Yasser Seirawan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yasser Seirawan
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 24, 1960(1960-03-24)
Age	64
Birthplace	Syria
Country	Syria
Horoscope	Aries

Yasser Seirawan Biography

Yasser Seirawan is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on March 24, 1960 in Syria, Syria. A Syrian-born American chess player who won the US Championship in 1981, 1986, 1989, and 2000.

He was a World Junior Chess Champion in 1979, 24 years after Boris Spassky took home the title in 1955.

Seirawan began playing chess at 12; at 13 he became Washington junior champion. At 19 he won the World Junior Chess Championship. He also won a game against Viktor Korchnoi, who had two years before narrowly lost a match for the world championship. Impressed, Viktor then invited Seirawan to Switzerland, where Korchnoi was training for his 1981 world title match against Anatoly Karpov.

Seirawan qualified for the 1985 and 1988-1990 Candidates Tournaments. In the 1985 tournament in Montpellier he scored 7/15 placing joint 10th, and in the 1988-1990 tournament in St John, a knockout tournament, he was knocked out by Jon Speelman in the preliminary round.

His family moved from Syria to England and then to the United States when he was a child.

Yasser Seirawan Net Worth

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

He burst onto the scene when he won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979.

He was the chief editor of the Inside Chess magazine for twelve years.

Yasser Seirawan (Arabic: ياسر سيروان ‎; born March 24, 1960) is an American chess grandmaster and four-time United States champion. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979. Seirawan is also a published chess author and commentator.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Yasser Seirawan Dating?

According to our records, Yasser Seirawan married to Yvette Nagel. As of December 1, 2023, Yasser Seirawan’s is not dating anyone.

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Seirawan won the 2011 and 2012 Dutch Open Blitz championship.

Facts & Trivia

Yasser Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Syria. Yasser Seirawan celebrates birthday on March 24 of every year.

Seirawan is widely known for his expert commentary in live broadcasts on the Internet during important events. He has been named by the chess historian Edward Winter as one of the top five Internet broadcasters. In 2019, he joined the Chessbrahs (headed by Eric Hansen and Aman Hambleton), and provided coverage for the 2019 World Cup along with Hansen and Hambleton.

Where is Yasser Seirawan from?

Damascus, Syria

When did Yasser Seirawan become GM?

Titles
Grandmaster (GM)| 1980
International Master (IM)| 1979

Is Yasser a GM?

Yasser Seirawan (Arabic: ياسر سيروان; born March 24, 1960) is a Syrian-born American chess grandmaster and four-time United States champion.

Is Eric Hansen a GM?

Eric Hansen (born May 24, 1992) is a Canadian chess player and Twitch streamer. FIDE awarded him the title of Grandmaster in 2013. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011 and 2013. Hansen has represented Canada in the Chess Olympiad since 2012.

When did Aman Hambleton become GM?

Chess career He moved to Toronto at age six, and played in his first tournament in the same year. He attended Woburn Collegiate Institute. He earned his international master (IM) title in 2013, and was awarded his grandmaster (GM) title by FIDE in April 2018 , becoming Canada’s tenth GM.