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12-year-old chess prodigy,
@TaniAdewumi
, has officially been granted asylum in the United States! He can now travel to international tournaments. ๐ ๐
12-year-old Tani Adewumi won a third IM norm! He played several sensational games against GMs and IMs at the New York GM/IM Fall Invitational. ๐ ๐
12-year-old Yagiz Erdogmus, International Master and ChessKid YSCCโ22 winner, draws against two strong 2600 GMs
@eicc2023
! ๐คฏ You got this, Yagiz! ๐ช
Today, we met IM Okeke Issac from
@chessinslums
at the
#ChessOlympiad2022
! ๐ณ๐ฌ The inspiring non-profit organization, founded by
@Tunde_OD
, empower, uplift, and educate children through chessโ๏ธ
Guess who will be taking on one of the most popular streamers in the chess community,
@GothamChess
, on Dec. 18? ๐๐ฆ๐ท 10-year-old "Messi of Chess" FM Faustino Oro! ๐ฅ๐ช
#FaustivsGothamChess
Congratulations to
@MagnusCarlsen
on winning the
@FIDE_chess
World Chess Championship!
It's Carlsen's 5th time winning the World Championship ๐ ๐
Congratulations, Yagiz! ๐๐น๐ท 12YO Turkish chess prodigy IM Yagiz Erdogmus climbed to 9th in
@chesscom
blitz ๐, passing Nepo, ranking high among top GMs, including Carlsen & Nakamura. ๐ช๐ฅ
Fun facts: Yagiz was the ChessKid YSCCโ22 ๐ & recently won 2 games against Nakamura.
Congratulations, Alice! ๐ 13-year-old chess master Alice Lee broke 2400 against GM Oliver Barbosa at the NYC Spring IM norm event.
Sheโs one step closer to becoming an IM! ๐
Today, 17-year-old Praggnanandhaa received his Arjuna Award from President Droupadi Murmu! ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ
The President celebrated the young chess star achieving ๐ฅ Gold in the FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 and ๐ฅ Bronze in the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022.
Congratulations, Alice! ๐ 13-year-old chess master Alice Lee secured her third and final IM & WGM norms at the Canadian Transnational!
@ProChessLeague
chess sensation broke 2400 once again and became the third American-born woman to hold the International Master title. ๐
The "Messi of Chess," 9-year-old FM Faustino Oro, is the youngest player ever to break 2300! ๐คฏ The young Argentinian prodigy broke former records held by top GMs, including Javokhir Sindarov and Judit Polgar. ๐๐ช
Catch this rising star in the YSCC this Saturday!
Congratulations to
@TaniAdewumi
for winning his first round of the
@CLTchesscenter
Summer GM/IM Norm Invitational!
In a crazy first game, he defeated Yans Richard Girones Barrios! ๐
12-year-old chess prodigy Tanitoluwa "Tani" Adewumi spoke to
@CNN
alongside his family! ๐บ๐ธ ๐
In the full interview, the star said, "I'm very happy now that I can play more internationally with strong players and more chances."
Congratulations,
@TaniAdewumi
! ๐ 13-year-old ChessKid star FM Tani Adewumi secured his final IM norm at the Southwest Class Championship in TX with an overall score of 5.5/9. ๐ Going up against 5 GMs in the process! ๐ช
Now, all he has to do is cross 2400 to get the IM title!
๐ค ChessKid supports
@chessinslums
, a non-profit organisation using chess as a tool to help young people in impoverished communities. Through inspiring projects,
@Tunde_OD
and his team are on a mission to unlock the potential in every child!
The game Reti vs. Tartakower 1910 has one of the most powerful double checks ever! Have you ever used a double check to win a game of chess?
#checkmate
10yo FM Faustino Oro wins the tiebreak against
@GothamChess
!! ๐คฏ๐ฅ
This was an insanely impressive match. Congratulations, Fausti! ๐ Brilliant performances from both players ๐ช
#FaustivsGothamChess
on
Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
! ๐
Weโre dedicating this week to celebrating all the wonderful women out there, including our amazing female chess players and ChessKid family members. ๐๐
#InternationalWomensDay2023
Want to see more from this chess star?
