Nico Chasin | |
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Country | United States |
Born | New York City, U.S. | June 19, 2006
Title | International Master (2023) |
FIDE rating | 2413 (January 2025) |
Peak rating | 2459 (June 2023) |
Nico Werner Chasin is an American chess player.
In July 2017, he won the under-12 section of the Panamerican Chess Festival, defeating Sion Radamantys Galaviz Medina on tiebreak scores. [1]
In January 2019, he won the Junior High section of the New York Scholastic Team and Individual Chess Championships. [2]
In August 2021, he won the U18 blitz section of the North American Youth Chess Championship with a perfect score of 10/10. [3]
In April 2022, he tied for first place with Arthur Guo, Vishnu Vanapalli, Gus Huston, Anthony He, Bijan Tahmassebi, and Advaith Karthik in the U.S. High School Championship, but was ranked in 6th place after tiebreak scores. [4]
In July 2022, he won the U.S. Cadet Championship, 1.5 points ahead of runner-up Arthur Guo. [5]
In November 2024, he was the top American player in the World Youth Chess Championship, tying for 5th place with a score of 7.5/11. [6]
He attended the Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School. [7]
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