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Brewington Hardaway (born April 22, 2009) is an American chess player, prodigy, and grandmaster-elect.




Chess career


Hardaway was born to a Japanese mother and an African-American father. He began learning chess at age 4 from watching his older sister practicing the game.
He holds the record for being the youngest African-American player to earn the USCF National Master title, earning the title at age 10.
In January 2023, he earned his first IM norm at the NY City Winter IM Norm Invitational with a score of 6/9.
In February 2023, he earned his second IM norm by winning the Marshall Chess Club Winter IM Invitational.
In June 2023, he earned his final IM norm at the World Open. He finished with a score of 6/9 and recorded 4 wins, 2 draws, and 2 losses (including a win against Illya Nyzhnyk).
In November 2023, at the U.S. Masters Chess Championship, he fulfilled the rating requirement for the IM title, and his first GM norm.
In January 2024, he earned his second GM norm at the NYC Chess Norms event.
In August 2024, at the 2024 Sants Open, Hardaway qualified for his third and final GM norm at age 15.
In November 2024, at the New York GM/IM Fall Invitational, Hardaway passed 2500-live FIDE rating. This will make him the first US-born African-American grandmaster. The first African-American grandmaster, GM Maurice Ashley, received the title in 1999 but was born in Jamaica.




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• U.S. Masters Chess Championship
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• 1971 in the United States