Andrew Tang
{{Short description|American chess grandmaster (born 1999)}}
{{For|the Singaporean racing driver|Andrew Tang (racing driver)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox chess player
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|name = Andrew Tang
|caption = Andrew Tang at Hart House, 2023.
|country = United States
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|11|29}}
|birth_place = Naperville, Illinois
|title = Grandmaster (2018)
|peakrating = 2540 (December 2022)
|FideID = 2059630
| module = {{Infobox Twitch streamer|embed = yes
| channel_name = penguingm1
| years_active = 2013{{endash}}present
| followers = 58,200
| module = {{Infobox YouTube personality |embed = yes
| channel_handle = penguingm1
| years_active = 2014{{endash}}present
| genre = Online chess
| subscribers = 32,200
| views = 4 million
| stats_update = March 8, 2024
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Andrew Tang (born November 29, 1999) is an American chess grandmaster. He is also a popular streamer, known online for his speed chess skills especially in bullet (one minute), hyperbullet (30 seconds), and ultrabullet (15 seconds) time controls as well as for playing speed chess blindfolded.{{cite web | url=https://www.twitch.tv/penguingm1 | title=Twitch |website=Twitch.tv}}{{cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/lichess/status/1344037972421861376|title=GM Andrew Tang is playing BLINDFOLDED Ultrabullet |website=Twitter.com|access-date=4 June 2022}}
Chess career
Tang began playing chess in preschool. He was instructed by John Bartholomew as he was growing up.{{cite web |title=Perpetual Chess Podcast Ep. 164 |url=https://omny.fm/shows/perpetual-chess-podcast/ep-164-john-bartholomew-returns |website=Omny.fm |access-date=9 February 2021 |archive-date=12 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212213800/https://omny.fm/shows/perpetual-chess-podcast/ep-164-john-bartholomew-returns |url-status=dead }} He earned the title of International Master in 2014 by winning the North American Junior Chess Championship.{{cite magazine|author=Eric D. Johnson|url=https://plymouthmag.com/wayzata-freshman-becomes-international-chess-champion|title=Wayzata Freshman Becomes International Chess Champion|date=May 2015|magazine=Plymouth Magazine|location=Minneapolis|publisher=Tiger Oak Media|accessdate=2020-08-04}}{{cite web|url=https://uschesschamps.com/bio/andrew-tang|title=Andrew Tang|website=Uschesschamps.com|publisher=Saint Louis Chess Club|accessdate=2017-07-29}}
Tang earned the title of Grandmaster in November 2017, when he achieved his final norm and an Elo rating over 2500, both required for the title, in the Fall 2017 CCCSA GM Norm Invitational tournament, held in Charlotte, North Carolina.{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=170285&t=|title=Fall 2017 CCCSA GM Norm Invitational|website=Fide.com|accessdate=2017-11-29}} FIDE awarded him the title in April 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://old.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10817-list-of-titles-approved-by-the-2018-1st-quarter-pb-in-minsk-belarus.html|title=List of titles approved by the 2018 1st quarter PB in Minsk, Belarus|date=2018-04-09|website=Old.fide.com|access-date=2019-11-10}}
In December 2018, he participated in the World Rapid Chess Championship in Saint Petersburg. Initially seeded 190th, Tang achieved a good result, scoring 8.5 points out of 15 rounds, and placing 59th.{{Cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr399595.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=15&flag=30|title=King Salman World Rapid Championship 2018|website=Chess-results.com|access-date=2019-11-10}} In the tournament, he also played his first live game against world champion Magnus Carlsen.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/rP3I91LdWlE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200101184742/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP3I91LdWlE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP3I91LdWlE&t=709s| title = penguin vs drunkenstein {{!}} World Rapid Championship (2018) | via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
In the 2019 U.S. Junior Championship, Tang placed 4th out of 10 with 5/9.{{Cite web|title=MN teen to play in U.S. Junior Chess Nationals|url=https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/kare11-sunrise/mn-teen-to-play-in-us-junior-chess-nationals/89-953809de-dd36-4c9c-9f85-b720a4d2fc6e|access-date=2020-07-09|website=Kare11.com|date=10 July 2019|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=2019 U.S. Junior Championship|url=https://www.uschesschamps.com/tags/2019-us-junior-championship|access-date=2020-07-09|website=Uschesschamps.com}}
In January 2020, Tang tied for second place with a score of 6.5/9 in the Charlotte Open, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, tying with GM Cemil Can Ali Marandi, GM Akshat Chandra, GM Ulvi Bajarani, and IM Aaron Grabinsky.{{Cite web|url=http://chessstream.com/Charlotte-Open/table.aspx#254/Championship/Championship-standing-after-round9.html|title = Charlotte Open - Chess Tournament|website=Chessstream.com}} On October 1, 2020, Tang signed with the esports organization Cloud9 using the online ID penguingm1.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cloud9.gg/latest/cloud9-enters-the-chess-world-and-welcomes-penguingm1/|title=Cloud9 Enters The Chess World and Welcomes penguingm1|website=Cloud9.gg|date=October 2020|access-date=2020-10-01}}
Andrew Tang also competed in the 2021 Bullet Chess Championship Presented By SIG hosted by chess.com. There he competed against GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Nihal Sarin, Daniel Naroditsky and Alireza Firouzja, among others. He finished in 2nd place, losing 5–11 to Firouzja in the final.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/article/view/2021-bullet-chess-championship|title = 2021 Bullet Chess Championship Presented by SIG|website=Chess.com| date=9 April 2021 }} He again participated in the competition's following-year edition, and again finished in 2nd place, losing 11–8 to Nakamura in the Grand Final.
