Peru's Cori Youngest Grand Master, American Robson Is The Newest Grand Master

Aged 14 years and two months, Peruvian chess player Jorge Cori became the youngest Grand Master (GM) in the world of chess.
He earned the title after winning two Grandmaster norms in the Continental Chess Championships of the Americas 2009 in Brazil, and then in the International Marcel Duchamp Championship in Argentina.
Cori's participation for the title of Grand Master took three months of preparation in Europe, where he had a private tutor with Spaniard Javier Moreno.
Meanwhile, his sister Daysi, who already holds at age 16 the title of GM, has now entered the ranking of the 80 best chess players in the world and is acknowledged as one of the best players in the adult category
Meanwwhile, 14 year old Florida resident, Ray Robson is the newest American Grandmaster.  Robson won the Panamerican Junior Championship with one round to go. After a 7/7 start, he took a draw in round 8 in a superior position to secure his final norm and GM title (and a rating performance of 3116). For winning this tournament, he automatically earns a GM norm, his third, and thus GM title since his rating is already more than 2500.

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