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'''Shinsaku Uesugi''' is a [[:en:FIDE titles|FIDE Master]] (FM, [[:en:FIDE|World Chess Federation]] Master)<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FIDE_Master_Certificate_JPEG.jpg Fide Master Certificate of Shinsaku Uesugi]</ref> of Japan and played for Japan at the [[:en:38th Chess Olympiad|38th Chess Olympic]] in Dresden, Germany in November 2008. He won the 40th [[:en:Japanese Chess Championship|Japan National Chess Championship]] in May 2007 and became youngest ever National Champion (16 years old 18 days) .
'''Shinsaku Uesugi''' is a [[:en:FIDE titles|FIDE Master]] (FM, [[:en:FIDE|World Chess Federation]] Master)<ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2024578 FIDE personal file which refers to Shinsaku Uesugi's FIDE Master title]</ref> of Japan and played for Japan at the [[:en:38th Chess Olympiad|38th Chess Olympic]] in Dresden, Germany in November 2008. He won the 40th [[:en:Japanese Chess Championship|Japan National Chess Championship]] in May 2007 and became youngest ever National Champion (16 years old 18 days) .


Shinsaku Uesugi was born in Kyoto, Japan on April 17, 1991 and moved to the United States in March 2000. He is currently a high school senior at [[Winston Churchill High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)]].
Shinsaku Uesugi was born in Kyoto, Japan on April 17, 1991 and moved to the United States in March 2000. He is currently a high school senior at [[Winston Churchill High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)]].

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Shinsaku Uesugi
Shinsaku Uesugi at the 38th Chess Olympic in Dresden, Germany in November 2008
Full nameShinsaku Uesugi
Country Japan
TitleFIDE Master (JUL 2009)
Peak rating2321 (SEP 2009)
Shinsaku Uesugi with Former World Champion Garry Kasparov at the US Chess SuperNationals (the National Scholastic Championship) in Nashville, TN in April 2009
  • GM Kasparov made the first move of Shinsaku Uesugi for kicking off the SuperNationals.


Shinsaku Uesugi is a FIDE Master (FM, World Chess Federation Master)[1] of Japan and played for Japan at the 38th Chess Olympic in Dresden, Germany in November 2008. He won the 40th Japan National Chess Championship in May 2007 and became youngest ever National Champion (16 years old 18 days) .

Shinsaku Uesugi was born in Kyoto, Japan on April 17, 1991 and moved to the United States in March 2000. He is currently a high school senior at Winston Churchill High School (Montgomery County, Maryland).

Chess major achievements

World

  • World Youth Olympic, Singapore - AUG 2007[3]

United States of America

  • Springfield Open Co-Champion, Springfield, VA - JAN 2010[5]
  • UMBC Championship Co-Champion, Catonsville, MD - SEP 2009[7]
  • US NO.1 ranking among age 18, JUN 2009[8]
  • 40th Virginia Open Champion, Springfield, VA - JAN 2008[9][10]
  • US National Scholastic Champion of Grade 10, Houston, TX - DEC 2007[11]
  • US National Scholastic Champion of Grade 9, Lake Buena Vista, FL - DEC 2006[12]

Japan

  • Three times Japan Junior Champion and Junior Olympic Cup winner, Tokyo, Japan - JUL 2007[15], JUL 2008[16], JUL 2009[17]
  • Two times Japan Summer Open Champion, Tokyo, Japan - JUL 2008[18], JUL 2009[19]
  • Japan Youngest ever National Champion, Tokyo, Japan - MAY 2007[20]

Chess profiles

Chess coach

  • Victor Sherman, Former USSR Leningrad chess team's head coach

Media articles

Reference