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- In 1998 Hikaru Nakamura (born Dec 9, 1987) bacame America's youngest master at 10 years, 79 days. In 2001 he became America's youngest International Master at age 13. The first list of grandmasters appeared in 1950, published by FIDE. There were 27 chess players nominated as the first grandmasters.
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- 1 Richard Walker is best known for being the youngest rider ever to win the Badminton Horse Trials. 2  At 18 years and 247 days, the British-born rode his mount, Pasha, to victory at Badminton in 1969. 3  Although he tried to repeat his success, he never won the event again.
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- Malala Yousafzai, Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Adds to Her Achievements and Expectations. Malala Yousafzai at the United Nations last year. Ms. Yousafzai, 17, is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Though Malala Yousafzai is 17, she does not use Facebook or even a mobile phone lest she lose focus on her studies.
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Youngest-ever American Chess Grandmaster crowned in St. Louis The CCSCSL Invitational continues through Tuesday afternoon. Also at the Chess Club right now, $100,000 match dubbed the Showdown in Saint Louis between two of the world’s top-ten players, GM Levon Aronian and GM Hikaru Nakamura.
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- The longest Chess game is 269 moves (I. Nikolic - Arsovic, Belgrade 1989) which ended in a draw. 39 Frank Marshall (1877-1944) was the first American to defeat a Soviet player in an international tournament in New York, 1924.
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Biography The chess legend was born Robert James Fischer on March 9, 1943 in Chicago to Regina Wender Fischer. His mother was a Jew who had been born in Switzerland but raised in St. Louis who became a naturalized U.S. citizen. The actual identity of his father is unknown.
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Rubik's Cube World Records The youngest person who solved a Rubik's Cub e in a competition was Ruxin Liu (China), who was 3 years 118 days old when she solved the cube in 1:39 .33 at the Weifang Open on 14 April 2013. VIDEO. The largest mosaic made from scrambled Rubik's Cubes measured 68 m [220 ft] x 4 m [13 ft].
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- Rob Gauntlet and James Hooper become the youngest British Climbers to summit Everest at the age of 19 yrs 7 days and 19yrs & 21 days, both are close friends. It is vitally important that you have adequate travel insurance for your trip with Adventure Peaks.
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LPGA: Yani Tseng Becomes the Youngest Golfer to Win 5 Major Championships More than a trophy, Tseng's feat means she's the youngest player ever to win five major championships. At 22 years, six months and eight days of age, the Taiwanese golfer accomplished something that Tiger Woods did when he was 24 and that Jack Nicklaus did at age 26.
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Mario Balotelli In November 2008, Balotelli became the youngest Inter player (at 18 years and 85 days) to score in the Champions League when he scored a goal in a 3–3 draw against Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta, beating the previous record set by Obafemi Martins (at 18 years and 145 days).aving had an unsuccessful trial with Barcelona at the age of 15, Balotelli was signed by Internazionale in 2006 on loan with a pre-set price of €150,000 to co-own the player. In June 2007 Inter exercised the option and purchased another half for additional €190,000.
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- (8876). In C.N. 1330 (see page 127 of Chess Explorations) Colin McGuigan (Newtownards, Northern Ireland) quoted Arpad Elo on page 19 of the October 1973 CHESS : If a player should reach the master level by age 18, he may expect an advance in proficiency in the next 15 years of approximately a full class interval.
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- 2. Tim Duncan, 22 years old, 1999. As David Aldridge remarked in his postgame interview with The Big Fundamental, Leonard was the youngest player since Tim Duncan won the Finals MVP in 1999. Duncan, though, had turned 22 a scant two months before winning the NBA Finals. So, you know, advantage Timmy Dunks.
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Julian Draxler: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know Julian Draxler: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. German midfielder Julian Draxler is one of the youngest players in the World Cup and one of the biggest up-and-coming stars in Europe. The 20-year-old has played a key role in Germany’s run to the World Cup final and is one of the most talked-about players this summer on the transfer mark et. 1.
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List of world records in chess In a number of other games, White has played on after 3...Qa5+, occasionally drawing or even winning in this line.) The shortest game ever lost by a grandmaster because of the position on the board was by future world champion Viswanathan Anand, who resigned on move 6 against Alonso Zapata in 1988 (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
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- Fischer won the U.S. Junior Championship in 1956, and became U.S. Champion in 1958. After 20 consecutive tournament victories (still the longest winning streak in FIDE history) he became world champion in 1972 -- the first American to do so -- defeating Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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- Chess masters reach their peak about the age of 45. Alekhine won back the world championship at this age. Capablanca celebrated his 45th year with his success at Moscow and Nottingham, 1936. Lasker was 45 when he won the tournament of St Petersburg, 1914.
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Lexi Thompson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alexis Lexi Thompson (born February 10, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 12, she was the youngest golfer ever to qualify to play in the U.S. Women's Open. She turned professional in June 2010 at age 15. On September 18, 2011, Thompson set a new record as the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA tournament, at age 16 years, seven months, and eight days, when she won the Navistar LPGA Classic.
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- Tara Lipinski, in full Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.), American figure skater who in 1998 became the youngest female in her sport to win an Olympic gold medal. 1  Lipinski planned for Olympic gold for most of her life.
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- Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess Chess: The battle of Kasparov's pupils. The Russian master has mentored both Carlsen and Nakamura – and the former is favourite to win in London, as this earlier victory suggests. Published: 7 Nov 2011. Chess: The battle of Kasparov's pupils.
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Star golfer Rory McIlroy can't keep the grin off his face as he steps out for date night with stunning new girlfriend Erica Stoll Lexi Thompson became the youngest golfer ever to play in a U.S. Women's Open at age 12. Seven years later she won her first major, beating Michelle Wie to grab the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2014. Lexi Thompson didn't win a major in 2015, but she did finish in the top 10 three times in major championships.
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- One measure of chess prodigies is the age at which they gain the Grandmaster title. Below are players who have held the record for youngest grandmaster. The age listed is the age at which they qualified for the title. This is not equal to the age at which they officially became Grandmasters, because GM titles can only be awarded at FIDE congresses. Note: all players are listed by their nationality at the time of gaining the title, not their current or later nationality.
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Biography At the age of six, Wayne Gretzky was playing youth hockey in a league with boys a few years older than him. In 1977, Gretzky was the youngest player and leading scorer at the Junior World Cup tournament held in Montreal. In the 1978 OHL entry draft, the Sault Ste.
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User comments for Michael Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title at 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old. Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. He won the WBC title in 1986 after stopping Trevor Berbick in two rounds, and added the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker in
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- Susan Polgar. Hungarian-American Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar has had an illustrious career, which includes winning 4 Women's World Championships, and is the first player to win the triple-crown (Blitz, Rapid, and Classical World Championships).
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- 1,342 Contributions. Mike Tyson was the youngest man to ever win a heavyweight boxing title but Floyd Patterson is the youngest ever undisputed world champion, though Patterson never fought in the… multi commission ruled era of the WBC, WBA, & IBF.
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Top 10 Greatest Chess Players in History Many have claimed that Paul Morphy was the greatest chess player in history, and those claims could have been proven true had he actually pursued a career in chess. After teaching himself the game as a child by watching family members play, he was considered one of the best players in New Orleans by age 9.ere it not for our number one, Anatoly Karpov would certainly go down as the greatest player in history. He was World Champion from 1975-1985, then from 1993-1999 (disputed) and still plays competitive chess to this day (ranked 98). He has over 160 first place tournament finishes to his name.