Andrew Tang

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Andrew Tang
CountryUnited States
Born (1999-11-29) November 29, 1999 (age 22)
Naperville, Illinois, U.S.
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2519 (December 2021)
Peak rating2538 (April 2020)

Andrew Tang (born November 29, 1999) is an American chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2018. He is a popular streamer, known online for his bullet, hyperbullet, and ultrabullet (one-minute, 30-second, and 15-second chess, respectively) skills and for playing blindfolded.[1][better source needed]

Chess career[]

Tang began playing chess in preschool. He was instructed by John Bartholomew as he was growing up.[2] He earned the title of International Master in 2014 by winning the North American Junior Chess Championship.[3][4]

Tang earned the title of Grandmaster in November 2017, when he achieved his final norm and an Elo rating over 2500, both required for the title, in the Fall 2017 CCCSA GM Norm Invitational tournament, held in Charlotte, North Carolina.[5] FIDE awarded him the title in April 2018.[6]

In December 2018, he participated in the World Rapid Chess Championship in Saint Petersburg. Initially seeded 190th, Tang achieved a good result, scoring 8.5 points out of 15 rounds, and placing 59th.[7] In the tournament, he also played his first live game against world champion Magnus Carlsen.[8]

In the 2019 U.S. Junior Championship, Tang placed 4th out of 10 with 5/9.[9][10]

In January 2020, Tang tied for second place with a score of 6.5/9 in the Charlotte Open, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, tying with GM Cemil Can Ali Marandi, GM Akshat Chandra, GM Ulvi Bajarani, and IM Aaron Grabinsky. [11] On October 1, 2020, Tang signed with the esports organization Cloud9 using the online ID penguingm1.[12]

Andrew Tang also competed in the 2021 Bullet Chess Championship Presented By SIG hosted by chess.com. There he competed against GMs Nihal Sarin, Daniel Naroditsky and Alireza Firouzja, among others. He finished in 2nd place, losing 5-11 to Firouzja in the final.[13]

Tang streams chess live on Twitch, preferring fast bullet chess games of 15, 30, or 60-second chess with no increment. He has won the Lichess Titled Arena four times as of July 2021.[14]

Personal life[]

Tang graduated from Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minnesota,[15] and attends Princeton University, where he hopes to major in Operations Research and Financial Engineering.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "Personal Interview with Andrew Tang, the God". discord.gg (Interview). Jimmy Chare. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  2. ^ "Perpetual Chess Podcast Ep. 164". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  3. ^ Eric D. Johnson (May 2015). "Wayzata Freshman Becomes International Chess Champion". Plymouth Magazine. Minneapolis: Tiger Oak Media. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  4. ^ "Andrew Tang". www.uschesschamps.com. Saint Louis Chess Club. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  5. ^ "Fall 2017 CCCSA GM Norm Invitational". fide.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  6. ^ "List of titles approved by the 2018 1st quarter PB in Minsk, Belarus". FIDE. 2018-04-09. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  7. ^ "King Salman World Rapid Championship 2018". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  8. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: penguin vs drunkenstein | World Rapid Championship (2018). YouTube.
  9. ^ "MN teen to play in U.S. Junior Chess Nationals". kare11.com. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  10. ^ "2019 U.S. Junior Championship". www.uschesschamps.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  11. ^ "Charlotte Open - Chess Tournament".
  12. ^ "Cloud9 Enters The Chess World and Welcomes penguingm1". cloud9.gg. October 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  13. ^ "2021 Bullet Chess Championship Presented by SIG".
  14. ^ "Andrew Tang wins Titled Arena". lichess.org. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  15. ^ "STRIB: Andrew Tang of Wayzata High School becomes one of nation's few chess grandmasters". www.wayzata.com. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  16. ^ "PRINCETON STUDENTS, MAXIMUM SECURITY INMATES TO SQUARE OFF IN CHESS COMPETITION" (PDF) (Press release). Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Corrections. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2020-12-15.

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