Joshua Sheng

Joshua Sheng is an American chess grandmaster.

Joshua Sheng
CountryUnited States
Born2000 (age 22–23)
Santa Monica, California
TitleGrandmaster (2021)[1]
FIDE rating2456 (October 2023)
Peak rating2487 (December 2021)

Chess career

In 2018, Sheng was ranked as the #1 junior in Southern California.[2] In August 2019, his Elo rating briefly surpassed 2500, satisfying the minimum rating requirement for the Grandmaster title.[1]

In October 2021, he earned his final norm at the Vezerkepzo tournament in Budapest.[1][3] His Grandmaster title was finalized later that year.

Sheng co-authored the book Mastering Chess Logic with Guannan "Terry" Song, a Canadian FIDE Master.[4]

In August 2022, he was defeated by IM Semen Khanin in the 122nd Annual U. S. Open Chess Championship in Rancho Mirage, California.[5]

Personal life

Sheng graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2021 with a bachelors in environmental earth science and a minor in food science.[6]

References
  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. "JOSHUA SHENG".
  3. "Vezerkepzo GM October 2021 GM-group". October 24, 2021.
  4. Sheng, Joshua; Song, Guannan (September 2021). Mastering Chess Logic. ISBN 9781781946299.
  5. Lang, JJ (August 5, 2022). "Day 6 in Rancho Mirage: The Gang's All Here!".
  6. "GM JOSHUA SHENG".
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