Brewington Hardaway (born April 22, 2009) is an American chess player, prodigy, and grandmaster-elect.
When awarded the title at the next quarterly meeting of the FIDE Council, Hardaway will become the first US-born African-American grandmaster.
He began learning chess at age 4 from watching his older sister practicing the game.
[4] In June 2023, he earned his final IM norm at the World Open, finishing with a score of 6/9 (including a win against GM Illya Nyzhnyk).
In November 2024, at the New York GM/IM Fall Invitational, Hardaway passed 2500 FIDE rating, meeting the requirements for the GM title.