Sergey Karjakin
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| Full name | Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin |
| Country |
Ukraine (until 2009) Russia (since 2009) |
| Born |
12 January 1990 Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2783 (March 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2788 (July 2011) |
Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin (Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Каря́кин, Russian pronunciation: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ kɐˈrʲakʲɪn]; Ukrainian: Сергій Олександрович Карякін, Serhiy Oleksandrovych Karyakin; born 12 January 1990) is a Russian (formerly representing Ukraine) chess grandmaster. He is a former chess prodigy and holds the record for the world's youngest grandmaster, having qualified for this title at the age of 12 years and 7 months.
In March 2016, Karjakin won the Candidates Tournament 2016 to become the official challenger for the World Chess Championship. He lost the championship match to Magnus Carlsen in November 2016 in rapid-play tiebreak.
Karjakin won the 2012 World Rapid Chess Championship, the Chess World Cup 2015, and the 2016 World Blitz Chess Championship. He also won the Norway Chess Tournament twice (2013, 2014) and the Corus Chess Tournament in 2009.
He has competed in seven Chess Olympiads, three times for Ukraine and four times for Russia, winning three gold medals, two silver and two bronze. He also won the team gold with Russia at the World Team Chess Championship in Antalya in 2013.
Karjakin learned to play chess when he was five years old. He joined the A.V. Momot Club in Kramatorsk, Ukraine and was coached by Vladislav Borovikov, becoming an International Master at age 11 years and 11 months. He won the U10 European championship in 1999, and the U12 world championship in 2001. Also in 2001, Karjakin tied for first place in the U14 European championship with Borki Predojević and Rauf Mamedov, taking the silver medal on tiebreak. In January 2002, he was the official second of fellow Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov during the final of the FIDE World Championship, though Karjakin had only just turned 12 at the time.
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