Joshua Sheng
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2000 (age 25–26) |
| Chess career | |
| Country | United States |
| Title | Grandmaster (2021)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2492 (December 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2492 (October 2025) |
Joshua Sheng is an American chess grandmaster.
Chess career
[edit | edit source]In 2018, Sheng was ranked as the #1 junior in Southern California.[2] In August 2019, his Elo rating briefly surpassed 2500, satisfying the minimum rating requirement for the Grandmaster title.[1]
In October 2021, he earned his final norm at the Vezerkepzo tournament in Budapest.[1][3] His Grandmaster title was finalized later that year.
Sheng co-authored the book Mastering Chess Logic with Guannan "Terry" Song, a Canadian FIDE Master.[4]
In August 2022, he was defeated by IM Semen Khanin in the 122nd Annual U. S. Open Chess Championship in Rancho Mirage, California.[5]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Sheng graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2021 with a bachelors in environmental earth science and a minor in food science.[6]
References
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External links
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