Awonder Liang
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Awonder Liang at the 2013 World Youth Chess Championship in Al-Ain
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| Country | United States |
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April 9, 2003 Madison, Wisconsin, United States |
| Title | International Master |
| FIDE rating | 2482 (March 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2508 (August 2016) |
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Representing  United States
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2011 Caldas Novas (Brazil) | Under-8 |
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2013 Al-Ain (UAE) | Under-10 |
Awonder Liang (born April 9, 2003) is an American chess prodigy and International Master since 2015.
On April 16, 2011, when he played in the Hales Corners Challenge chess tournament in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Awonder became the youngest chess expert in United States Chess Federation (USCF) history with a rating of 2000 at the age of 8 years and 7 days. Awonder broke the earlier record, held by Samuel Sevian, by 64 days.
On August 5, 2011, at the age of 8 years 118 days, he became the youngest to defeat an International Master (IM) in a standard tournament game. This occurred in round 6 at the U.S. Open in Orlando, Florida, when Awonder defeated IM Daniel Fernandez (rated FIDE 2401 and USCF 2448 at that time). The previous record, which was held by Fabiano Caruana, was broken by 4 months and 15 days.
On November 27, 2011, he won the gold medal in the under-8 open section of the World Youth Chess Championship in Caldas Novas, Brazil. This win earned him the titles of U-8 world chess champion and FIDE Master.
On July 29, 2012, he became the youngest player ever to defeat a Grandmaster (GM) in a standard time limit tournament game. It occurred in round 3 of the Washington International in Rockville, Maryland, when he defeated GM Larry Kaufman. Awonder was 9 years, 111 days old at the time, breaking the previous record by about 2.5 months. the record was previously held by Shah Hetul at the age of about 9 years, 6 months. At the same time, Awonder broke the USA record for the youngest to win against a GM by 10 months, 9 days; the previous record having been held by Fabiano Caruana.
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