Seirawan at the 2003 United States Chess Championship
Country
United States
Born
(1960-03-24) March 24, 1960 (age 64) Damascus, Syria
Title
Grandmaster (1980)
FIDE rating
2620 (May 2024)
Peak rating
2658 (November 2011)
Peak ranking
No. 10 (July 1990)
Yasser Seirawan (Arabic: ياسر سيروان; born March 24, 1960) is a Syrian-born American chess grandmaster and four-time United States champion. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979. Seirawan is also a published chess author and commentator.
YasserSeirawan (Arabic: ياسر سيروان; born March 24, 1960) is a Syrian-born American chess grandmaster and four-time United States champion. He won the...
footballer Yasser Abd Rabbo (born 1944), Palestinian politician Yasser Hashemi Rafsanjani (born 1971), Iranian politician YasserSeirawan (born 1960)...
grandmasters such as Eric Hansen (founder), Robin van Kampen, and YasserSeirawan. Hambleton was born in 1992 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and learned to...
decisive advantage for Petrosian. Seirawan vs Tal, 1983 In this position, Syrian-American Grandmaster YasserSeirawan has just played 13. b4 against the...
confusion over who was World Champion. In May 2002, American grandmaster YasserSeirawan led the organisation of the so-called "Prague Agreement" to reunite...
Bxd7+ are other possibilities) 8...fxe6, which was thought bad, until YasserSeirawan played the move against Gyula Sax in 1988 (8...Bxb5 is the alternative...
layout allows the rooks early mobility. Seirawan chess (or S-Chess) is a Capablanca chess variant by YasserSeirawan and Bruce Harper that uses a standard...
World Champion!". 1 December 2016. "YasserSeirawan: "A Radical Solution - Redux"". 3 December 2016. "YasserSeirawan - A Radical Solution Final Thoughts"...
the website and also on YouTube with commentary by players such as YasserSeirawan, Peter Leko, and Tania Sachdev. They also hosted and sponsored their...
Yasser Seirawan (2) 33 1987 Joel Benjamin Nick de Firmian|| 34 1988 Michael Wilder 35 1989 Roman Dzindzichashvili (2) Stuart Rachels YasserSeirawan (3)...
Maybe his strength is 2600 or 2650. It wouldn't be close between us". YasserSeirawan believed that the match proved that Fischer's playing strength was...
winner of the last tournament in Zagreb, ahead of Jaan Ehlvest and YasserSeirawan. In an extra playoff in Havana in November, Nikolić took the place...
Israeli politician and minister Rafik Schami - Syrian-German author YasserSeirawan - chess player Zakaria Tamer - writer Soraya Tarzi - Queen of Afghanistan...
Jansa, Ján Plachetka, Jan Ambrož United States 35½ Walter Browne, YasserSeirawan, Lev Alburt, Lubomir Kavalek, James Tarjan, Larry Christiansen 1984...
players by grandmasters such as Lajos Portisch, David Bronstein and YasserSeirawan. Horton, Byrne Joseph (1972). Dictionary of modern chess. New York...
third time, Alburt defeated four-time U.S. champion YasserSeirawan with the black pieces: Seirawan vs. Alburt 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 d5 4.Bf4 e6 5.e3...
rook can castle into check. This is discussed by Levon Aronian and YasserSeirawan in Round 3 of St Louis' 2022 Chess 9LX tournament for move 18 of Aronian's...
Bxb4 Nd5 22. Bd6 f5 Commenting during the game, Susan Polgar wrote, "YasserSeirawan says: 'I'm not sure what Vladimir thought was "attractive" about this...
was included in the so-called "Prague Agreement", masterminded by YasserSeirawan and intended to reunite the two world championships. Kasparov was to...
the game. Seirawan Chess: A commercial variant. Uses a standard 8×8 board with elephant (empress) and hawk (princess). By GM YasserSeirawan and Bruce...
from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2011. YasserSeirawan (2002). "From a Fresh Start to a New Dawn – Part 2". The Week in Chess...
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