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Profile: Sam Sevian
U.S. Chess Champs
May 2013
Title: International Master
Rating: 2467
Residence: Santa Clara, California
Age: 12
Status: Invited
Chess Highlights: 2012: U12 World Youth Championship Gold Medal; Holds
Record as Youngest-Ever American Master
Bio:
Samuel Sevian is an American Chess prodigy. 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.
Sam played his first tournament in Orlando on August 12, 2006. His
first success came when he became the youngest Expert in U.S. history,
an achievement that was featured in an article of the Los Angeles
Times by International Master Jack Peters.
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, in
November 2012. His pre-tournament (FIDE) rating at the World Youth was
2347, almost 100 points above his nearest competitor.
"I really worked hard for it, hours of preparation every day before
and during the tournament," Sam said.
In early 2012, Sam was one of handful of rising stars to be selected
to the Young Stars - Team USA program, a joint partnership between the
Kasparov Chess Federation (KCF) and the Chess Club and Scholastic
Center of Saint Louis, which was launched to find and train the
country's top emerging chess players for competition with the best
players in the world. Sam received intensive training with legendary
World Champion GM Garry Kasparov, which Sam said was a big
contributing factor to his recent success.
"The KCF helped us enormously," Sam said. "First, it was Garry's camps
held in Saint Louis and New York where we got to train with the
Champion himself, and of course long and frequent training sessions
with GM Alexander Chernin, who helped me grow over the last year."
Sam said his plans for improvement involve further developing his
opening repertoire.
U.S. Chess Champs
May 2013
Title: International Master
Rating: 2467
Residence: Santa Clara, California
Age: 12
Status: Invited
Chess Highlights: 2012: U12 World Youth Championship Gold Medal; Holds
Record as Youngest-Ever American Master
Bio:
Samuel Sevian is an American Chess prodigy. 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.
Sam played his first tournament in Orlando on August 12, 2006. His
first success came when he became the youngest Expert in U.S. history,
an achievement that was featured in an article of the Los Angeles
Times by International Master Jack Peters.
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, in
November 2012. His pre-tournament (FIDE) rating at the World Youth was
2347, almost 100 points above his nearest competitor.
"I really worked hard for it, hours of preparation every day before
and during the tournament," Sam said.
In early 2012, Sam was one of handful of rising stars to be selected
to the Young Stars - Team USA program, a joint partnership between the
Kasparov Chess Federation (KCF) and the Chess Club and Scholastic
Center of Saint Louis, which was launched to find and train the
country's top emerging chess players for competition with the best
players in the world. Sam received intensive training with legendary
World Champion GM Garry Kasparov, which Sam said was a big
contributing factor to his recent success.
"The KCF helped us enormously," Sam said. "First, it was Garry's camps
held in Saint Louis and New York where we got to train with the
Champion himself, and of course long and frequent training sessions
with GM Alexander Chernin, who helped me grow over the last year."
Sam said his plans for improvement involve further developing his
opening repertoire.