Massachusetts 13-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Chess Grandmaster in US History

13-year-old Sam Sevian of Southbridge, MA has likely been called “wicked smahht” more than a few times, because he lives near Boston where some people talk like that and he’s highly intelligent.

The Worcester Telegram and Gazette reports that at the recent Chess Club and Scholastic Center 2014 Invitational in St. Louis, Sevian surpassed the 2,500-point rating in the World Chess Federation. That, along with completing three “norms,” which are superior performances against other Grandmasters, as explained by chess club spokesman Brian Jerauld, is what one needs to qualify as a chess Grandmaster in the World Chess Federation.

http://www.bdcwire.com/massachusetts-13-year-old-becomes-youngest-chess-grandmaster-in-us-history/

Wow!