Photograph courtesy of Escaque, used with permission.

Ray Robson
Number of games in database: 192
Years covered: 2004 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2567
Overall record: +88 -49 =55 (60.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (49)      B42 B96 B33 B90 B92  French Defense (18)      C18 C11 C12 C03 C16  Ruy Lopez (16)      C67 C97 C96 C80 C78  Sicilian Najdorf (14)      B96 B90 B92 B99  Ruy Lopez, Closed (8)      C97 C96 C99 C95 C87  French (7)      C11 C12 C13 C10	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (40)      B81 B52 B83 B76 B27  Sicilian Scheveningen (17)      B81 B83 B80 B82  Semi-Slav (16)      D44 D45 D43 D47  Catalan (9)      E04  Queen's Gambit Declined (8)      D31 D36 D30  Sicilian Dragon (5)      B76 B77

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   V Akobian vs R Robson, 2009 0-1
   A Rasmussen vs R Robson, 2009 0-1

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RAY ROBSON (born Oct-25-1994) United States of America [what is this?] GM Ray Robson was born in Guam, with he and his parents moving to Florida, USA shortly afterwards. He picked up chess from his father at age 3. Robson won his FM title in June 2005 after tying for first place (winning the silver medal) at the Pan American Youth Chess Championship in Brazil. Robson captured his first IM norm in November 2007 by taking clear first place in the 6th North American FIDE Invitational tournament in Chicago, Illinois, scoring 7/9. He scored his second and third norms just weeks later at the World Junior Championship (2007) in Antalya, Turkey, and at the Dallas GM Invitational in Texas, becoming the youngest IM in the USA early in 2008 when his FIDE rating finally reached 2400. In August of 2009, Robson tied for first at the Arctic Chess Challenge (2009) Tromso, Norway, winning his first GM norm. Later in August, he won his second GM norm by winning the 23rd North American FIDE Invitational in Skokie, Illinois. In October 2009, he won the Pan-American Junior Championship (2009) with one round to spare, earning his third and final GM norm to acquire the title a couple of weeks before his fifteenth birthday (his rating having already reached 2500), thereby becoming the USA's youngest Grandmaster,

