Jeffery Xiong
| Jeffery Xiong | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Born | October 30, 2000 Plano, Texas |
| Title | Grandmaster (2015) |
| FIDE rating | 2624 (May 2016) |
| Peak rating | 2624 (May 2016) |
Jeffery Xiong (born October 30, 2000) is a United States chess grandmaster. He is the US's second youngest player to become one, awarded in September 2015.
Chess career
Xiong was aged seven when he played in his first tournament, quickly achieving the USCF title expert on August 22, 2009. He was awarded the title FIDE Master a year later at the World Youth Chess Championships.[1] Xiong was the runner-up to Jason Cao in the 2012 World Youth Championship U12 category.
Xiong achieved his International Master title norms by scoring 6/9 at the 4th Annual Golden State Open in January 2013, 5/9 at the UT Dallas Spring FIDE Open and 5.5/9 at the Annual Philadelphia Open, both in March 2013.[2] His title was confirmed in 2014, when his FIDE rating reached 2400.[3][1]
He became a Grandmaster after scoring 6/9 at the Chicago Open in 2014, 6/9 at the UT Dallas Open in November 2014, 7/9 at the Chicago Open in May 2015.[4] Xiong is trained by Babakuli Annakov.[5]
Xiong came second at the US Junior Closed Chess Championships in July 2015 with a score of 6.5/9, with first place and an automatic spot in the 2016 US Chess Championships going to Akshat Chandra. [6][7] He won the 7th Saint Louis Grandmaster Invitational 2015 with a score of 7/9.[8][better source needed] [9] He later received the organizer's wild card invitation to the 2016 US Chess Championship, where he finished 6th out of 12 players, with 1 win, 1 loss, and 9 draws. [10][11][12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jeffery Xiong rating card at FIDE
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External links
- Jeffrey (sic) Xiong chess games at 365Chess.com
- Jeffery Xiong player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Jefferey Xiong USCF Profile
