Shinsaku Uesugi
Appearance
Shinsaku Uesugi | |
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Full name | Shinsaku Uesugi |
Country | Japan |
Title | FIDE Master(JUL 2009) |
Peak rating | 2321 (SEP 2009) |
Shinsaku Uesugi is a FIDE Master (FM, World Chess Federation Master, FIDE titles) of Japan and played for Japan at 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany in November 2008. He won Japanese Chess Championship in May 2007 and became Japan youngest ever National Champion (16 years old 18 days) in its 40 years history.
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
- Chess Olympiad Player represented Japan for 38th Chess Olympiad, Dresden, Germany - NOV 2008[1]
- World Junior Chess Championship, Istanbul, Turkey - NOV 2005[3]
United States of America
- United States Chess League Player at Baltimore Kingfishers - AUG-NOV 2009[4]
- UMBC Championship Co-Champion, MD - SEP 2009
- US NO.1 ranking among age 18, JUN 2009[5]
- 40th Virginia Open Champion, Springfield, VA - JAN 2008[6]
- US National Scholastic Champion of Grade 9, Lake Buena Vista, FL - DEC 2006[8]
- Youngest Winner of Sweet 16 Invitation Only Maryland Scholastic Championship to determine University of Maryland, Baltimore County
(2009 US. NO. 1 Chess Univ.) chess scholar Full tuition scholarship to UMBC in Grade 7, Baltimore MD - MAR 2005
Japan
- 2009-2010 Most Promising Youth Award for the coming Olympics and International Championships by Japanese Olympic Committee
- Three times Japan Junior Champion and Junior Olympic Cup winner, Tokyo, Japan - JUL 2007[9], JUL 2008[10], JUL 2009[11]
- Japan Youngest ever National Champion, Tokyo, Japan - MAY 2007[14]
Other major achievements
- Star Center for a Montgomery County REC basketball team
Chess profiles
Chess coach
- Victor Sherman, Former USSR Leningrad chess team's head coach
Media articles
- US Schools Recognize Benefits of Chess by Voice of America on NOV 26, 2008
- Japanese-American Talent by ICC Chess.FM on NOV 24, 2008
- Searching for Bobby Fisher in Potomac? by Potomac Almanac on JUL 18, 2007
- Trumph in Tokyo by Potomac Almanac on MAY 15, 2007
Reference
- ^ Japan National Team result at 38th Dresden Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany NOV 2008
- ^ Japan National Team result at 12th World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad in Singapore JUL 2007
- ^ World Junior Championship photo
- ^ Baltimore Kingfishers' roster
- ^ US Top Age 18 by USCF
- ^ VA Open Champions
- ^ National Scholastic Championship 2007 result
- ^ National Scholastic Championship 2006 result
- ^ Japan National Junior Championship 2007 result (Japanese)
- ^ Japan National Junior Championship 2008 result (Japanese)
- ^ Japan National Junior Championship 2009 result (Japanese)
- ^ Summer Open 2008 result (Japanese)
- ^ Summer Open 2009 result (Japanese)
- ^ Japan National Championship result (Japanese)