Jordy Mont-Reynaud

Jordy Mont-Reynaud (born August 16, 1983) became the youngest chess master in the United States when he became a master at the age of 10 years 209 days in 1994. [cite book | url=http://www.chesscity.com/PDF/Whiz%20Kids%20Teach%20Chess%20sample.pdf | title=WHIZ KIDS TEACH CHESS | first=Eric | last=Schiller | publisher=Cardoza Books | id=ISBN 1580420079 | page=9] [cite web | url=http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/age.htm | title=The Age of Chess Masters | first=Bill | last=Wall | accessdate=2008-04-17] For his successful early career, he was asked to play the starring role of Josh Waitzkin in the 1993 movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer", but refused the offer.fact|date=April 2008 He attended Stanford University, where he played a leading role Stanford's success at the Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Tournaments of 2000-2001 and 2001-2002. [cite web | url=http://www.stanford.edu/group/chess/achievements.html | title=Achievements | publisher=Stanford Chess Club | accessdate=2008-04-17]

Since earning his title as chess master, Jordy has also been recognized for his talents in photography and programming. He used to be an employee of Bebo, a social networking company based in San Francisco, CA. He occasionally hosts chess events in San Francisco.

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* [http://www.bebo.com/jordy/ Jordy Mont-Reynaud Bebo page]