This is my 5-year old nephew Yoav, son of my sister Sofia and GM Kosashvili. He just finished 2nd in his section at the Ontario Scholastic Championship.
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Congratulations! Is his surname also Polgar?
Yoav Kosashvili: http://www.psmcd.net/wrcc09/09occresults.htm
Great!! congratulations!!
how old was the winner
He is adorable and I see the family resemblance.
The event was the Ontario Chess Challenge run by the Chess’n Math Association. All the players in that section were in Kindergarten. The winner was Sergey Noritsyn, younger brother of IM Nikolay Noritsyn, current Canadian Champion.