Let's make this birthday one to remember.

24 years old (Born on December 26, 2000)

Happy Birthday, Samuel Sevian! From mastering chess moves before most kids mastered multiplication tables, you've always been several steps ahead. Becoming the youngest-ever U.S. International Master and clinching the Under-12 World Championship title—seriously, did you even have time for cartoons?

As you celebrate another year of strategic brilliance, may your future be filled with fewer stalemates and more checkmates. Keep dazzling us all with your incredible talent; just remember to occasionally let someone else win at birthday cake-eating contests!

Here's wishing you a fantastic birthday filled with laughter, joy—and absolutely no pawn-shaped candles on your cake this year!