Andrew Tang won the 2023 US Open. He and GM Alexey Sorokin both won their ninth round games to tie for first place, but Tang won the Armageddon playoff. {{Cite web|title= Full Report: Tang, Sorokin Win U.S. Open|url=https://new.uschess.org/news/flash-report-tang-sorokin-win-us-open|date=6 August 2023 }} Tang was subsequently featured on the cover of the December 2023 issue of Chess Life.
In 2024, Tang was inducted into the Minnesota Chess Hall of Fame, by the Minnesota State Chess Association.[https://www.minnesotachess.com/history Minnesota Chess Hall of Fame] Retrieved on March 8, 2024.
Tang streams chess live on Twitch, preferring fast bullet chess games of 15-, 30-, or 60-second chess with no increment. He has beaten the Lichess Stockfish engine successively from level 1 through 8 in ultrabullet time control.{{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqS4A7FffB8 | title = penguingm1 vs stockfish levels 1-8 ultrabullet.. | via=YouTube}} He has won the Lichess Titled Arena five times as of December 2021.{{Cite web|title=Andrew Tang wins Titled Arena|url=https://lichess.org/blog/YPU0TxEAACkAccF7/andrew-tang-wins-titled-arena|access-date=2021-07-22|website=Lichess.org|date=19 July 2021 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Titled Arena December '22: Standard 1+0 rated #dec22lta |url=https://lichess.org/tournament/dec22lta |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=lichess.org |date=24 December 2022 |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Tang was born in Naperville, Illinois but his family moved to Minnesota when he was eight. He graduated from Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minnesota,{{Cite web|url=https://www.wayzata.com/2017/12/15/strib-andrew-tang-wayzata-high-school-becomes-one-nations-chess-grandmasters/|title=STRIB: Andrew Tang of Wayzata High School becomes one of nation's few chess grandmasters|website=Wayzata.com|access-date=2018-02-19|archive-date=2018-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220153417/https://www.wayzata.com/2017/12/15/strib-andrew-tang-wayzata-high-school-becomes-one-nations-chess-grandmasters/|url-status=dead}} and attended Princeton University, where he majored in Operations Research and Financial Engineering.{{cite press release |author= |title=PRINCETON STUDENTS, MAXIMUM SECURITY INMATES TO SQUARE OFF IN CHESS COMPETITION|url=https://www.state.nj.us/corrections/pdf/PressRelease_PS/PRESS%20RELEASE%20PRINCETON%20STUDENTS,%20MAXIMUM%20SECURITY%20INMATES%20SQUARE%20OF%20IN%20CHESS%20COMPETITION.pdf |location=Trenton, NJ |publisher=New Jersey Department of Corrections |date=2019-11-14 |access-date=2020-12-15}}
After graduating, he was hired as a quantitative trader by SIG.{{Cite web |title=SIG x Chess.com |url=https://sig.com/chess/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=sig.com}}
References
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External links
- {{FIDE}}
- {{Chessgames.com player|153470}}
- {{Chess.com player|andrew-tang}}
- {{lichess.org player|penguingim1|Andrew Tang (penguingim1)}}
- {{lichess.org player|C9C9C9C9C9|Andrew Tang (C9C9C9C9C9)}}
- {{lichess.org player|CleverTacticButFail|Andrew Tang (CleverTacticButFail)}}
- [https://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=2059630 Andrew Tang] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802165509/http://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=2059630 |date=2016-08-02 }} chess games and profile at Chess-DB.com
- {{Twitch}}
{{American chess grandmasters}}
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Category:American chess players
Category:Sportspeople from Naperville, Illinois
Category:People from Plymouth, Minnesota
Category:American Twitch (service) streamers
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