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A Positional Masterpiece
[White “GM Kayden Troff-LV”] [Black “GM Illia Nyzhnyk-STL”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “D45”] [WhiteElo “2619”] [BlackElo “2725”] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. a4 Bd6 7. a5 O-O 8. Be2...
Late Surge Earns Troff Junior Closed Championship
For more information, please contact:Mike WilmeringCommunications SpecialistChess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louismwilmering@saintlouischessclub.org Late Surge Earns Troff Junior Closed Championship By Brian Jerauld SAINT LOUIS (June 30, 2014) — When in doubt, just win out. GM Kayden Troff,...
Troff on Top; Lone Grandmaster Upends Tourney Leaders
For more information, please contact:Mike WilmeringCommunications SpecialistChess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louismwilmering@saintlouischessclub.org Troff on Top; Lone Grandmaster Upends Tourney LeadersBy Brian Jerauld SAINT LOUIS (June 28, 2014) — For the 2014 U.S. Junior Closed, GM Kayden Troff...
World newest GMs
World newest GMsHansen, Eric CANMa, Qun CHNAlonso Rosell, Alvar ESPFeygin, Michael GERFodor, Tamas Jr. HUNShyam, Sundar M INDVidit, Santosh Gujrathi INDDarini, Pouria IRIPopilski, Gil ISRZagorskis, Darius LTUGundavaa, Bayarsaikhan MGLDemchenko, Anton RUSKharchenko, Boris UKRHungaski, Robert Andrew USAConditional IMs (once reach...
14 year old prodigy shares his religious beliefs
Utah chess prodigy wins world title, shares his Mormon beliefs By Wendy Leonard, Deseret News Published: Friday, Nov. 23 2012 5:23 p.m. MST WEST JORDAN — At age 5, Kayden Troff memorized multiplication tables in about an hour. He recognized...
Breaking News: Troff and Sevian win Gold at World Youth
World Youth 2012 USA medal winners: Boys under 14: Kayden Troff (Gold)Boys under 12: Samuel Sevian (Gold), Cameron Wheeler (Silver) Boys under 8: Christopher Shen (Bronze)US girls are shut out of medals this year.Congratulations to Kayden, Samuel, Cameron, and...
Troff, Sevian, Wheeler finished with medals at World Youth
(Kayden at the 2012 SPICE Cup) Kayden Troff defeated Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. in the final round to tie for 1st in the World Youth under 14 section.Samuel Sevian drew and Cameron Wheeler won his final round with black...
IM norm with 1 round to spare for Troff
FM Kayden Troff beating former US Champion GM Shulman in round 7Congratulations to Kayden Troff. He earned his IM norm after only 8 rounds! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar