Jeffery Xiong (born October 30, 2000) is an American chess grandmaster. He is the third youngest grandmaster in the US (after Awonder Liang and Samuel Sevian) having been awarded the GM title in September 2015 at age fourteen.Xiong was aged seven when he played in his first tournament, quickly achieving the USCF title expert on August 22, 2009. He was awarded the title FIDE Master a year later at the World Youth Chess Championships, where he was the runner-up to Jason Cao in the U10 category.Xiong achieved his norms required for the title International Master by scoring 6/9 at the 4th Annual Golden State Open in January 2013, 5/9 at the UT Dallas Spring FIDE Open and 5.5/9 at the Annual Philadelphia Open, both in March 2013. His title was confirmed in 2014, when his FIDE rating reached 2400. Wikipedia