GM Brewington Hardaway

GM-elect Brewington Hardaway is an American chess prodigy. He earned the international master title in November 2023 and qualified for the grandmaster title just a year later, making him the second African-American to earn it after GM Maurice Ashley.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Réti Opening (3 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, King's Knight Variation (2 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Opočenský Variation (2 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Tal Variation (2 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation (1 games)

Black Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation (3 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (2 games)

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (2 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (2 games)

Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: Indian Variation (2 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Brewington Hardaway (2497) Fidel Corrales Jimenez (2536)	1-0	28	2025
Brewington Hardaway (2494) Gleb Dudin (2528)	0-1	44	2025
Brewington Hardaway (2494) John M Burke (2581)	½-½	21	2025
Brewington Hardaway (2497) Evan Sammons (2223)	½-½	11	2025
Brewington Hardaway (2497) Vaibhav Kalpaka (2204)	½-½	30	2025
Brewington Hardaway (2497) Zhou Jianchao (2576)	½-½	27	2025
Isaac Wiebe (2099) Brewington Hardaway (2497)	0-1	13	2025
Zachary Tanenbaum (2330) Brewington Hardaway (2497)	0-1	81	2025
Carlos Sandavol Mercado Brewington Hardaway (2494)	½-½	29	2025
Olekseii Bilych Brewington Hardaway (2497)	½-½	27	2025

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Study Materials

Celebrating Black Excellence: An Interview With Brewington Hardaway