James Black Jr. | |
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![]() Black in 2011 | |
Country | United States |
Born | 1998 (age 25–26) Brooklyn, New York[1][2] |
FIDE rating | 2171 (August 2019) |
Peak rating | 2232 (July 2012) |
James A. Black Jr. is an American chess player.
He learned chess from his father at the age of 8, and was mentored by Alexander Stripunsky[3] and Elizabeth Vicary.[4]
In 2011, Black, along with fellow New Yorkers Joshua Colas and Justus Williams, became the youngest African-American chess players to achieve the title of USCF Master; all doing so before the age of 13.[5] In 2016, Black, alongside Colas and Williams, won chess scholarships to Webster University, playing under the team coached by Susan Polgar.[6][7]