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 192  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Aghasaryan vs R Robson   ½-½ 39 2004 Wch U10 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. R Robson vs I Beradze   1-0 34 2004 Wch U10 B12 Caro-Kann Defense 3. R Robson vs Yifan Hou   0-1 37 2004 Wch U10 B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 4. R Robson vs K Eranyan   1-0 47 2004 Wch U10 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. Prince Mark Aquino vs R Robson   0-1 40 2004 Wch U10 B83 Sicilian 6. R Robson vs R Song   0-1 60 2004 Wch U10 C18 French, Winawer 7. Chen Peng vs R Robson   1-0 30 2004 Wch U10 B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 8. R Robson vs R Prasanna Raghuram   1-0 26 2004 Wch U10 B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 9. R Robson vs S Iermito   ½-½ 35 2005 PAN u12b C41 Philidor Defense 10. R Robson vs Z Strzemiecki   ½-½ 42 2005 Wch U12 C11 French 11. L Milman vs R Robson 1-0 34 2005 HB Global Chess Challenge B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 12. Saeed Ishaq Mohammad vs R Robson   0-1 53 2005 Wch U12 D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 13. M Bambino vs R Robson   0-1 44 2005 PAN u12b A13 English 14. J A Guevara Perez vs R Robson   0-1 67 2005 Wch U12 B50 Sicilian 15. R Robson vs J Vasconez   1-0 42 2005 PAN u12b C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 16. R Robson vs Jose Dias   1-0 49 2005 PAN u12b C60 Ruy Lopez 17. R Robson vs P Vargas Serano 1-0 61 2005 PAN u12b C18 French, Winawer 18. R Robson vs S Narayanan   ½-½ 37 2005 Wch U12 B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 19. R Robson vs Negi   ½-½ 105 2005 Belfort YWCC boys under 12 B42 Sicilian, Kan 20. T Tomaz vs R Robson   ½-½ 50 2005 PAN u12b A13 English 21. R Robson vs W So ½-½ 47 2005 Belfort YWCC boys under 12 B33 Sicilian 22. R Salazar vs R Robson 0-1 56 2005 PAN u12b B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 23. R Robson vs D Swiercz   1-0 40 2005 Wch U12 B42 Sicilian, Kan 24. S Sjugirov vs R Robson   ½-½ 80 2005 Belfort YWCC boys under 12 B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 25. R Robson vs S Navarro 1-0 30 2005 PAN u12b B33 Sicilian  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 192    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Robson wins | Robson loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 12 OF 12 ·  Later Kibitzing > Oct-17-09    kurtrichards: <Knight13:kurtrichards:It's good to see Ray at Corus (C) 2010.Yeah,man,he'll be in the A-bowl by 2012.> The word A-bowl is related to American college football, is it not? Am talking chess here not your kind of football. And if what you mean is Corus (A) by 2012, then say what you mean. Oct-17-09    parisattack: <Knight13: <kurtrichards: It's good to see Ray at Corus (C) 2010.> Yeah, man, he'll be in the A-bowl by 2012.> I know what you mean. This forum is hardly a scholastic exercise so I think you are fine. Oct-17-09    Knight13: <parisattack> What's a scholastic exercise? Some kind of state-of-the-art expression? Oct-18-09    laskersteinitz: Where can I find the list of participants in all three groups for Corus 2010? Thanks. Oct-18-09    parisattack: Here are 'A' and 'B Groups - http://www.coruschess.com/article.p... Oct-18-09    Shams: <The word A-bowl is related to American college football, is it not? Am talking chess here not your kind of football.> I'm quite sure that "A-bowl" is not a term used in American football, at high school, college or professional ranks. Oct-18-09    HeMateMe: We used to do a LOT of bowls, when I was in college. Oct-19-09    Knight13: <HeMateMe> Any chance you went to a top 20 ranked college? Oct-19-09    HeMateMe: Nah, I went to a couple of very ordinary state colleges. i majored in backgammon and beer bar. 100% attendance in both disciplinies... Oct-19-09    Knight13: <HeMateMe> Yeah, right, you're lying! I just punched you in on the FBI database and it lists that you attended Columbia University 1988-92 for Undergraduate and Brown University Medical School from 1992-1996. Oct-19-09    HeMateMe: It was kibitizing here at CG that GOT me on their database... Oct-25-09    Phony Benoni: Yet another United States GM who was born abroad. Oct-25-09    WannaBe: I have a silly question... In the bio, it states: <Robson captured his first IM norm in November 2007 by taking clear first place in the 6th North American FIDE Invitational tournament in Chicago, Illinois, scoring 7/9... [rest omitted] In August of 2009, Robson tied for first at the Arctic Chess Challenge (2009) Tromso, Norway, winning his first GM norm. Later in August, he won his second GM norm by winning the 23rd North American FIDE Invitational in Skokie, Illinois. > Are you telling me, that between 2007 and 2009, the North American FIDE invitational went from 6th tournament to the 23rd tournament?? Oct-25-09    dx9293: <WannaBe> Yes, because they hold norm tournaments every month. Usually IM-norm tournaments, but once or twice a year GM norm tournaments. Oct-25-09    WannaBe: <dx9293> Ah, I see, now, that make some sense... Oct-25-09    norami: <Phony Benoni> Robson was born a broad? You'd never suspect that from looking at the picture. Oct-25-09    timhortons: he could be a world champion! this boy is serious. Oct-26-09    goatpaths: For those who don't know, persons born in Guam are U.S. citizens by birth. Oct-26-09    jessicafischerqueen: ALL HAIL KING RAY Now, Grandmaster Ray Robson. Here is a fine youtube annotation of him DEMOLISHING a lowly IM in a vicious attack with the black pieces. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvt2... Nov-03-09    laskersteinitz: Mr. Robson will play against Baadur Jobava in the first round of the 2009 FIDE World Cup. Complete pairings: http://www.fide.com/component/conte.... Nov-06-09    Susan Polgar: Breaking News: I have just been notified that Ray Robson will receive an invitation to Corus C. Full field will be announced soon. The 72nd Corus Chess tournament will be held from 15 January - 31 January 2010 in Wijk aan Zee. Nov-09-09    Raisin Death Ray: Breaking News: I have just been notified that Susan Polgar has just filed another lawsuit! This makes it an even 100 if you're keeping track at home. Nov-09-09    returnoftheking: Strange that corus notifies the press before the participants..:o Nov-09-09    returnoftheking: But pretty cool for Robson. Kudo's to Corus for consistently picking new talents for their tournament! Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 12) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 12 OF 12 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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