PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian 12-year-old Samuel Sevian (U.S.) fulfilled an International Master norm two rounds before the end of Metropolitan tournament, ongoing in Los Angeles.
Now Sevian has scored 4,5 points out of 7 to top the standings together with grandmaster Melikset Khachiyan (U.S.).
Artur Chibukhchian (Armenia) is half a point behind the leaders, armchess.am reported.
Source: http://www.panarmenian.net
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Congrats! How come the USCF didn’t write about this marvelous young boy? Do they discriminate against him because he’s Armenian?
He is featured in the current edition of USCF Online in an article about young American talent.
He is also American born. He’s American.