13 Facts About Samuel Sevian

Samuel Sevian broke all US age records in reaching the titles of National and International Master.

On December 9,2010, Samuel Sevian became the youngest National Master in USCF history at 9 years, 11 months, and 23 days, beating Nicholas Nip's record by 3 days.

Samuel Sevian became an IM after crossing the 2400 FIDE rating mark during Norm tournament in November 2013 in Budapest, thus setting the new US record of 12 years, 10 months.

In May 2013, Samuel Sevian was invited to play in the US Chess Championship in St Louis as the youngest ever participant.

In November 2014 Samuel Sevian became a Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 10 months, and 27 days, a new US record.

Samuel Sevian shared fifth place in the US Chess Championship 2015, beating Wesley So, a world top ten ranked player, and drawing with Hikaru Nakamura as well as defending champion Gata Kamsky.

Samuel Sevian defeated Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu in the first round, then was defeated by Li Chao in the second round and eliminated from the tournament.

Samuel Sevian defeated Aryan Tari in the first round, then was defeated by Sergey Karjakin in the second round and eliminated from the tournament.

Also, in 2019 Samuel Sevian represented the US National Team at the World Team Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Samuel Sevian won the Individual Bronze medal for his performance on the second board.

Samuel Sevian defeated Sumant Subramaniam in the first round and Benjamin Bok in the second round, then was defeated by eventual winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the third round and eliminated from the tournament.

Samuel Sevian won the annual Chess9LX event hosted by the St Louis Chess Club in 2023.

Samuel Sevian was born in Corning, New York, to Armine and Armen Samuel Sevian, both of Armenian heritage.