Darwin Yang

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Darwin Yang
Personal information
Born (1996-12-04) December 4, 1996 (age 28)
Dallas, Texas
Chess career
CountryUnited States
Title Grandmaster (2016) [1]
FIDE   rating 2482 (October 2025)
Peak rating 2498 (July 2012)

Darwin Yang is an American chess grandmaster.

Chess career

In 2008, Yang finished third in a tie-breaker for the under-12 group in the World Youth Chess Championship. This, along with Sam Shankland's identical result for the under-18 group, were top performances for American players. [2]

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In April 2011, Yang earned the International Master title at the SPICE Spring Chess Invitational by defeating IM Marc Esserman. [3] Yang had achieved all three IM norms in West Texas. [4] [5]

In 2014, Yang won the Texas State Championship, hosted by the Texas Chess Association. [6]

Personal life

From 2015 to 2019, Yang attended Harvard University for a bachelor's degree in economics and mathematical sciences. In 2021, he began pursuing a Ph.D. in economics at Princeton University. [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ↑ McClain, Dylan (November 1, 2008). "Americans Break Through at World Youth Tournament". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Root, Alexey (March 1, 2012). "Darwin Yang: Solo at the Top".
  4. ↑ Polgar, Susan (March 19, 2011). "Polgar: Texas Tech Knight Raider Captain share first at SPICE Spring Invitational".
  5. ↑ "DARWIN YANG".
  6. ↑ "Darwin Yang wins State Championship". May 27, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Our Team - GM Darwin Yang".
  8. ↑ "Darwin Yang".
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