YEREVAN, MARCH 24, ARMENPRESS. USA Junior All Stars Team which was leaded by Armenian GM Samuel Sevian took a victory over the team of Dallas University (four of its five members were grandmasters) with the score of 26,5:23,5 at the match that was held in Richardson. Sevian showed the best result of the match – 6,5 points out of 10.

Samuel Sevian (born December 26, 2000) is an American chess prodigy of Armenian origin. He was born in Corning, New York.

He holds the record for the youngest ever United States Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 10 months, and 27 days. He also holds the record for the youngest ever United States International Master at 12 years and 10 months. He has also broken records at becoming National Expert and Master.

Sevian was World Champion for U12s in 2012.

Sevian was born to Armenian parents. He has a younger sister named Isabelle. Sevian started to play chess when he was 5. His first success came when he became the youngest Expert in USCF history, an achievement that was featured in an article in the Los Angeles Times by International MasterJohn Peters. On December 9, 2010, Sevian became the youngest National Master in USCF history. In 2012, Sevian completed all International Master norms in the space of 6 months, during three Metropolitan FIDE IM Invitational events. He eventually became an International Master after crossing the 2400 FIDE rating mark during a tournament in Budapest in November 2013, setting a new US record of 12 years 10 months.

He became the World Champion in the U12 category in Maribor, Slovenia, November 7–19, 2012. In May 2013, Sevian was invited to play in the U.S. Chess Championship in St. Louis as the youngest ever participant. The field consisted of 24 players and Sevian scored 4/9, which placed him in shared 14th place ahead of several grandmasters. In June, Sevian, again the youngest in the field of competitors, played in the US Junior under 20 Championship, where he came second only half a point behind Daniel Naroditsky.

Sevian became a Grandmaster at 13 years, 10 months, and 27 days, a new US record. After completing GM Norms at the Foxwoods Open in January, Saint Louis GM Invitational in May and Washington International in August 2014, he completed the requirements for the title by achieving a 2500 FIDE rating during the Saint Louis GM Norm Invitational tournament, which he won with 7.5/9.

He takes part in the Tata Steel Challengers event in January 2015.