A 14-year-old Armenian Beat One of the Best Players in the World

Lragir.am
Society – 04 April 2015, 15:21

Business Insider reported 14-year-old Sam Sevian’s, one of the
youngest chess Grandmasters in the world, and the youngest GM in US
history, playing in his first US Chess Championship beat Wesley So,
the number 8 ranked player on the planet.

“That’s right, a kid who can’t even drive has taken down a Super-GM,
rated 2788 (Sevian is 2531, just slightly above the GM threshold),”
the article says.

From: Baghdasarian