GM Awonder Liang

Awonder Liang is an American grandmaster and the 2011 World U8 Champion. He’s well-known for being the youngest player ever to defeat a grandmaster in a standard tournament game when at the age of 9 years, three months, and 20 days, he beat GM Larry Kaufman. Liang is also the second-youngest grandmaster in American history and one of the youngest chess grandmasters ever as of April 2021.

Best Game

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (20 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (14 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (13 games)

Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (13 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation (13 games)

Black Pieces

Réti Opening: King's Indian Attack (14 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (9 games)

Indian Game (9 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights, Mindeno, Exchange Line (9 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (8 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Awonder Liang (2985) Tianqi Wang (2702)	1-0	63	2024
Awonder Liang (2989) Jakub Fus (2759)	1-0	28	2024
Awonder Liang (3003) Martin Hollan (2621)	1-0	52	2024
Awonder Liang (3001) Richard Mladek (2585)	1-0	35	2024
Awonder Liang (2964) Ivan Schitco (2823)	1-0	66	2024
Awonder Liang (2939) Harsha Bharathakoti (2971)	1-0	50	2024
Awonder Liang (2832) Rosh Jain (2467)	1-0	99	2024
Awonder Liang (2905) Tuan Minh Le (3065)	1-0	43	2024
Awonder Liang (2890) Anton Korobov (3030)	1-0	44	2024
Awonder Liang (2839) Rudik Makarian (3007)	1-0	35	2024

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