Tykhon Cherniaiev
Tykhon Cherniaiev (Ukrainian: Тихон Черняєв; born March 1, 2010) is a Ukrainian chess prodigy.
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Full name | Tykhon Cherniaiev |
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Born | Ukraine | March 1, 2010
World Champion | Double World Chess Champion Rapid and Blitz U10 (Minsk, 2018) |
FIDE rating | 2197 |
Peak rating | 2209 (December 2021) |
Chess career
In February 2017, at age 6, Cherniaiev was featured on TV Channel Ukraine as he took part in a simultaneous exhibition game that ended 4–0 in his favor.[1]
In September 2017, at age 7, he achieved a 50% score in the Ukrainian under-18 championship.[2]
On May 28, 2018, at the age of 8 years 88 days, he became the youngest to defeat an international master in a standard tournament game. This occurred in round 9 at the Ukraine Clubs Teams Championship in Chornomorsk, Odessa Oblast, when Cherniaiev defeated IM Alexey Maly (rated FIDE 2355 at that time).[3] The previous record, which was held by Awonder Liang, was broken by 30 days.[4]
In June 2018, at age 8 years and 4 months, Cherniaiev participated in the 2018 FIDE World Cadet rapid and blitz chess championship held in Minsk.[5] While he was qualified to compete in the under-8 section, he chose to compete in the under-10 section for both the rapid and blitz events.[6] Cherniaiev started as the top seed by 235 rating points in the rapid under-10 section[7] and by 223 rating points in the blitz under-10 section.[8] He won both events as well two FIDE-recognized "World Champion" titles.[9]
From September 2016 to November 2018 Tykhon was assisted by grandmaster Alexander Goloshchapov.[10]
From December 2018 to December 2019 Tykhon trained with coach IM Pavel Sevostianov.
In March 2019, at age 9 years, he received his first official FIDE title - Arena Grand Master. [11][12]
In May 2019 Tykhon became the winner of the 11-th Ukrainian Award "Miracle Child 2019". [13][14]
In August 2019 in Minsk (Belarus), at the age 9 years and 5 months, Tykhon Cherniaiev became a Vice World Champion in Rapid[15] at the World Cadet Championships under-12 section.
From October 2019 to May 2020 Tykhon has been conducting joint streams[16] with FM Mike Klein on the ChessKid.com.
In February 2020 in Kramatorsk (Ukraine), at the age 9 years and 11 months, Tykhon Cherniaiev became a Champion of Ukraine in Blitz[17] at the Ukraine Chess Championship 2020, boys - U20.
In July 2021 in Kharkiv (Ukraine), at the age 11 years and 4 months, Tykhon Cherniaiev became a Champion of the Kharkiv region among men in Blitz.[18]
In January 2022, at age 11 years and 10 months, he received his second official FIDE title - Candidate Master. [19]
Notable games
In February 2018, at age 7 years and 11 months, Cherniaiev won a 3-minute game against FIDE master Eduard Miller (FIDE rating 2334) in 23 moves.[20][21]
In June 2018, at age 8 years and 3 months, he defeated Grandmaster Francisco Vallejo Pons (FIDE rating 2713) in a 10-minute game.[22][23]
In February 2019, at age 8 years and 11 months, he won an informal 12-game internet blitz match against Grandmaster Mikhail Golubev with a score of 6.5-5.5 (5+4-3=).[24][25]
References
- PeshkaCh Tykhon Cherniaiev (2017-04-05), Юный шахматист из Харькова готов дать отпор взрослым экспертам, retrieved 2018-09-14
- Barden, Leonard (2017-09-08). "Leonard Barden on Chess". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- "Ukraine Clubs Teams Championship - 2018". Chess-Results.com. 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- "Awonder Liang vs Daniel Fernandez (2011) "It's Awonder Full Life"". Chessgames.com. 2011-07-30. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- AM. "2nd World Cadets Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships finished in Minsk". fide.com. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- Корба, Галина (2018-07-20). "Як виростити чемпіона: історія успіху від мами 8-річного шахіста з України". BBC News Україна. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2nd FIDE World Cadets Rapid Chess Championship". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2nd FIDE World Cadets Blitz Chess Championship". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ChessNetwork (2018-06-26), 8-year-old Tykhon Cherniaiev is a Double World Chess Champion - Under 10, retrieved 2018-09-12
- "Students". chess.coach. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- "FIDE Online Arena Titles".
- "AGM-Official FIDE Title".
- "Official Facebook page of Ukrainian Award "Miracle Child"".
- "Official site of Ukrainian Award "Miracle Child"".
- "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 3rd FIDE World Cadets Rapid Chess Championship".
- "FunMasterMike and the TiCher".
- "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Champion of Ukraine in Blit".
- "Link to the results of the Championship to the website of the Kharkiv Regional Chess Federation".
- "CM-Candidate Master".
- ChessNetwork (2018-02-28), 7-Year-Old Chess Prodigy gives "Very Epic Mate" to Chess Master, retrieved 2018-09-12
- "Blitz Chess • LM PeshkaCh vs FM Fluffey". lichess.org. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- "Rapid Chess • LM PeshkaCh vs GM GMVallejo". lichess.org. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- PeshkaCh Tykhon Cherniaiev (2018-08-29), Bright CHESS moments of the 8 y.o. WORLD CHAMPION #3, retrieved 2018-09-12
- "Losing to an 8-year old, again".
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Chess friendly match with GM Golubev Mikhail on Chess.com. LiveStream. 07/02/2019. YouTube.
External links
- Tykhon Cherniaiev rating card at FIDE
- Tykhon Cherniaiev member profile at Lichess
- Tykhon Cherniaiev member profile at Chess.com
- Tykhon Cherniaiev on Twitch
- Tykhon Cherniaiev's channel on YouTube