Bryce Isaac Tiglon is an American chess grandmaster.
| Bryce Tiglon | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Born | December 28, 2000 Seattle, Washington |
| Title | Grandmaster (2024)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2530 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2530 (July 2024) |
Chess career
editIn April 2016, Tiglon tied for first place at the National High School Championship held in Atlanta, Georgia.[2]
In July 2017, Tiglon won a Gold Medal at the 2017 North American Youth (U18) Chess Championships and was awarded the International Master (IM) title.[3] In August of the same year, Tiglon tied for first at the prestigious GM Arnold Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions.[4]
In November 2018, Tiglon earned his first GM norm by winning the 2018 North American Junior (U20) Chess Championships held in Baja California, Mexico.[5][6]
In March 2019, Tiglon won the National High School Blitz Tournament with a near-perfect score of 11.5/12, only drawing against Joseph Wan in the final round.[7] That same year, he won the Denker Tournament of High School Champions for the second time.[8]
In November 2023, Tiglon earned his second GM norm by tying for first place in the U.S. Masters Chess Championship with Mikhail Antipov, Gleb Dudin, and Justin Wang, finishing ahead of 39 out of 40 grandmasters in the event.[9]
In December 2023, Tiglon earned his third and final GM norm at the Chessable Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival held in Sitges, Spain.[10]
Personal life
editTiglon studies molecular biology and computer science at Stanford University.[11]
References
edit- ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
- ^ Shahade, Greg (April 4, 2016). "Six Tie For First in Atlanta".
- ^ Tamburro, Pete (July 17, 2017). "Tiglon and Zhu Earn Norms in New Jersey".
- ^ Sun, Vanessa (August 7, 2017). "USA: Denker Tournament of High School Champions won by 'Virginia'".
- ^ "Team USA Bags Over 20 Medals at North American Youth". November 28, 2018.
- ^ Oen, Grant (September 13, 2018). "North American Junior Set for Mexico Nov 16-21".
- ^ Hartmann, John (March 15, 2019). "Tiglon Wins Blitz at NHS!".
- ^ "BRYCE TIGLON".
- ^ Lang, JJ (November 30, 2023). "Four Tie for First, and Four Norms Earned at 2023 U.S. Masters in Charlotte".
- ^ Lang, JJ (January 5, 2024). "Winter Wrap-Up:Sitges, SPICE, and Everything Nice".
- ^ "Bryce Isaac Tiglon".