Yasser Seirawan
Yasser Seirawan | |
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Seirawan at the 2003 United States Chess Championship | |
| Country | United States |
| Born | March 24, 1960 Damascus, Syria |
| Title | Grandmaster (1980) |
| FIDE rating | 2620 (June 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2658 (November 2011) |
| Peak ranking | No. 10 (July 1990) |
Yasser Seirawan (Arabic: ياسر سيروان; born March 24, 1960) is a Syrian-born American chess grandmaster and four-time United States champion. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979. Seirawan is also a published chess author and commentator.