Sergey Karjakin

Full name	Sergey Karjakin
Country	Ukraine
Born	January 12, 1990 (age 17) Kramatorsk, Ukraine
Title	Grandmaster
Rating	2686 (No. 27 on the April 2007 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating	2686 (April 2007)

Sergey Karjakin (Ukrainian: Сергій Карякін; Russian: Сергей Карякин) (born January 12, 1990 in Kramatorsk) of Ukraine became the youngest chess grandmaster in history at the age of 12 years and 7 months. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1970x1453, 1659 KB) S. Karjakin at Corus tournament, January 2006. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Kramatorsk Coat of Arms from the Soviet times (1970). ... The title International Grandmaster is awarded to superb chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. It is a lifetime title, in chess literature usually abbreviated as GM or IGM (this is in contrast to WGM for Woman Grandmaster and IM for International Master). ... Chess Go The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ... Chess Go The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Kramatorsk Coat of Arms from the Soviet times (1970). ... Chess is a recreational and competitive game for two players. ... The title Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ...

On the FIDE ranking list of April 2007, he has a rating of 2686, making him number 27 in the world, number 3 in the category of boys up to 20 years old and in the Ukraine. 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

He was the official second of fellow Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov, during the 2002 FIDE World championship. In 2004, Karjakin finished second to Boris Gelfand at the Pamplona, Navarra tournament, held from December 20 to December 29. Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukrainian: Руслан Пономарьов; Russian: Русла́н Пономарёв) (born October 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian chess player. ... The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Boris Gelfand (born 24 June 1968) is a chess grandmaster. ... Pamplona (Basque: Iruñea or Iruña) is the capital city of Navarre, Spain. ... Navarra is the Spanish name for Navarre (Basque: Nafarroa), an ancient kingdom in the Pyrenees, and now a province and an autonomous community in Spain. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 2 days remaining. ...

At age 15, Karjakin scored +7 =3 -1 to win the Young Stars of the World 2005 tournament held in Kirishi, Russia from 14 May to 26 May. Practicing before the tournament with Nigel Short in Greece, Karjakin was involved in a car accident on the way to the Athens airport and suffered minor injuries. This may have contributed to a slow start, as he lost a game and obtained only 1.5 points in the first three rounds. Kirishi is a city in the Leningrad Oblast of Russia, on the right bank of the Volkhov River, 115 km south-east of St. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (135th in leap years). ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... Nigel Short MBE (born June 1, 1965 in Leigh, Lancashire) is widely regarded as the strongest British chess player of the 20th century. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα - Athína) is the largest city and capital of Greece, located in the Attica prefecture of Southern Greece. ...

He finished strongly with six wins and just two draws the rest of the way to win the tournament by a full point.

In his career, he has already beaten top grandmasters including (in a blitz game) Vladimir Kramnik. He entered the world's top 100 in the April 2005 FIDE list, where he was number 64 in the world with an Elo rating of 2635. Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: ) (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster and the current undisputed World Chess Champion. ... The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... The ELO rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ...

See also

• Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting

The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite chess tournament held every July in Dortmund, Germany. ...

External links

• FIDE rating card for Sergey Karjakin
• Sergey Karjakin at ChessGames.com