Karjakin, Sergey *12.01.1990 Ukraine
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The final GM norms' record history
The grandmaster title earned at 12 by Sergey Karjakin (see picture; thanks to kasparovchess), makes one wonder about the development of this record. In 1950, when FIDE had better things to do then to make chessplayers piss in public, and first instituted an official grandmaster title, it nominated 27 players. The youngest among them was Bronstein, 26 - and since then the "youngest grandmasters ever" have been:
Bronstein: 26: (1950)
Boris Spassky:
18 (1955)
Bobby Fischer: 15 years, 6
months, 1 day
Judit Polgar: 15 years, 4 months, 28 days
Peter Leko: 14 years, 4 months, 22 days
Etienne Bacrot: 14 years, 2 months, 0 days
Ruslan Ponomariov: 14 years, 0 months, 17 days
Teimour Radjabov: 14 years, 0 months, 14 days
Bu Xiangzhi: 13 years, 10 months, 13 days (strittig)
Sergey Karjakin:
12 years, 7 months, 0 days
Karjakin, S. - Shevtshenko, R. 1998 Keres Memorial, Tallin
Here's a game with the White pieces when the prodigy was only 8 years old!
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 00 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nce3 Bd7 15.Rxa4 a5 16.Bc4 Rb8 17.b3 Kh8 18.00 g6 19.Qd3 f5 20.f3 Bh6 21.Rd1 Qh4 22.Ra2 Qd8 23.Nc2 Bg7 24.Nde3 f4 25.Nd5 g5 26.b4 g4 27.b5 Na7 28.Ne1 g3 29.Rb1 gxh2+ 30.Kh1 Bf6 31.b6 Nc6 32.Nc7 Bh4 33.Bd5 Bxe1 34.Bxc6 Bh4 35.Bxd7 Qxd7 36.Rxa5 Bf2 37.Nd5 h5 38.Ra7 Qe6 39.Qe2 Bc5 40.Qe1 Rg8 41.Qh4 Rg7 42.Qxh5+ Kg8 43.Rxg7+ Kxg7 44.Ra1 10
S. Karjakin (2527) - A. Shirov (2699) - Superstars Hotel Bali Benidorm ESP (1), 29.11.2002 by Maxim Notkin, Chess Today-755
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 This system may be called «The Improved Sveshnikov» as Sveshnikov himself nowadays prefers it to 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 e5. 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 Another way is 6.c4 controlling the d5 square. 6...a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nce7 Shirov wants to exchange this knight and to develop the king knight to f6. The choice between this line and 8...Nge7 9.c4 Nxd5 (9...Nd4!?) 10.cxd5 Nd4 depends on taste. Sveshnikov plays 8...Nce7 while the European Champion-2000 Pavel Tregubov prefers 8...Nge7. 9.c4 Nxd5 10.exd5 After 10.cxd5 Nf6 (or 10...f5 11.exf5 Bxf5) 11.Bd3 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 Black has comfortable play. 10...bxc4 10...b4? 11.Qa4+. 11.Nxc4 Nf6 Lately GM Alexey Fedorov has tried a sharp continuation which deserves further exploration - 11...Be7 12.Be3 Rb8 13.a4 f5 14.a5 f4 15.Ba7 Ra8 16.Bb6 Qd7 (Fercec-Fedorov, Croatia 2002). 12.Be3 Rb8 13.Be2 Be7 14.a4 0-0 15.0-0 Both sides have finished their development. It's time to define the plans. 15...Bb7 The most logical continuation. Black attacks the d5 pawn immediately. 15...Bf5 has been tested also and White has to play 16.a5 in order to meet 16...Be4 with 17.Nb6. 16.Nb6 Nd7 Black's f-pawn is ready to advance. 17.a5 f5 18.f3 18.b4?! f4 19.Bg4 Nf6 20.Be6+ Kh8 21.Bc1 f3! favours Black. 18...Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Qd7 20.b4 Bd8 21.Be3 Only this move is a novelty. 21.Bxd8 Rfxd8 22.Bc4 Bc8 23.Rb1 Qa7+ 24.Kh1 Bd7 25.Qd3 Bb5 was played in Van den Doel-Nataf, Esbjerg 2001, and White could have obtained a slight advantage by 26.Rfc1. The game Smirnov-Turov, Russia (Ch) 2002 saw the double-edged 21.Bf2 Bg5 22.b5 axb5 23.a6 Ba8 24.a7 Rb7. 21...Bf6 In case of 21...f4 22.Bf2 Black should be very careful as both of his bishops may become bad. 22.Rb1 Rbc8 23.b5 23.Bd3 was more accurate, intending to attack the a6-pawn by Qe2. 23...axb5 24.Rxb5 e4?! A typical «rapid» move. After 24...Qf7! the rook is nailed to b5 as it should protect the central pawn. In this case the position remains unclear. 25.fxe4 Rfe8? 25...fxe4 26.Rb6 with idea of Bg4-e6 gives White a strong initiative though Black has various tactical possibilities after 26...Be5! e.g. 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.Bg4 Qc7 29.Be6+ Kh8 30.Qb1? Ba6!! (30...Qc3? 31.Rb3) 31.Rxa6 Qc3. 26.Rb4! Now the e4-pawn is untouchable moreover 27.Bb5 is threatening. 26...Bc3 27.Bb5 Qd8 27...Qe7 28.Rb3 Qxe4 29.Bxe8 Qxe3+ 30.Kh1 and the light-squared bishop is attacked. 28.Bxe8 Bxb4 29.Bc6 Ba6 29...Bxc6 30.dxc6 Qxa5 31.Rxf5 and the powerful passed pawn c6 decides the game. 30.Rxf5 Bxa5 31.h3 Rb8 31...Bb6 32.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 33.Kh2 doesn't save either as White has enough pieces to crush his opponent's kingside. 32.Kh2 Karjakin's last two moves feature «Karpov style». 32...g6 33.Bg5 Qc7 34.Rf3! Preventing Bc3. 34...Rb4? 35.Bh6 35.Qa1 was even stronger. 35...Rb8 36.Qa1! Be2 37.Rf2 Bd3 38.Qf6 The mate is inevitable. Shirov resigned. 1-0
The A.V. Momot Chess Club: A Conveyor Of Young Champions
On 29 April 2002 Karjakin's club mate
Kateryna Lahno (born 27 December 1989, FIDE rating 2328) fulfilled the
international GM norm for women - it happened when she was even younger than the
famous Judit Polgar, so she also holds the record.
LINKS:
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http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?getplayer?Karjakin&Sergey&1
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/karjakinin.html
http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/supstars.htm
http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/karjakin.htm
http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary.htm (191)
http://www.chessbase.de/events/events.asp?pid=489
http://www.rochadekuppenheim.de/meko/meko2/m34.htm