Sergey Karjakin

Sergey Karjakin

Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin (Ukrainian: Сергій Олександрович Карякін, Serhiy Oleksandrovych Karjakin; Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Каря́кин; born January 12, 1990 in Simferopol) is a Ukrainian-born Russian chess grandmaster. He was a chess prodigy and holds the record for both the youngest International Master, at eleven years and eleven months, and grandmaster, at the age of twelve years and seven months, in history. In September 2011 he had an Elo rating of 2772, making him Russia's second best chess player, and the fifth in the world.

On July 25, 2009, Karjakin adopted Russian citizenship.