| 词条 | K. K. Karanja |
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|name = Kangugi wa Karanja |image= |caption = |birthname = Kangugi wa Karanja |nickname = K K Karanja |country = United States / Kenya |birth_date = November 23, 1973 |birth_place = New York, USA |death_date = |death_place = |title = USCF National Master |worldchampion = |womensworldchampion = |peakrating = |ranking = |peakranking = }} CareerChampionships and awardsIn 1985 at the age of 11, he won the National Elementary Chess Championship with a perfect 7-0 score (seven wins and no losses), becoming the first African-American to win a national scholastic title and the second African-American to win a national chess championship (Frank Street, Jr. was the first, winning the 1965 US Amateur Championship).[2] {{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} In 1985, Karanja also received the Laura Aspis Prize, granted annually to the top USCF-rated player under the age of 13.[3] Karanja qualified as the United States representative for the 1986 World Under-14 Chess Championship in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[4] In 1987, Karanja was selected to the inaugural All-America Chess Team, which recognizes the top 0.1-0.2 percent of chess players age 18 years and younger.[5] He was the first African-American to make the team, with only four having qualified since: Shearwood McClelland III in 1995, Justus Williams and Josh Colas in 2010, and James Black, Jr. in 2011.[6][7] Karanja also qualified for the 1987 U.S. Cadet Championship where only the top eight players under age 16 are invited to compete.[8] Other events and achievementsIn 1988, Karanja was selected to participate in a simultaneous exhibition held by Grandmaster and World Champion Garry Kasparov in New York, during Kasparov's first visit to America.[8] Of the 59 players to compete against Kasparov, only Karanja and fellow prodigy Josh Waitzkin held Kasparov to draws (the other 57 players lost).[9][10] In 1989, at the age of 15 years and 7 months, Karanja became a chess master, becoming the second youngest African-American at the time to achieve that feat behind Howard Daniels (15 years, 4 months).[1] He subsequently attended Carleton College.[11] A sample of Karanja's ability is evidenced in the following game from the 1987 United States Cadet Chess Championship.[12] RetirementKaranja retired from tournament play in 1990 with a rating of 2193. Karanja has written one book on chess and while living in Kenya was active in promoting chess.[1] References1. ^1 2 "The Chess Drum's Historic Moments: Baraka Shabazz & K.K. Karanja" 2. ^[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E0DD143BF934A35756C0A963948260 "NEW YORK DAY BY DAY: Titleholders on East Side"]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (broken link) 3. ^List of Aspis Prize Winners 1980-1994 by chessworld.org. 4. ^"KK Karanja" 5. ^"School Mates" chess magazine, Fall 1987. 6. ^The League: Black Ivy Alumni League: "Shearwood McClelland III" 7. ^Young Titans in Blitz Battle! 8. ^[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51269037.html?FMT=FT&dids=51269037:51269037&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+23%2C+1988&author=&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Quints+turning+18+Series%3A+people "People: Quints turning 18 Series", St. Petersburg Times, Feb 23, 1988, page 3A], reprinted at TampaBay.com 9. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19880223&id=BSIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FuYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6820,4343422 Chess Champ Checks Out U.S. Opponents] 10. ^Reynolds, Maura, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFDE173AF930A15751C0A96E948260 "Pupils No Match For Kasparov, Even Simultaneously"], The New York Times, February 23, 1988. 11. ^1 The Chess Drum: "A Friend Reflects on KK Karanja" July 26, 2003 12. ^Karanja-Seltzer External links
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