14 Facts About Arthur Guo

Arthur Guo is an American chess grandmaster from Atlanta, Georgia.

Arthur Guo picked up chess by accident from a free community chess class offered by a local library in Atlanta in late 2011.

In July 2014, Arthur Guo won the gold medal for Team USA in the Pan American Youth in Oaxtaepec, Morelos, Mexico.

In May 2016, Arthur Guo won the National Elementary Championship as a 4th grader in Dallas.

Arthur Guo became the second person in US chess history to win both K-6 and K-9 national tournaments in their early chess career.

Arthur Guo was the youngest American in US chess history to hold the title until surpassed by Christopher Yoo six months later.

In November 2018, Arthur Guo tied for second in the World Cadets Chess Championship in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

In June 2021, Arthur Guo won the National Open at the age of 15 in Las Vegas ahead of Grandmasters Illia Nyzhnyk, Andrew Hong, Emilio Cordova, and Lazaro Bruzon due to having the best tiebreaker results.

Arthur Guo achieved his first GM norm in the tournament which featured a strong field of 22 Grandmasters and 29 International Masters.

Arthur Guo was the champion of the 2021 National K-12 Blitz Chess Championship in Orlando.

Arthur Guo won the Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions back-to-back in 2022 and 2023.

Arthur Guo was the only American granted a GM title from late October 2022 through March 2024.

Arthur Guo graduated from The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, and is a student at Yale University, the first Ivy League school to have two grandmasters pursuing undergraduate studies simultaneously.

Arthur Guo is a nationally top-ranked policy debater and a Tournament of Champions qualifier.