Naroditsky, Daniel (19.11.1995)

naroditsky-danielAmerican chess prodigy and chess Grandmaster (2011) is born in San Mateo, California, United States.

World Youth Chess Championship – U12 (2007).

Best results: Northern California K-12 Chess Championship 2007, 1st (becoming the youngest player ever to do so); World Youth Chess Championship 2007 – U12, 1st; Northern California 9-12 Chess Championship 2008, 1st; U.S. Open 2010, 2nd-5th; First Saturday GM tournament 2010, 1st; Philadelphia Open 2013, tied 1st; U.S. Junior Closed Championship 2013, 1st; Spice Cup Open 2014, 2nd-3rd; Millionaire Chess Open 2014 in Las Vegas, 1st-5th; Riga Technical University Open 2014, tied 3rd; Reykjavik Open 2015, tied 3rd; Benasque Open 2015, tied 2nd; 3e Open International de Porticcio 2016, 1st-6th.

He has been ranked No. 1 in the U.S. in his age category for the past eight years. He is also the youngest published chess author in history, having his first book published at age 14 (Mastering Positional Chess, 2010). In March 2014, Naroditsky was awarded the prestigious Samford Chess Fellowship.

Peak rating: 2647 in May 2017