Tykhon Cherniaiev
Full nameTykhon Cherniaiev
CountryUkraine
Born (2010-03-01) March 1, 2010
Ukraine
TitleFIDE Master
FIDE rating2306
Peak rating2331 (July 2023)
Medal record
FIDE World Cadet Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Minsk, Belarus Rapid,U10
Gold medal – first place 2018 Minsk, Belarus Blitz,U10
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk, Belarus Rapid,U12
European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship
Gold medal – first place 2022 Thessaloniki, Greece Rapid,U12
Gold medal – first place 2022 Thessaloniki, Greece Blitz,U12

Tykhon Cherniaiev (Ukrainian: Тихон Черняєв; born March 1, 2010) is a Ukrainian chess prodigy.

Chess career

Tykhon started playing chess at the age of 3.5 y.o.

Became the Ukrainian Chess Record holder at the age of 5 years, when he was able to fulfill the standard of the adult first rank in chess (Elo rating ≈ 1900).[1]

At age of 6 years and 1 months Tykhon received all three FIDE ratings: Standard - 1603, Rapid - 1992, Blitz - 2009.[2]

In February 2017, at age 6, Cherniaiev was featured on TV Channel Ukraine as he took part in a simultaneous exhibition game that ended 4–0 in his favor.[3]

In September 2017, at age 7, he achieved a 50% score in the Ukrainian under-18 championship.[4]

On May 28, 2018, at the age of 8 years 88 days, he became the youngest to defeat an international master in a standard tournament game. This occurred in round 9 at the Ukraine Clubs Teams Championship in Chornomorsk, Odesa Oblast, when Cherniaiev defeated IM Alexey Maly (rated FIDE 2355 at that time).[5] The previous record, which was held by Awonder Liang, was broken by 30 days.[6]

In June 2018, at age 8 years and 4 months, Cherniaiev participated in the 2018 FIDE World Cadet rapid and blitz chess championship held in Minsk. While he was qualified to compete in the under-8 section, he chose to compete in the under-10 section for both the rapid and blitz events.[7] Cherniaiev started as the top seed by 235 rating points in the rapid under-10 section[8] and by 223 rating points in the blitz under-10 section.[9] He won both events as well as two FIDE-recognized "World Champion" titles.[10]

From September 2016 to November 2018 Tykhon was assisted by grandmaster Alexander Goloshchapov.

From December 2018 to December 2019 Tykhon trained with coach IM Pavel Sevostianov.

In March 2019, at age 9 years, he received his first official FIDE title - Arena Grand Master. [11][12]

In May 2019 Tykhon became the winner of the 11-th Ukrainian Award "Miracle Child 2019". [13]

In August 2019 in Minsk (Belarus), at the age 9 years and 5 months, Tykhon Cherniaiev became a Vice World Champion in Rapid[14] at the World Cadet Championships under-12 section.

From October 2019 to May 2020 Tykhon has been conducting joint streams[15] with FM Mike Klein on the ChessKid.com.

In February 2020 in Kramatorsk (Ukraine), at the age 9 years and 11 months, Tykhon Cherniaiev became a Champion of Ukraine in Blitz[16] at the Ukraine Chess Championship 2020, boys - U20.

In July 2021 in Kharkiv (Ukraine), at the age 11 years and 4 months, Tykhon Cherniaiev became a Champion of the Kharkiv region among men in Blitz.[17]

In January 2022 he received his second official FIDE title - Candidate Master. [18]

In July 2022 Cherniaiev participated in the 21st European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship,[19] U12 held in Thessaloniki. Without losing a single game in two events, he became a two-time European Chess Champion in Rapid[20] and Blitz.[21]

In November 2022 Tykhon received his third FIDE title - FIDE Master.


Notable games

In February 2018, at age 7 years and 11 months, Cherniaiev won a 3-minute game against FIDE master Eduard Miller (FIDE rating 2334) in 23 moves.[22][23]

In June 2018, at age 8 years and 3 months, he defeated Grandmaster Francisco Vallejo Pons (FIDE rating 2713) in a 10-minute game.[24][25]

In February 2019, at age 8 years and 11 months, he won an informal 12-game internet blitz match against Grandmaster Mikhail Golubev with a score of 6.5-5.5 (+5-4=3).[26][27]

References

  1. ↑ "Link to the video about Tykhon's record".
  2. ↑ "Link to personal FIDE card". 2015-08-22.
  3. ↑ PeshkaCh Tykhon Cherniaiev (2017-04-05), Юный шахматист из Харькова готов дать отпор взрослым экспертам, retrieved 2018-09-14
  4. ↑ Barden, Leonard (2017-09-08). "Leonard Barden on Chess". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  5. ↑ "Ukraine Clubs Teams Championship - 2018". Chess-Results.com. 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  6. ↑ "Awonder Liang vs Daniel Fernandez (2011) "It's Awonder Full Life"". Chessgames.com. 2011-07-30. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  7. ↑ Корба, Галина (2018-07-20). "Як виростити чемпіона: історія успіху від мами 8-річного шахіста з України". BBC News Україна. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  8. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2nd FIDE World Cadets Rapid Chess Championship". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  9. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2nd FIDE World Cadets Blitz Chess Championship". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  10. ↑ ChessNetwork (2018-06-26), 8-year-old Tykhon Cherniaiev is a Double World Chess Champion - Under 10, retrieved 2018-09-12
  11. ↑ "FIDE Online Arena Titles".
  12. ↑ "AGM-Official FIDE Title".
  13. ↑ "Official Facebook page of Ukrainian Award "Miracle Child"".
  14. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 3rd FIDE World Cadets Rapid Chess Championship".
  15. ↑ "FunMasterMike and the TiCher".
  16. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Champion of Ukraine in Blit".
  17. ↑ "Link to the results of the Championship to the website of the Kharkiv Regional Chess Federation".
  18. ↑ "CM-Candidate Master".
  19. ↑ "Link to the official page of the 21st European Youth Chess Championship 2022". europechess.org. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  20. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 21st European Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2022". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  21. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 21st European Youth Blitz Chess Championship 2022". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  22. ↑ ChessNetwork (2018-02-28), 7-Year-Old Chess Prodigy gives "Very Epic Mate" to Chess Master, retrieved 2018-09-12
  23. ↑ "Blitz Chess • LM PeshkaCh vs FM Fluffey". lichess.org. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  24. ↑ "Rapid Chess • LM PeshkaCh vs GM GMVallejo". lichess.org. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  25. ↑ PeshkaCh Tykhon Cherniaiev (2018-08-29), Bright CHESS moments of the 8 y.o. WORLD CHAMPION #3, retrieved 2018-09-12
  26. ↑ "Losing to an 8-year old, again".
  27. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Chess friendly match with GM Golubev Mikhail on Chess.com. LiveStream. 07/02/2019. YouTube.
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