Raven Sturt

{{Short description|American chess grandmaster (born 1993)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox chess player

| country = United States

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|8|1}}

| birth_place = Sedona, Arizona

| title = Grandmaster (2022){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main229104.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}

| peakrating = 2501 (August 2021)

| FideID = 2007304

}}

Raven Milos Sturt is an American chess grandmaster.

Chess career

Sturt grew up in New York City and began playing in tournaments at the age of 8.https://www.uschesschamps.com/bio/raven-sturt-0 He was the 2012 New York State Chess Champion.{{cite web|title=New York State Chess Champions|url=http://www.chesstour.com/nyschampions.htm}}

He helped lead the Bronx High School of Science's chess team in placing first in the 2009 National Scholastic K-12 Chess Tournament in Dallas, Texas.{{cite web|title=Bronx Science Chess Team Ranks #1 in National Chess Tournament|url=https://www.bxscience.edu/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=120840&id=1|date=December 21, 2009}}

In October 2015, he defeated grandmaster Wang Hao in an upset in the first round of the Millionaire Chess Open tournament.{{cite web|title=Liem wins first game at Millionaire Chess tournament|url=https://vietnamnet.vn/en/liem-wins-first-game-at-millionaire-chess-tournament-E143546.html|date=October 9, 2015|last=Nhan|first=Dan}}

In 2017, he received the International Master title.{{cite web|title=The chess games of Raven Sturt|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=124657}} In July 2022, he achieved his final norm to earn the Grandmaster title, which was later finalized in the fall.{{cite web|title=Grand Master Finally|url=https://www.ravensturt.com/post/grand-master-finally|date=August 4, 2022}}

Personal life

Sturt graduated from McGill University with a major in economics and a minor in mathematics.

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