7/9/2013 – That was the title of a story in a number of (non-chess) news sources this week. They pointed to a video showing the sheer joy of a boy, who has just turned ten, realizing that he is going to win a game against an IM – and proceeds to do so with enthusiasm and determination. The blitz game took place two and a half years ago, but deserves to be enjoyed by anyone who does not know it. Must watch!
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Ten-year-old's win against an International Master
Below is the video, which shows a game that took place between the young
lad and IM Greg Shahade during a US
Chess School session in LA. Normally, Greg invites 8-12 students of
approximately the same age to these sessions, and this time the youngest
participant was a nine-year-old who turned ten during the camp. During the
break Greg played an impromptu blitz game against the boy, whom we shall
identify later in this report. Do yourself a favour and watch the video
before you read on.
This video was uploaded on Dec 28, 2010 and viewed over 500,000 times.
We followed the moves and give them to you on our Javascript board:
[Event "Informal blitz US Schools"] [Site "Kiev UKR"] [Date "2010.12.??"]
[Round "?"] [White "Shahade, Greg"] [Black "Sevian, Samuel"] [Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2013.06.15"] [EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"] [EventCategory "17"] 1. c4 c6 2. e4 e6 3. Nf3 d5
4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3? Nxc3 {Sam: "I'm
winning!!"} 9. bxc3 Bxc3+ 10. Bd2 Qe7+ 11. Be2 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 Bg4 13. d5
O-O {Touch move is not implemented, since Sam first grabs the bishop on
g4 but then changes his mind and castles.} 14. Be3 Qb4+ 15. Kf1 cxd5 16.
h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nc6 18. g3 d4 19. Bf4 d3 20. Kg2 Rfe8 21. Rd1 Rad8 {
Samuel: "Classic!"} 22. Be3 Ne5 {"What is the probability you are going
to win the game?" somebody asks. "A hundred percent," replies Samuel.}
23. Rb1 Qd6 24. Bxb7 Nc4 25. Bf4 Qd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Ba6 d2 {Here Greg
picks up the black knight to capture it with his bishop, but then replaces
it and plays} 28. Rd1 Red8 29. Be3 Nxe3+ 30. fxe3 Ra4 31. Be2 Rxa2 {"I'm
killing him!"} 32. Kf2 a5 33. e4 a4 34. Ke3 Ra3+ 35. Kf2 Rc3 36. Ra1 a3
37. Ra2 d1=Q 38. Bxd1 Rxd1 39. Ke2 Rdc1 40. Kd2 f6 41. g4 Kf7 42. h4 g6
43. g5 fxg5 44. hxg5 Ke6 45. e5 Kxe5 46. Ke2 R3c2+ 47. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 48.
Kd3 Rh2 49. Kc3 a2 50. Kd3 a1=Q 51. Kc4 Rh4+ 52. Kd3 Qd4+ 53. Kc2 Rh2+
54. Kb3 Rb2+ 55. Ka3 Qb4# 0-1
The two year old video resurfaced this week in a number of non-chess news
and discussion forums:
We found it on Digg (screen shot above), and there was a huge thread on
Reddit: 10-year-old
beats international chess master in a blitz game... while drinking 7up.
So who, you ask, is the boy who on or around his tenth birthday was able
to demolish an International Master and chess trainer (who incidentally
shows great sporting spirit in playing the game all the way to mate).
Samuel Sevian, born on December 26 2000, is an American chess prodigy of
Armenian descent. He is from Corning, New York. 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. On December 19, 2010 Sevian
broke yet another major record by becoming youngest ever National Master
in the US chess history. In 2012 he completed all International Master Norms
winning two Metropolitan IM and one GM Norm tournament held in Los Angeles.
In January 2010 with a FIDE rating of 2119, he became the highest rated
chess player in the world for his age.
Samuel became the World Champion in the U12 category in Maribor Slovenia,
Nov 7-19 2012. His pre-tournament (FIDE) rating at the World Youth was 2347,
almost 100 points above his nearest competitor. In May 2013 he was invited
to play US Championship in Saint Louis as the youngest ever participant
in the championship history. With the field consisted of 24 players Sevian
was able to score 4/9, which placed him in the shared 15-th place ahead
of several prominent grandmasters. Month later, in June, Samuel played in
the the prestigious US Junior under 20 Championship, where he came second
only half a point behind the eventual winner, he was again the youngest
in the field of competitors.
U12 gold medalist Samuel Sevian at the 2012
World Youth
Championship in Maribor, with Garry Kasparov backing him up
In December 2012 Samuel completed his final IM norm, narrowly missing the
GM norm by half a point. He is now an IM-elect, still listed as an FM at
FIDE, with a 2388 rating.
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