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Yasser Seirawan

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Yasser Seirawan
  • Date of Birth:
    March 24, 1960
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Aries
  • Place of Birth:
    Damascus, Syria
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    Syrian
  • Education:

    McClure Middle School
    Garfield High School

Family

Yasser Seirawan
  • Spouse:
    Yvette Nagel

Career

Yasser Seirawan

Trivia

Yasser Seirawan
  • In 2007 Yasser Seirawan unveiled his enhanced chess game called Seirawan chess which he is currently promoting world-wide.
  • In 1999, Seirawan played a ten-game match against Michael Adams in Bermuda.
  • For many years he was the chief editor of the "Inside Chess" magazine, which however later became an Internet-only magazine and later just a column at the ChessCafe.com website.
  • Won a game against Victor Korchnoi, who then invited Seirawan to Switzerland, where Korchnoi was training for his world title match against Anatoly Karpov.
  • At 19 he won the World Junior Chess Championship.
  • Seirawan began playing chess at 12; at 13 he became Washington junior champion.
  • Seirawan is also a respected chess author and commentator.
  • He was winner of the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979.
  • Is a chess grandmaster and 4-time US-champion.

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