Darwin Yang
{{short description|American chess grandmaster (born 1996)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Darwin Yang
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| country = United States
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|12|4}}
| birth_place = Dallas, Texas
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| title = Grandmaster (2016){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main223009.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}
| peakrating = 2498 (July 2012)
| FideID = 2029111
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Darwin Yang is an American chess grandmaster.
Chess career
In 2008, Yang finished third in a tie-breaker for the under-12 group in the World Youth Chess Championship. This, along with Sam Shankland's identical result for the under-18 group, were top performances for American players.{{cite news|title=Americans Break Through at World Youth Tournament|last=McClain|first=Dylan|work=The New York Times |date=November 1, 2008|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/crosswords/chess/02chess.html}}
In April 2011, Yang earned the International Master title at the SPICE Spring Chess Invitational by defeating IM Marc Esserman.{{cite web|title=Darwin Yang: Solo at the Top|last=Root|first=Alexey|date=March 1, 2012|url=https://www.uschess.org/index.php/March/Darwin-Yang-Solo-at-the-Top.html}} Yang had achieved all three IM norms in West Texas.{{cite web|title=Polgar: Texas Tech Knight Raider Captain share first at SPICE Spring Invitational|last=Polgar|first=Susan|author-link=Susan Polgar|date=March 19, 2011|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/opinion/columns/2011/03/19/polgar-texas-tech-knight-raider-captain-share-first-spice-spring-invitational/15241399007/}}{{cite web|url=https://uschesschamps.com/bio/darwin-yang|title=DARWIN YANG}}
In 2014, Yang won the Texas State Championship, hosted by the Texas Chess Association.{{cite web|title=Darwin Yang wins State Championship|date=May 27, 2014|url=https://texaschess.org/darwin-yang-wins-state-championship/}}
Personal life
From 2015 to 2019, Yang attended Harvard University for a bachelor's degree in economics and mathematical sciences. In 2021, he began pursuing a Ph.D. in economics at Princeton University.{{cite web|url=https://impactchess.org/aboutus|title=Our Team - GM Darwin Yang}}{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/darwin-yang-b6604513b/|title=Darwin Yang}}
References
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External links
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{{American chess grandmasters}}
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Category:American chess players
Category:Game players from Dallas
Category:Harvard Business School alumni