{"id":6044,"date":"2013-08-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2013\/08\/12\/9-year-old-becomes-youngest-chess-expert\/"},"modified":"2013-08-12T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T06:00:00","slug":"9-year-old-becomes-youngest-chess-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2013\/08\/12\/9-year-old-becomes-youngest-chess-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"9 year old becomes youngest chess expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6043\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/665e96c29d55b13435d7a8d39deafe53.jpg\" alt=\"- Image Credit: Facebook\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Carissa Yip, 9, one of the best chess players in the world\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" \/>\n<p>Carissa Yip is not your typical chess expert.\u00a0 While other children her age are playing video games, Carissa is dominating the chess game.\u00a0 At 9 years old, she is already one of the best chess players in the world!\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>How did she get so good?\u00a0 Her father originally taught her and within a year she started beating him!\u00a0 Then she took her skills outside the home, playing competitively at the MetroWest Chess Club and then the Wachusett Chess Club where she is currently the best player.\u00a0 This December, she will play in the Youth Championships in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>Carissa is said to be pretty intimidating when she plays.\u00a0 She can even play without looking by calling out the moves and keeping track of the positions in her head!<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Chess Federation ranked her in the top 7% of all registered players, and the top 2% of female players.\u00a0 Carissa&#8217;s overall goal is to be the first female chess champion!<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s what&#8217;s good,<\/p>\n<p>Jon<\/p>\n<p>References: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/8301-201_162-57595858\/carissa-yip-a-9-year-old-from-mass-becomes-youngest-u.s-chess-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/8301-201_162-57595858\/carissa-yip-a-9-year-old-from-mass-becomes-youngest-u.s-chess-expert\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carissa Yip is not your typical chess expert.\u00a0 While other children her age are playing video games, Carissa is dominating the chess game.\u00a0 At 9 years old, she is already one of the best chess players in the world!\u00a0 How did she get so good?\u00a0 Her father originally taught her<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2013\/08\/12\/9-year-old-becomes-youngest-chess-expert\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":6042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2862],"tags":[3374,2882,2968],"class_list":["entry","author-jon","post-6044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-chess","tag-north-america","tag-youth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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