Ethan Pang

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Ethan Pang
Country England
Born (2015-03-20) 20 March 2015 (age 9)
London, England
Title FIDE Master (2024)
Peak rating 2303 (November 2024)

Ethan Pang (born 20 March 2015) is an English chess player.

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Chess career

He began playing chess at the age of 5 during COVID lockdowns. At the age of 7, he was chosen to represent England at the European Youth Chess Championship 2022. [1]

In June 2024, he became the youngest player to achieve a FIDE rating of 2200, doing so at a tournament in Newmarket, Suffolk. This earned him the Candidate Master title. [1]

In September 2024, he won three successive games against grandmasters Milan Pacher, Attila Czebe, and Zoltán Varga in the Vezerkepzo IM tournament. [2] [3]

In November 2024, he broke Faustino Oro's record for youngest player to surpass 2300 rating at a second IM tournament in Vezerkepzo. This also earned him the FIDE Master title. [4]

Personal life

He attends the Westminster Under School. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "London Schoolboy Becomes Youngest Person in the World to achieve +2200 FIDE Chess Rating". 18 June 2024.
  2. ↑ Keene, Raymond (16 November 2024). "Prodigies: Ethan, Anish and Bodhana".
  3. ↑ Barden, Leonard (6 September 2024). "Chess: Ethan Pang, nine, beats three grandmasters but misses 2300 rating". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ Svensen, Tarjei (1 November 2024). "9-Year-Old Ethan Pang Breaks Faustino Oro's Record To Become Youngest-Ever 2300".
  5. ↑ "Ethan Pang is the youngest-ever to pass the 2300 rating mark". 1 November 2024.
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