Jordy Mont-Reynaud

Jordy Mont-Reynaud (born August 16, 1983) became the youngest ever chess master in the United States when he became a master at the age of 10 years 209 days in 1994 (a record surpassed by Vinay Bhat, and presently held by Samuel Sevian).

[1][2] 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 declined the offer.

[citation needed] Mont-Reynaud attended Stanford University, where he played a leading role in Stanford's success at the Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Tournaments of 2000–01 and 2001–02.

He occasionally hosts chess events in San Francisco.

He is a former employee of Bebo, a social networking company in San Francisco.