# Nico Chasin

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American chess grandmaster (born 2006)

Nico Chasin Personal information Born (2006-09-19) September 19, 2006 (age 19) New York City, U.S. Chess career Country United States Title Grandmaster (2026) FIDE rating 2490 (June 2026) Peak rating 2524 (January 2026)

**Nico Werner Chasin** (born September 19, 2006) is an American [chess](/source/Chess) grandmaster.

## Chess career

In July 2017, he won the under-12 section of the Panamerican Chess Festival, defeating [Sion Radamantys Galaviz Medina](/source/Sion_Radamantys_Galaviz_Medina) on tiebreak scores.[1]

In January 2019, he won the Junior High section of the New York Scholastic Team and Individual Chess Championships.[2]

In August 2021, he won the U18 blitz section of the [North American Youth Chess Championship](/source/North_American_Youth_Chess_Championship) with a perfect score of 10/10.[3]

In April 2022, he tied for first place with [Arthur Guo](/source/Arthur_Guo), Vishnu Vanapalli, Gus Huston, Anthony He, Bijan Tahmassebi, and Advaith Karthik in the U.S. High School Championship, but was ranked in 6th place after tiebreak scores.[4]

In July 2022, he won the U.S. Cadet Championship, 1.5 points ahead of runner-up Arthur Guo.[5]

In November 2024, he was the top American player in the [World Youth Chess Championship](/source/World_Youth_Chess_Championship), tying for 5th place with a score of 7.5/11.[6]

On 3 December 2025, he earned his final grandmaster norm at the XTX Markets London Chess Classic Open with a performance rating of 2608, becoming GM-elect as he had already reached the 2500 rating requirement.[7]

## Personal life

He attended the [Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School](/source/Columbia_Grammar_%26_Preparatory_School) and is attending the [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago).[8]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["28° Festival Panamericano de la Juventud U12 Absoluto (157112)"](https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr290229.aspx?lan=1&art=4&fed=PER&turdet=YES&flag=30). *archive.chess-results.com*. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["KCF promotes USA scholastic events"](https://en.chessbase.com/post/kcf-promotes-usa-scholastic-events). *ChessBase*. February 8, 2019. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["NORTH AMERICAN YOUTH BLITZ"](https://rknights.org/past-events/2021-events/north-american-youth-blitz/). *rknights.org*. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Winners crowned at 2022 US High School Championship"](https://www.fide.com/news/1686). *fide.com*. April 11, 2022. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Wilson, Danial (July 28, 2022). ["Chasin Wins 2022 U.S. Cadet"](https://new.uschess.org/news/chasin-wins-2022-us-cadet). *US Chess.org*. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Lang, JJ (November 15, 2024). ["FIDE World Youth Recap and World Cadet Preview"](https://new.uschess.org/news/fide-world-youth-recap-and-world-cadet-preview). *US Chess.org*. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"](https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr1302061.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=IND&flag=30&snr=15&SNode=S0). *s3.chess-results.com*. Retrieved 2025-12-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["IM Nico Chasin"](https://www.chessctc.org/about/nico-chasin/). *chessctc.org*. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

v t e American grandmasters Chess players for the United States with the FIDE title of grandmaster (GM) by title decade 1950–1959 Benko Bisguier Evans Fine Fischer Kashdan Reshevsky Rossolimo 1960–1969 Byrne Kavalek Lombardy 1970–1979 Alburt Biyiasas Browne Christiansen Dzindzichashvili Gulko Palatnik Rogoff Tarjan 1980–1989 Benjamin D. Gurevich Dake De Firmian Denker Dlugy Ehlvest Fedorowicz Goldin Henley Kaidanov Kudrin Mednis Rohde Seirawan Soltis Wilder Zaichik 1990–1999 Akopian Annakov Avrukh Becerra Bruzón Fishbein I. Gurevich Ivanov Kamsky Novikov Onischuk Sagalchik Schwartzman Serper Shabalov Shaked Sher Sherzer Shulman Stripunsky Wolff Yermolinsky 2000–2009 Akobian Aronian Ashley Bhat Caruana Domínguez Erenburg Finegold Friedel Gareyev González Hernández Hess Izoria Jimenez Kaufman Khachiyan Kraai Kreiman Moradi Nakamura Perelshteyn Quesada Ramírez So Świercz Zherebukh Zhou Ziatdinov 2010–2019 Antipov Arnold Brown Burke Chandra Checa Holt Hungaski Krush Lenderman Li Liang Molner Naroditsky Oparin Robson Sevian Sevillano Shankland Smith Tang Troff Xiong Yang Zierk 2020–2029 Balakrishnan Bora Brodsky Chasin Daggupati Fernandez Ghazarian Guo Hardaway Heimann Hong Jacobson Mishra Niemann Sheng Sturt Tiglon Woodward Yoo See also: List of chess grandmasters Category:American chess players

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