Sergey Karjakin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sergey Karjakin
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 12, 1990(1990-01-12)
Age	34
Birthplace	Simferopol
Country	Ukraine
Birth City	Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Horoscope	Capricorn

Sergey Karjakin Biography

Sergey Karjakin is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on January 12, 1990 in Simferopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine. Chess Grandmaster and former kid prodigy, who is among the best players in the world.

He beat the world champion, the reigning World Champion, He defeated the reigning World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik, as a 14 year old. at 14 years old.

Karjakin learned to play chess when he was five years old. He joined the A.V. Momot Club in Kramatorsk, Ukraine and was coached by Vladislav Borovikov, becoming an International Master at age 11 years and 11 months. He won the U10 European championship in 1999, and the U12 world championship in 2001. Also in 2001, Karjakin tied for first place in the U14 European championship with Borki Predojević and Rauf Mamedov, taking the silver medal on tiebreak. In January 2002, he was the official second of fellow Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov during the final of the FIDE World Championship, though Karjakin had only just turned 12 at the time.

Karjakin won the European U10 Chess Championship in 1999, and he was World U12 Chess Champion in 2001. He earned the international master title at age 11, and was awarded his grandmaster title in 2003. He represented Ukraine at the Chess Olympiad in 2004, winning team and individual gold. He competed in two more Chess Olympiads for Ukraine, and won the Corus chess tournament in 2009, before transferring to Russia. He has since represented Russia five times in the Chess Olympiad, winning individual gold in 2010. He also won team gold with Russia at the World Team Chess Championship in 2013 and 2019.

He was taught how to play Chess by his relatives when he was five years old.

Sergey Karjakin Net Worth

Sergey Karjakin is one of the richest Chess Player from Ukraine. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sergey Karjakin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 2002, at the age of 12 he became the youngest Grandmaster in the history of Grandmasters.

He won the 2012 World Rapid Chess Championship.

Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin (Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Каря́кин , Russian pronunciation: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ kɐˈrʲakʲɪn] ; born 12 January 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster (formerly representing Ukraine). A chess prodigy, he holds the record for the world’s youngest ever grandmaster, having qualified for the title at the age of 12 years and 7 months.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 2006, Karjakin played for the first time in the Wijk aan Zee Corus A tournament, scoring 7/13 points (4 wins, 6 draws, 3 losses). In the same year he took part in the NH Chess Tournament in Amsterdam; it was a match between two teams, “Rising Stars” (made up of Karjakin, Magnus Carlsen, Wang Hao, Daniel Stellwagen, and Jan Smeets) and “Experience” (Alexander Beliavsky, Artur Yusupov, John Nunn, and Ulf Andersson), held with the Scheveningen system. The former won by 28–22.

Facts & Trivia

Sergey Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ukraine. Sergey Karjakin celebrates birthday on January 12 of every year.

Karjakin played again in this event in 2007 for the team “Rising Stars”, which beat “Experience” by 26½-23½. He was the best player having scored 7/10 and this earned him an invitation for the 2008 Amber chess tournament. In October 2007, Karjakin finished second to Bu Xiangzhi in the Blindfold Chess World Cup in Bilbao, scoring 17 points after five wins, two draws and three losses (the scoring system was 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss).