Justus Williams makes Master at 12!
Sep 24th, 2010 by Daaim Shabazz
Source: The excellent TheChessDrum.net website
After making strides in the past year to make National Master, Justus Williams has accomplished this feat smashing the age record for African-American master for almost three years! The 12-year old Bronx native has had a spectacular year winning the National K6 Championship and traveling to Brazil and Canada to get some experience. The I.S. 318 student is a product of the New York Chess-in-Schools program and has already served as one of its prized students. Next month, he will be traveling to Greece as part of the official U.S. delegation for the World Youth Chess Championships.
Born on May 25th, 1998, Justus has shaved almost three years from the mark earning the title at 12 years, 3 months and 28 days. In these days records have fallen more regularly. The age record for U.S. National Master overall is held by Nicholas Nip at 9 years. The youngest record for International Grandmaster is 12 years 7 months by Sergey Karjakin from the Ukraine (now representing Russia). Justus will receive his official certificate in the mail and his unofficial title as the youngest Black master ever!
Age for youngest African-American National Master
Justus Williams (12 years, 3 months)
Kassa Korley (15 years, 2 months)
Howard Daniels (15 years, 4 months)
K.K. Karanja (15 years, 7 months)
Shearwood McClelland, III (15 years, 10 months)
Congratulations to Justus!
Congrats!
Well done!, now maybe chessbase will give John Nunn some sleep, instead of sending him on a wild goose chase in outer space lookin for aliens. i got his book in my computer room and he looks to be a handsome brute, but if hes searchin 18hours with no rest, it can really wear on ya.