rf1 Nf8 37.c4 Bg6 38.Ref2 Qd8 39.d5 N8d7 40.Ne2 Ne5 41.Nd4 Nh5 42.Ndf5 Nf3+ 43.Bxf3 exf3 44.Rxf3 Kh7 45.g4 Bxb2 46.gxh5 Be5+ 47.Kh1 Bxh5 48.Ne7+ Kg7 49.Nc6 Qd7 50.Nf5+ Kh8 51.Re3 Bf6 52.Nxb8 Rxb8 53.Re6 Rf8 54.Ng3 1-0
                ________

                Awonder's late surge

                In the Junior section Kayden Troff started to drop half points here and there, including a solid draw against his closest rival, Awonder Liang. Things became extremely complex for him entering the last round after wasting a huge opportunity to score a full point against Joshua Colas in the penultimate round. Liang was half a point behind Troff, who was Black against Mika Brattain (2350), while Awonder played against Michael Brown (2504). A tiebreak was possible if Kayden only drew and Awonder lost, and actually a three-way playoff was possible if Michael drew Awonder, Mika beat Kayden and Akshat won his game! But it was not to be.

                Mika Brattain showed amazing preparation and destroyed Troff, who had until that point shown very little weakness during the tournament.

                Awonder Liang took his opportunity and soundly defeated Michael Brown from a complex Spanish. Awonder showed nerves of steel and continues an impressive series of events this year. He already became the youngest grandmaster in America history earlier this year.


                Alejandro Ramirez

                http://en.chessbase.com/post/liang-gorti-win-us-juniors

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                • #9
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                  Awonder Liang

                  August 10, 2017

                  Awonder Liang Becomes Youngest Grandmaster In The World

                  NM Sam Copeland at

                  https://www.chess.com/news/view/awon...r-in-the-world

                  FIDE has confirmed Awonder Liang's grandmaster title by written resolution. This makes the 14-year-old American the 10th youngest grandmaster of all time, and the youngest in the world today.

                  Liang achieved his three grandmaster norms in the Continental Championship in San Salvador in 2016 and in the span of two weeks in the Spring Chess Classic in St. Louis and the Chicago Open, both in May of 2017. The official date that Liang earned his titled should be May 29, 2016 (as we understand it), the day the Chicago Open concluded.

                  Liang's newest record is only one of many in his short career. He is the youngest USCF expert ever, was the youngest master ever, was the youngest international master ever, and is the youngest player ever to have defeated an international master and a grandmaster.

                  Youngest Grandmasters in History

                  No. Player Country Age

                  1 - Sergey Karjakin - Ukraine - 12 years, 7 months, 0 days
                  2 - Parimarjan Negi - India - 13 years, 4 months, 22 days
                  3 - Magnus Carlsen - Norway - 13 years, 4 months, 27 days
                  4 - Wei Yi - China - 13 years, 8 months, 23 days
                  5 - Bu Xiangzhi - China - 13 years, 10 months, 13 days
                  6 - Samuel Sevian - United States - 13 years, 10 months, 27 days
                  7 - Richard Rapport - Hungary - 13 years, 11 months, 6 days
                  8 - Teimour Radjabov - Azerbaijan - 14 years, 0 months, 14 days
                  9 - Ruslan Ponomariov - Ukraine - 14 years, 0 months, 17 days
                  10 - Awonder Liang - United States - 14 years, 1 month, 20 days
                  11 - Wesley So - Philippines - 14 years, 1 month, 28 days
                  12 - Etienne Bacrot - France - 14 years, 2 months, 0 days
                  13 - Illya Nyzhnyk - Ukraine - 14 years, 3 months, 2 days
                  14 - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - France - 14 years, 4 months, 0 days
                  15 - Peter Leko - Hungary - 14 years, 4 months, 22 days
                  16 - Jorge Cori - Peru - 14 years, 5 months, 15 days
                  17 - Hou Yifan - China - 14 years, 6 months, 16 days
                  18 - Jeffery Xiong - United States - 14 years, 6 months, 25 days
                  19 - Anish Giri - Russia - 14 years, 7 months, 2 days
                  20 - Yuriy Kuzubov - Ukraine - 14 years, 7 months, 12 days
                  21 - Bogdan Daniel Deac - Romania - 14 years, 7 months, 27 days
                  22 - Dariusz Swiercz - Poland - 14 years, 7 months, 29 days
                  23 - Aryan Chopra - India - 14 years, 9 months, 3 days
                  24 - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son - Vietnam - 14 years, 10 months, 0 days
                  25 - Daniil Dubov - Russia - 14 years, 11 months, 14 days
                  26 - Ray Robson - United States - 14 years, 11 months, 16 days
                  27 - Fabiano Caruana - Italy - 14 years, 11 months, 20 days
                  28 - Yu Yangyi - China - 14 years, 11 months, 23 days

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                  • #10
                    Re: Awonder Liang and Cristian Chirila

                    Thanks for posting the list of grandmasters who got the title before age 15. I note US has five, China 4, Ukraine 4. Russia only 2.

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                    • #11
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                      https://www.chess.com/news/view/awon...r-in-the-world An informative, interesting article at chess.com about GM Awonder Liang.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Awonder Liang and Cristian Chirila

                        Pragganandhaa turned just 12 yesterday, well on his way to his 1st GM
                        norm at Hogeschool Zeeland 2017! In seven rounds Pragga has a
                        performance of 2653. (you need a 2600 performance in nine rounds to
                        make a GM norm). The world's youngest IM now has seven months to beat
                        Karjakin's record, which should not be too difficult given his phenomenal
                        talent and work ethic, but Pragga seems least bothered to break this record!

                        http://chessbase.in/news/praggnanand...ches-2500-elo/

                        http://www.firstpost.com/sports/meet...t-3771925.html

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                        • #13
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                          Wonderful update Francis! The kid is amazing and maybe he will do it if he gets enough opportunities! Youngest GM watch for next seven months.

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                          • #14
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                            Speaking of Cristian Chirila Ive been enjoying his color commentary in St Louis. Glad hes back as a regular on spot commentator (and Eric Hansen as well).

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