What is Sergey Karjakin?
{{Infobox chess player |playername = Sergey Karjakin |image = Sergei Karjakin.jpg |caption= |birthname = Sergey Karjakin |country = {{UKR}} {{RUS}} |datebirth = 12 January 1990 |placebirth = [[Simferopol]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[USSR]] |death_date = |death_place = |title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] |worldchampion = |womensworldchampion = |rating = 2778<br /><small>(April 2018 [[FIDE]] World Rankings #9)</small> |peakrating = 2788 (July 2011) }}'''Sergey Karjakin''' <ref>{{lang-uk|Сергій Карякін}}; {{lang-ru|Сергей Карякин}}</ref> (born 12 January 1990 in [[Simferopol]]) is a [[Russia]]n (formerly [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]]) [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]]. He was a chess [[prodigy]] and holds the record for the youngest grandmaster in history, at the age of twelve years and seven months. On 25 July 2009 Karjakin adopted Russian [[citizenship]] and afterwards played for Russia.<ref>[http://www.chess.com/news/karjakin-to-play-for-russia-2104 Karjakin to play for Russia], Chess.com, August 1, 2009</ref><ref>[http://players.chessdom.com/sergey-karjakin/karjakin-chess-russia Sergey Karjakin takes Russian citizenship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729005303/http://players.chessdom.com/sergey-karjakin/karjakin-chess-russia |date=2017-07-29 }}, Chessdom.com. Retrieved on 2009-08-01.</ref> He won Candidates Tournament 2016 and earned the right to challenge for the [[World Chess Championship]]. In November 2016, he lost the championship match to [[Magnus Carlsen]] in the rapid tiebreaks after drawing 6–6 in the classical games. He won the 2016 World Blitz Chess Championship. He played in the candidates tournament again in 2018, coming third. == References == {{Reflist}} {{Commonscat|Sergey Karjakin}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Karjakin, Sergey}} [[Category:1990 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Ukrainian chess players]] [[Category:Chess grandmasters]] [[Category:Russian chess players]]