9 Year Old Girl Has Become The Greatest Chess Master In The United States
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[QUOTE]CHELMSFORD, Mass. (AP) — Only three years or so since first picking up the game of chess, 9-year-old Carissa Yip can already look down at 93 percent of the more than 51,000 players registered with the U.S. Chess Federation.
She has risen so far up the rankings that she has reached the expert level at a younger age than anyone since the chess federation began electronic record-keeping in 1991, a new level she reached in recent weeks.
Her father, Percy, who taught her until she began beating him within a year, said she could reach master level in as soon as a year.
‘‘Some never reach master level,’’ he said. ‘‘From expert to master, it’s a huge jump.’’
But Carissa, who will be a fifth-grader at McCarthy Middle School this fall, has improved by leaps and bounds.
She first played competitively at the MetroWest Chess Club and Wachusett Chess Club, at the latter of which she’s the top-ranked player. Last fall, she competed in an international competition in Slovenia, and in December, she'll play the World Youth Championships in the United Arab Emirates.
Carissa is hesitant when asked about her accomplishments, saying she doesn’t spend much time thinking about them.
But she also set a goal for herself this year to reach 2,100; an expert is anyone over 2,000. Anyone at 2,200 is a master. She also wants to one day become the first female to win the overall championship — not just in the female category, her father said.
‘‘It’s not like the rating matters,’’ Carissa said.
She later demonstrated her ability by playing with her back to the board, reading her moves to her father and keeping track of the whole board in her head. She has been called an intimidating player in an ironic way, because she’s far short of even 5 feet tall.
Her U.S. Chess Federation ranking places her in the top 7 percent of all players registered with the group and the top 2 percent of female players.
Closer to home, Carissa has impressed others who have been playing chess for far longer than she has been alive.
‘‘This was not a record she won by a few days,’’ said Nathan Smolensky, the president of the Massachusetts Chess Association. ‘‘It was a significant margin. So it’s very impressive.’’
Among other younger stars at the Boylston Chess Club in Somerville, where Yip has played, most are in their teens and are boys, Smolensky said.
‘‘Even they say they were nowhere near this strength when they were that young,’’ he said.
Carissa also has three years to reach the next level, that of master, in time to set the record for youngest to reach that step as well, Smolensky said. Five-time U.S. women’s winner Irina Krush has the record for becoming a master at age 12.
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[URL]http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/07/28/mass-girl-becomes-youngest-chess-master/7LFLcT49MAxYx3jm2A7eIK/story.html[/URL]
I could take her
9 years old, only playing for 3, has already defeated 90% of 51,000 people?
That's 45900 people in 3 years ...
That's 42 people per day ...
Fucking chess [B]monster[/B] has been crushing the dreams of 42 people a day. For 3 years.
chess is the only masterpiece of a boardgame.
[QUOTE=HawkeyeTy;41629196]9 years old, only playing for 3, has already defeated 90% of 51,000 people?
That's 45900 people in 3 years ...
That's 42 people per day ...
Fucking chess [B]monster[/B] has been crushing the dreams of 42 people a day. For 3 years.[/QUOTE]
I dont think she defeated 90% of chess players registered with the Chess Federation. I think they're saying her skill is above 90% of registered chess players.
A master at chess.
But what about Hungry Hungry Hippos?
[QUOTE=HawkeyeTy;41629196]9 years old, only playing for 3, has already defeated 90% of 51,000 people?
That's 45900 people in 3 years ...
That's 42 people per day ...
Fucking chess [B]monster[/B] has been crushing the dreams of 42 people a day. For 3 years.[/QUOTE]
I think it's more of a "I beat the person that beat you" thing.
Well, really a "I beat the person that beat the person that beat the person that beat the person etc."
[QUOTE=Zareox7;41629257]I dont think she defeated 90% of chess players registered with the Chess Federation. I think they're saying her skill is above 90% of registered chess players.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Last or First;41629261]A master at chess.
But what about Hungry Hungry Hippos?
I think it's more of a "I beat the person that beat you" thing.
Well, really a "I beat the person that beat the person that beat the person that beat the person etc."[/QUOTE]
No fun allowed.
Play me at yu gi oh cards bitch i'll fuckin wreck u
meet behind the bike shed after school i'll show u whos boss
[QUOTE=Handsome Matt;41629301]Pretty sure that's a felony.[/QUOTE]
Playing chess is a felony?
Thanks, [I]Obama.[/I]
[QUOTE=AK'z;41629226]chess is the only masterpiece of a boardgame.[/QUOTE]
this, it's been around forever too (albeit slightly modified throughout the ages)
[QUOTE=RainbowStalin;41629299]Play me at yu gi oh cards bitch i'll fuckin wreck u
meet behind the bike shed after school i'll show u whos boss[/QUOTE]
Good luck I have blue eyes white dragon
I bet this Rook people by Surprise, being pawn'd by her, who suspected the Queen of Chess to be a 9 year old.
[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;41629711]Good luck I have blue eyes white dragon[/QUOTE]
[I]nooo my blue eyessssss[/I]
[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;41629711]Good luck I have blue eyes white dragon[/QUOTE]
-Exodia-
Come at me.
Don't want to risk that as a reaction image.
[QUOTE=AK'z;41629226]chess is the only masterpiece of a boardgame.[/QUOTE]
don't be forgetting [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)"]go[/URL]
[quote]‘‘It’s not like the rating matters,’’ Carissa said.[/quote]
She seems really modest too.
[QUOTE=BlkDucky;41629958]She seems really modest too.[/QUOTE]
Thats what all the little kids at my club with high ratings say. But you can see the nahh nahh I beat you they are holding back.
Proof intelligence is attractive.
[QUOTE=Jookia;41630069]Proof intelligence is attractive.[/QUOTE]
A 9 year old you can't even see a picture of and you think she's [I]attractive[/I]? Dude that's just fucking weird.
[QUOTE=Jookia;41630069]Proof intelligence is attractive.[/QUOTE]
Dude she's fucking 9
Damn she probably has the IQ of Einstein to do such a feat, congratulations little girl.
She is probably as intelligent as Einstein, corrected if you have your semantics panties in a bundle.
but does she have a iq higher than Einsteins
thats the only way to tell if someone is smart, the news says so
Lol wut a nerde
On another note I am sad the chess thread failed and I will probably make another one in a couple of days.
question, why is chess divided into males and females? seems pretty silly considering you can' even argue that there is a physical factor...
[QUOTE=YouWithTheFace.;41630715]question, why is chess divided into males and females? seems pretty silly considering you can' even argue that there is a physical factor...[/QUOTE]
I didn't even know that; that's stupid.
I will take her down
HOW WILL SHE DEFEAT ME WHEN SHE MUST FACE
[B]THE MEGACHESSATRON[/B]
[IMG]http://media.carbonated.tv/92305_story__chess%204.JPG[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;41630821]I will take her down
HOW WILL SHE DEFEAT ME WHEN SHE MUST FACE
[B]THE MEGACHESSATRON[/B]
[IMG]http://media.carbonated.tv/92305_story__chess%204.JPG[/IMG][/QUOTE]
I fucking love that video :v:
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