Awonder Liang

Awonder Liang
Liang at Hart House in 2023
CountryUnited States
Born (2003-04-09) April 9, 2003 (age 21)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
TitleGrandmaster (2017)
FIDE rating2687 (January 2025)
Peak rating2687 (November 2024)
RankingNo. 43 (January 2025)
Peak rankingNo. 42 (November 2024)

Awonder Liang (born April 9, 2003)[1] is an American chess Grandmaster. A chess prodigy in his youth, he was the third-youngest American to qualify for the title of Grandmaster (after Abhimanyu Mishra and Samuel Sevian), at the age of 14. Liang was twice world champion in his age category.

Education

Liang attended Madison West High School.[2] For middle school, he attended Velma Hamilton Middle School. He was a student at Charles Van Hise Elementary School for elementary school. He is now attending the University of Chicago.

Career

On April 16, 2011, when he played in the Hales Corners Challenge chess tournament in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Liang became the youngest chess expert in United States Chess Federation (USCF) history with a rating of 2000 at the age of 8 years and 7 days.[3] He broke the earlier record, held by Samuel Sevian at 9 years, 11 months, and 23 days,[4] by approximately 701 days. (That record was later broken by Abhimanyu Mishra who became expert at 7 years, 6 months, and 22 days)

On August 5, 2011, at the age of 8 years 118 days, he became the youngest to defeat an international master in a standard tournament game. This occurred in round 6 at the U.S. Open in Orlando, Florida, when Liang defeated IM Daniel Fernandez (rated FIDE 2401 and USCF 2448 at that time).[5][better source needed]

On November 27, 2011, he won the gold medal in the Under 8 section of the World Youth Chess Championships in Caldas Novas, Brazil.[6] This win earned him the titles of U-8 world chess champion and FIDE Master.[7]

On July 29, 2012, he became the youngest player ever to defeat a grandmaster (GM) in a standard time limit tournament game. It occurred in round 3 of the Washington International in Rockville, Maryland, when he defeated GM Larry Kaufman. Liang was 9 years, 111 days old at the time, breaking the previous record by about 2.5 months.[8] The record was previously held by Shah Hetul at the age of about 9 years, 6 months.[9] At the same time, Liang broke the USA record for the youngest to win against a GM by some months; the previous record having been held by Fabiano Caruana.[10][11] This record was later broken by 8-year-old Leonid Ivanovic, who defeated Milko Popchev in January 2024.[12][13]

On March 23, 2013, he became the youngest person ever to obtain a master's rating within the United States Chess Federation. While playing in the Midwest Open Team Chess Festival in Dayton, Ohio, his win over a Life Master in round 2 brought his estimated USCF rating to 2206. Liang was 17 days shy of his tenth birthday at the time of this achievement,[14] 10 days younger than the age at the previously existing record (held by Samuel Sevian, 7 days prior to his tenth birthday).[4] On September 2, 2015, Maximillian Lu broke Liang's record by 12 days.[15] At the 2013 World Youth Championships, which took place in Al Ain, Liang won the Under 10 section.

On June 30, 2014, at the age of 11 years and 92 days, while competing in the 2nd Annual DC International, he became the youngest American to achieve a norm for the title International Master (IM).[16] Liang earned his third and final IM norm in Dallas on November 25, 2015 at 12 years, 7 months and 6 days old, thus becoming the youngest American ever to qualify for the title of International Master.[17]

From July 8 to July 17, 2016, Liang participated in the U.S. Junior Closed Championship at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, Missouri. Liang achieved a score of 6/9, for second place behind Jeffery Xiong, who won with a score of 6½/9. He won four games, drew four, and lost one game to Xiong.

In May 2017, Liang earned his final two Grandmaster norms in back-to-back tournaments at the Spring Chess Classic in St. Louis (Group B) and the Chicago Open, with the latter won on May 29. He won the former tournament with a score of 7½/9 and ended up getting 6½/9 at the latter tournament to share 5th to 9th place. At the time, he became the third youngest player in the US to achieve the Grandmaster title in chess.[18] On July 17, 2017, Liang won the US Junior Closed Championship with a score of 6½/9. This earned him a spot in the 2018 US Chess Championship.[19][20] In October of 2017, he also was invited to attend the first ever Jamaican International Chess Festival, winning for his team "Raging Rooks" and winning a prize.[21][22][6]

In October 2022, Liang was invited to play in the US Chess Championship as a wild card, finishing 7.5/13 tied for 3rd place.[23] In March 2023, Awonder led his UChicago B team to their second consecutive US Amateur Team North Championship.[24]

In April 2023, Liang reached the World Top 100 for the first time, with a FIDE rating of 2651. In August 2024, Liang achieved his peak FIDE rating (2666) and World ranking (#65), shortly after winning the World Open chess tournament. [25]

References

  1. ^ IM title application FIDE.
  2. ^ Stofflet, John (March 14, 2019). "Madison teen will be youngest competitor at U.S. Chess Championship". NBC 15. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Lewis, Chelsey. "Chess whiz". Wisconsintrails.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "The United States Chess Federation - Samuel Sevian Youngest US Master Ever!". www.uschess.org. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  5. ^ "Awonder Liang vs Daniel Fernandez (2011) "It's Awonder Full Life"". Chessgames.com. July 30, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  6. ^ a b Moe, Doug (February 8, 2021). "Local chess prodigy looks beyond the board". Channel3000.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  7. ^ McClain, Dylan (December 3, 2011). "8-Year-Old American Wins a World Championship". New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  8. ^ A new record by Awonder. Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information. 2012-07-30. Retrieved on 2012-10-11;
  9. ^ "The Hindu News Update Service". Chennai, India: Hindu.com. January 11, 2009. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  10. ^ "Global Child Prodigy Awards". gcpawards.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  11. ^ "Fabiano Caruana | www.uschesschamps.com". uschesschamps.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  12. ^ Svensen, Tarjei (January 21, 2024). "8-Year-Old Makes History Becoming Youngest To Beat Grandmaster In Classical Chess". chess.com.
  13. ^ "Eight Year Old Leonid Ivanoivc Becomes Youngest Player To Beat GM In Classical Chess". January 22, 2024.
  14. ^ "9-year-old boy named chess master". dayton-daily-news. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  15. ^ Singer, Stephen (November 24, 2015). "10-year-old Connecticut boy is youngest-ever chess master in US". St. Augustine Record. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  16. ^ Dunne, Alex (December 15, 2016). The United States Junior Open Chess Championship, 1946-2016. McFarland. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4766-2891-2.
  17. ^ Silver, Albert (December 2, 2015). "Awonder Liang is youngest ever IM in US". ChessBase. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  18. ^ Journal, Gayle Worland | Wisconsin State (July 7, 2022). "Decorated Madison chess champ heads back to U.S. Junior Championship". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  19. ^ "2018 U.S. Championship May 2018 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  20. ^ "US Chess Championships 2018 | The Week in Chess". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  21. ^ "First Jamaica International Festival". Chess News. October 19, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  22. ^ Shabazz, Daaim (October 21, 2017). "2017 Jamaica International Chess Festival". The Chess Drum. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  23. ^ "Caruana Crowned U.S. Champion, Yu Resurrected In Women's". October 20, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  24. ^ "USATN: UChicago B Repeats as Tournament Breaks 100 Teams". March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  25. ^ "Liang, Awonder".
Achievements
Preceded by Youngest ever United States chessmaster
2013–15 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Youngest ever United States International Master
2015–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

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