Annie Wang

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Annie Wang (born May 18, 2002 in Bryan , Texas ) is an American chess player .

She started playing chess when she was five. In March 2014, at the age of only eleven, she became the youngest American woman to receive a title from the United States Chess Federation ( National Master ). This record was previously held by Irina Krush , and since March 2015 by Carissa Yip . In June 2014 she received the title of International Women's Champion (WIM) from FIDE for her victory at the North American Youth Chess Championship in the U18 female age group . She has also had the title of FIDE Master (FM) since 2017 . In 2019, Wang was named the Women's Grand Master (WGM), and she met the required standards at the 2018 and 2019 USA Women's Championships in St. Louis and the 2018 North American U20 Championship in Puerto Nuevo . In August 2019, Wang won the Pan-American U20 Championship in Cochabamba . For this success she was awarded the title of International Master , at the same time the result counted as a grandmaster norm .

Annie Wang first took part in the 2015 US Women's Championship when she was twelve . In 2017 she won the youth world championship in the U16 female age group.

At the 2018 US Women's Championship, she narrowly missed the championship title after losing in a playoff against the tied Nazi Paikidze . She finished fourth at the 2019 US Women's Championship.

Annie Wang lives in Los Angeles , California.

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Individual evidence

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  2. Title Applications 2nd quarter PB 2019, 27-30 June, Baku, Azerbaijan Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Wang, Annie. In: fide.com. Retrieved July 4, 2019 .
  3. Jennifer Shahade : Annie Wang Earns IM Title & GM Norm in Bolivia. In: uschess.org . August 15, 2019, accessed September 30, 2019.
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  5. Annie Wang clinch GOLD at World Youth. USCF , September 25, 2017, accessed April 27, 2018 .
  6. Results. In: uschesschamps.com. April 1, 2019, accessed April 1, 2019 .
  7. Annie Wang. In: uschesschamps.com. Accessed March 31, 2019 .