For people with a similar name, see Sergey Karyakin.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexandrovich and the family name is Karjakin.
Sergey Karjakin
Karjakin in 2018
Full name
Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin
Country
Ukraine (until 2009) Russia (since 2009)
Born
(1990-01-12) 12 January 1990 (age 34) Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Title
Grandmaster (2003)
FIDE rating
2750 (April 2024)
Peak rating
2788 (July 2011)
Ranking
No. 12 (April 2024)
Peak ranking
No. 4 (July 2011)
Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin[a] (born 12 January 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he previously held the record for the world's youngest ever grandmaster, having qualified for the title at the age of 12 years and 7 months.[1][2]
Karjakin won the European U10 Chess Championship in 1999 and was the World U12 Chess Champion in 2001. He earned the International Master title at age 11 and was awarded his grandmaster title in 2003. He represented Ukraine at the Chess Olympiad in 2004, winning team and individual gold. He competed in two more Chess Olympiads for Ukraine and won the Corus chess tournament in 2009, before transferring to Russia. He has since represented Russia five times in the Chess Olympiad, winning individual gold in 2010. He also won team gold with Russia at the World Team Chess Championship in 2013[3] and 2019.
Karjakin won the 2012 World Rapid Chess Championship and the Norway Chess tournament in 2013 and 2014. He competed at the Candidates Tournament 2014, placing second. He won the Chess World Cup 2015, thus qualifying for the Candidates Tournament 2016. He won the tournament and earned the right to challenge for the World Chess Championship. In November 2016, he lost the championship match to Magnus Carlsen in the rapid tiebreaks after drawing 6–6 in the classical games. He won the 2016 World Blitz Chess Championship. He participated in the Candidates tournament again in 2018, placing third, and qualified for the 2022 Candidates by finishing second in the Chess World Cup 2021.[citation needed]
Karjakin's public approval of the Russian invasion of Ukraine prompted the Grand Chess Tour to ban him for future events. He was also banned from playing FIDE-rated events for six months, including the Candidates Tournament 2022.[4] Following the expiration of his ban, Karjakin has refused to participate in events where he is barred from playing under the Russian flag.[5][6]
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^"Sergey Karjakin: The Ultimate Prodigy". Chess24.com. 26 May 2020.
^"World Team 09 Russia takes gold; China silver". En.chessbase.com. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
^Doggers, Peter (21 March 2022). "Karjakin Banned For 6 Months, Misses Out On Candidates". Chess.com. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
^Pretot, Julien (1 June 2023). "Chess-Karjakin likely to skip World Cup, Carlsen's coach calls for sanctions". Reuters.
^"I wouldn't forgive myself: Ukraine's traitor Karjakin explains his refusal to play without the Russian flag". Obozrevatel. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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