Steven Zierk

Steven Zierk (/zɜːrk/ ZERK;^[1] born August 27, 1993) is an American chess Grandmaster. He is best known for being the 2010 World Under 18 Chess Champion.^[2] He finished with 9.5/11, one point ahead of second-place finisher Samvel Ter-Sahakyan.^[3] In 2015, Steven graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a brother at the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Steven Zierk
Zierk in 2010
Country	United States
Born	(1993-08-27) August 27, 1993 (age 31) Mountain View, California
Title	Grandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating	2489 (August 2025)
Peak rating	2517 (September 2019)

In June 2018, Zierk earned his final GM norm by earning first place in the Charlotte Chess Center's Summer 2018 GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina with an undefeated score of 6.5/9.^[4]

In 2019, Zierk tied for first place at the U.S. Masters Chess Championship.