17-year-old GM
@NihalSarin
is at
@expo2020dubai
for the Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Chess Cup 2021 โฌ๏ธ
๐ท:
@iamniri
Congratulations, Alice! 13YO chess phenom IM Alice Lee won individual gold for her brilliant performance on board 1 at the
#FIDEWomenTeams
.๐ฅ๐ช
Her first time EVER playing on the "senior" women's team for USA!
Congrats on 4th overall, Team USA, and to Georgia, the winners.๐๐
Congratulations, Leonid! ๐ 8-year-old rising star Leonid Ivanovic may have set a new world record for the youngest player to beat a grandmaster in classical chess after his game against GM Milko Popchev in Belgrade. ๐คฏ๐ฅ
Big news! ChessKid is partnering with
@chessinslums
.
Chess in Slums teaches chess to children without access to education, as a means of giving them mentorship, community, and an academic advantage.
We are so excited to begin this journey. Stay tuned!
Breaking news! At 10 years old
@TaniAdewumi
has placed first in the under 12 section for the North American Youth Chess Championships!
Tani will be granted the title of FIDE master for his victory!
See the full standings here:
@FIDE_chess
@USChess
Happy birthday to two-time US Women's Champion WGM
@JenShahade
๐
Jennifer directs the
@USChessWomen
Program, as well as 'Girls Club', a group encouraging thousands of young girls across the country to enjoy chess!
Happy birthday to legendary grandmaster and
@chesscom
commentator
@GmNaroditsky
! ๐
Fun facts: Daniel was a U12 World Youth Champ and one of the youngest published chess authors at 14.
Big news:
@chesscom
is partnering with
@chessinslums
!
Last September, CIS partnered with ChessKid. The expanded scope of this new partnership makes CK and content partners in promoting chess as a force for positive social change.
Congratulations, GM
@ArjunErigaisi
! ๐ The 18-year-old finished the 28th Abu Dhabi Open with an impressive score of 7.5/9, winning the entire tournament ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ
12-year-old chess prodigy FM Tani Adewumi tells popular chess streamer WFM
@AnnaCramling
he hopes to become a GM this year, if not the next.
Without a doubt, this brilliant young chess master will achieve his dream very soon.
Congratulations to Adeoye Fawaz! ๐
We applaud the work of
@Tunde_OD
, the Founder of
@chessinslums
, who spent weeks sharing the gift of chess with these amazing kids
He is a true champion and inspiration within our community ๐๐
Adeoye Fawaz, an 18 year old boy who works as a bus conductor and has lived years of his life Under oshodi bridge emerged as our overall champion in both chess and mental maths.
A star is born.
Tune in for "Tani is a Chess Master" with NM(!) Tani Adewumi and FunMasterMike. Tani will show off the key moments from his recent tournament that made him a master, and you may get to play Tani too!
Congrats Tani! ๐ฅณ
Announcing: Battle of the Rising Stars!
Satria Duta, a talented chess player from Indonesia, will take on 12-year-old NM Brewington Hardaway of New York in a six-game blitz match on ChessKid!
Hosting the match will be IM
@irene_sukandar
and IM Levy Rozman (
@GothamChess
).
The USA's newest master is none other than 10-year-old Tani Adewumi.
Last week he joined
@ChessMike
to show off one of his wins en route to the title and play some kids in the process. Tani also explains how ChessKid helps him achieve his goals!
Watch:
๐ฃ CHESS COMMUNITY! Today, we're hosting a fundraiser stream to get these kids to the
@CLTchesscenter
IM Norm Invitational
๐คฉ Join
@ChessMike
and these young chess geniuses for exciting games, challenges, and chats as we try to reach our goal!
Congratulations to 12-year-old WIM Alice Lee for reaching the finals of the Champion's Bracket at The
@STLChessClub
American Cup! ๐ We're very proud of this Chesskid star
#GirlsInChess
Carissa Yip, ChessKid author and former ChessKid herself, has earned her WGM title!๐๐๐
Congratulations on your win at the North America Junior Girl Championship and this incredible accomplishment!๐ฅณ Thanks for being an inspiration to ChessKids, WGM Carissa Yip!๐คฉ
โSome of my best results came after my most frustrating tournaments, and one thing I think is important is to keep being persistent even after results that didnโt go as you hoped.โ - Alice Lee, 13.
Weโre launching ChessKid Magazine, a monthly digest of your favorite
#chess
news! ๐
Subscribe on our ๐ฆ profile to read about
@TaniAdewumi
, the chess genius on a mission to become the worldโs youngest grandmaster.
โAll-girls tournaments have been a great way for me to connect with girls from around the country, and I've made a lot of friends and enjoyed the experience.โ - FM Alice Lee, 13. โ๏ธ๐
Alice Lee wins The 2024 Women's American Cup!!!
This was her third year in a row facing GM Irina Krush in the Women's America Cup final, and this year she finally takes the win after 12 games, from the lower bracket, and in blitz overtime!
CONGRATS ALICE! ๐คฉ๐๐
19-year-old Carissa Yip, former ChessKid star and one of the youngest American females to earn the IM title, is now studying at
@Stanford
!
While finding interest in computer science, Yip is also close to becoming one of the few women to achieve grandmaster status. ๐คฉ
Great pic of our CEO, Carey Fan, and the one and only
@vishy64theking
! We are so excited about this partnership and the exciting things to come for scholastic chess in India ๐
How FAST can you set up a chessboard? Fast enough to break the world record?! โก๏ธโ๏ธ
Share your attempt with
#CKChessboardChallenge
. You can even tag your friends to take on the challenge. Good luck!
For Episode 2 of Chess Unwrapped, five-time World Chess Champion
@vishy64theking
joins
@ChessLiam
to discuss his illustrious chess career and the habits he practiced to stay on top of the chess world for so long.
๐บ:
Congratulations to the 2019 (and first ever) Junior
#speedchess
Champion, Wei Yi!
๐๐๐
Wei Yi scored TWO incredible comebacks to tie the match and reach tiebreaks and then armageddon where a draw in the armageddon secured him the title and a spot in the main event!
Is Alice Lee the REAL queen of chess? ๐ธ At 13 years old, she scored a second IM norm and another WGM norm at the 1000GM IM event in St. Louis.
She said: "I'd like to thank ChessKid for all the support and motivation they have given me!" ๐ ๐
Congratulations, Alice! ๐ฅณ 13-year-old Alice Lee won 2nd place in
#TheAmericanCup
. She outplayed many strong titled players and succeeded to the finals against GM Irina Krush. Her incredible performance tied the match and forced a tough playoff.
Congrats to both! ๐๐
@chessinslums
supported women and children from Obanliku Becheve, by introducing 54 girls from impoverished backgrounds to chess. The two-week chess program encouraged the girls to embrace the power of their intellect and concluded with an inspiring local tournament! ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ง
๐ค We continued to work with our awesome partners.
@Tunde_OD
, the Founder of
@chessinslums
, touched hearts after running their 'Chess Across Borders' event. The team showed just how chess can unify people from different backgrounds
Born into a chess-playing family, Dutch chess champion Jorden van Foreest earned his grandmaster title at 16, making him the youngest-ever Dutch GM. ๐คฏโ
#chesschamps
#ChessKidCup
For the second time in a row, Alireza Firouzja snags a poisoned pawn and gets his queen trapped by Wei Yi.
Firouzja can't help but show his frustration as he's striving to come back.
#speedchess
FM Carissa Yip, ChessKid video and article author, is 2.5/3 and the leading scorer so far on the U.S. Women's team at the Women's World Team Championships! RT and help us cheer on Carissa :)