On Jan 3 (Wednesday), the 12-year-old sensation Ethan -- who hails from a village called Raia in Goa --&nbsp;became the&nbsp;youngest International Master from his current age group. He achieved this after completing&nbsp;all the prerequisites for the prestigious title of International Master awarded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) following&nbsp;his third and final IM Norm at the "Vezerkepzo GM Christmas 2023" round-robin tournament in Budapest, Hungary.

The title will be officially conferred to Ethan by the FIDE in their next council meeting.&nbsp;It is to be noted that the young sensation&nbsp;achieved his 1st IM Norm at the "29th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival - Masters" Swiss-system tournament which was held&nbsp;in Abu Dhabi in August 2023. Soon, Ethan&nbsp;scored his 2nd IM Norm at the "Vezerkepzo GM November 2023" round-robin tournament, which took place&nbsp;in Hungary in November.

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After Ethan's third and final IM norm, his father Edwin Vaz was quoted as saying by The Goan Network, "It is exciting to see how fast Ethan is progressing, with bare minimal opportunity. One can only wonder how high Ethan is destined to climb, if he receives the much needed financial support from corporate sponsors and the Govt. of Goa so that we can give him more exposure."

"We are very grateful to Ethan's coaches, Prakash Vikram Singh and GM Swayams Mishra, everyone at The King's School, especially Director Ligia Pereira and Chairman Melvin Pereira, IM Sagar Shah and ChessBase India, Ethan's grandparents Mariano and Eliza Fernandes and late Sebastiao and Luiza Vaz, and all our relatives, friends and well-wishers who contributed to Ethan's crowd funding campaign, without which it wouldn't have been possible," said Ethan's mother Linda Fernandes.

"We also thank GCA and AICF for their support always," she added.

Ethan&nbsp;is currently the second-ranked player in&nbsp;the U-12 Open category. In addition, he&nbsp;is one of the only two players in the category to have surpassed a FIDE rating of 2400 Elo; i.e. one of the prerequisites for the IM title. He will now set his sights on achieving the elusive Grandmaster title.

On Jan 3 (Wednesday), the 12-year-old sensation Ethan -- who hails from a village called Raia in Goa -- became the youngest International Master from his current age group.

On Jan 3 (Wednesday), the 12-year-old sensation Ethan -- who hails from a village called Raia in Goa -- became the youngest International Master from his current age group. He achieved this after completing all the prerequisites for the prestigious title of International Master awarded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) following his third and final IM Norm at the "Vezerkepzo GM Christmas 2023" round-robin tournament in Budapest, Hungary. The title will be officially conferred to Ethan by the FIDE in their next council meeting. It is to be noted that the young sensation achieved his 1st IM Norm at the "29th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival - Masters" Swiss-system tournament which was held in Abu Dhabi in August 2023. Soon, Ethan scored his 2nd IM Norm at the "Vezerkepzo GM November 2023" round-robin tournament, which took place in Hungary in November. Also read: NFL: Bills, Texans among chasing as five playoff berths at stake in season's last weekend After Ethan's third and final IM norm, his father Edwin Vaz was quoted as saying by The Goan Network, "It is exciting to see how fast Ethan is progressing, with bare minimal opportunity. One can only wonder how high Ethan is destined to climb, if he receives the much needed financial support from corporate sponsors and the Govt. of Goa so that we can give him more exposure." "We are very grateful to Ethan's coaches, Prakash Vikram Singh and GM Swayams Mishra, everyone at The King's School, especially Director Ligia Pereira and Chairman Melvin Pereira, IM Sagar Shah and ChessBase India, Ethan's grandparents Mariano and Eliza Fernandes and late Sebastiao and Luiza Vaz, and all our relatives, friends and well-wishers who contributed to Ethan's crowd funding campaign, without which it wouldn't have been possible," said Ethan's mother Linda Fernandes. "We also thank GCA and AICF for their support always," she added. Ethan is currently the second-ranked player in the U-12 Open category. In addition, he is one of the only two players in the category to have surpassed a FIDE rating of 2400 Elo; i.e. one of the prerequisites for the IM title. He will now set his sights on achieving the elusive Grandmaster title.

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Twin boys Ethan and Aiden Dvash-Banks were born 4 minutes apart, but according to the US government, only one of them is a US citizen.

The unique case has forced the boys&#39; parents, same-sex couple Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks, to sue the US State Department.

The twins were born in Canada in 2016. Despite being carried by the same surrogate, Aiden was conceived with sperm from Andrew, a US citizen; Ethan was conceived with sperm from Elad, an Israeli citizen with a US green card. When the couple went to a US consulate in Canada to get passports for their sons, they were told that, despite both being recognized as the boys&#39; legal parents, they could only get citizenship for Aiden because his biological father is a US citizen.

Elad said that the US government is discriminating against them because they are gay - he claims that if they were a heterosexual couple who had children abroad, the source of their boys&#39; DNA would never have come into question.

&quot;We want the courts to recognize the fact that Ethan is a US-born citizen because he&#39;s the son of a US citizen and we want to make this right for Ethan, but we also want to make this right for any other family in our situation that will have to go through this in the future. We&#39;re fighting for our community and our family,&quot; said Elad.

The Dvash-Banks brought their sons into the US last June - Aiden with a US passport and Ethan with a six-month tourist visa. With that visa now expired, 16-month old Ethan is technically an undocumented immigrant. Elad hopes that they&#39;ll be able to change that soon.

&quot;If one of my kids wants to become the US president, I want to be able to tell him you can do that. You can become US president because you are a US citizen at birth. If I&#39;m able to tell that to Aiden, I want to be able to tell that to Ethan in the exact same way because they&#39;re not different in any way whatsoever.&quot;

The twins were born in Canada in 2016. Despite being carried by the same surrogate, Aiden was conceived with sperm from Andrew, a US citizen; Ethan was conceived with sperm from Elad, an Israeli citizen with a US green card.

Twin boys Ethan and Aiden Dvash-Banks were born 4 minutes apart, but according to the US government, only one of them is a US citizen. The unique case has forced the boys' parents, same-sex couple Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks, to sue the US State Department. The twins were born in Canada in 2016. Despite being carried by the same surrogate, Aiden was conceived with sperm from Andrew, a US citizen; Ethan was conceived with sperm from Elad, an Israeli citizen with a US green card. When the couple went to a US consulate in Canada to get passports for their sons, they were told that, despite both being recognized as the boys' legal parents, they could only get citizenship for Aiden because his biological father is a US citizen. Elad said that the US government is discriminating against them because they are gay - he claims that if they were a heterosexual couple who had children abroad, the source of their boys' DNA would never have come into question. "We want the courts to recognize the fact that Ethan is a US-born citizen because he's the son of a US citizen and we want to make this right for Ethan, but we also want to make this right for any other family in our situation that will have to go through this in the future. We're fighting for our community and our family," said Elad. The Dvash-Banks brought their sons into the US last June - Aiden with a US passport and Ethan with a six-month tourist visa. With that visa now expired, 16-month old Ethan is technically an undocumented immigrant. Elad hopes that they'll be able to change that soon. "If one of my kids wants to become the US president, I want to be able to tell him you can do that. You can become US president because you are a US citizen at birth. If I'm able to tell that to Aiden, I want to be able to tell that to Ethan in the exact same way because they're not different in any way whatsoever."

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