Two years ago, the News wrote about Magnolia chess whiz Marcel Szabo, who was 9 at the time.
The News reported he “may be the best chess player Washingtonians will ever see. He was won tournaments locally, regionally, throughout the state and across the country. He can beat just about anybody in his age group. He can beat grown men and women. He can beat computers. He can even beat his dad, the one who, three years ago, introduced him to the game.”
Marcel’s dad, Csaba Szabo, has updated the News via email on some of his son’s chess activities since then.
Dec. 2010: National Grade Level Championships, Florida. Fourth place, among 150 competitors from around the country, in the Grade 4 Open Section — 6 out of 7 points.
November 2011: World Youth Chess Championship, Brazil. 25th place in the under 10 Section — 5.5 out of 7 points — competing with more than 200 of the strongest youthful competitors in the world.
May 2012: National Elementary Championship: Championship (in tie-breaks) in the K-5 Open Section — 6 out of 7 points — among 150 competitors.
“His ELO rating (the system that shows how strong one’s chess game is) went up to 1950, which is one of the highest for his age group in the state of Washington,” Marcel’s dad writes.
Further on, Csaba Szabo reports: “I would say he is probably in the top three in Washington State and probably in the top 10 in the USA and maybe the top 25 in the world.”
We’ll keep you posted.
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