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10 years, 8 months and 16 days 🇦🇷
Fausti Oro becomes the youngest international master in chess history following an undefeated nine-round event in Barcelona! 👏
Today, we met IM Okeke Issac from
@chessinslums
at the
#ChessOlympiad2022
! 🇳🇬 The inspiring non-profit organization, founded by
@Tunde_OD
, empower, uplift, and educate children through chess♟️
Guess who will be taking on one of the most popular streamers in the chess community,
@GothamChess
, on Dec. 18? 👀🇦🇷 10-year-old "Messi of Chess" FM Faustino Oro! 🔥💪
#FaustivsGothamChess
Congratulations, Yagiz! 👏🇹🇷 12YO Turkish chess prodigy IM Yagiz Erdogmus climbed to 9th in
@chesscom
blitz 📈, passing Nepo, ranking high among top GMs, including Carlsen & Nakamura. 💪🔥
Fun facts: Yagiz was the ChessKid YSCC’22 👑 & recently won 2 games against Nakamura.
Congratulations, Alice! 🎉 13-year-old chess master Alice Lee broke 2400 against GM Oliver Barbosa at the NYC Spring IM norm event.
She’s one step closer to becoming an IM! 🙌
Today, 17-year-old Praggnanandhaa received his Arjuna Award from President Droupadi Murmu! 🎉 🇮🇳
The President celebrated the young chess star achieving 🥇 Gold in the FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 and 🥉 Bronze in the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022.
Congratulations, Alice! 🎉 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. 🙌
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! 👏
The "Messi of Chess," 9-year-old FM Faustino Oro, is the youngest player ever to break 2300! 🤯 The young Argentinian prodigy broke former records held by top GMs, including Javokhir Sindarov and Judit Polgar. 🙌💪
Catch this rising star in the YSCC this Saturday!
12-year-old chess prodigy Tanitoluwa "Tani" Adewumi spoke to
@CNN
alongside his family! 🇺🇸 👏
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
! 👏 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. 🏆 Going up against 5 GMs in the process! 💪
Now, all he has to do is cross 2400 to get the IM title!
🤝 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
!! 🤯🔥
This was an insanely impressive match. Congratulations, Fausti! 👏 Brilliant performances from both players 💪
#FaustivsGothamChess
on
Congratulations, Leonid! 👏 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. 🤯🔥
Congratulations, Alice! 13YO chess phenom IM Alice Lee won individual gold for her brilliant performance on board 1 at the
#FIDEWomenTeams
.🥇💪
Her first time EVER playing on the "senior" women's team for USA!
Congrats on 4th overall, Team USA, and to Georgia, the winners.👏🏆
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!
Happy birthday to two-time US Women's Champion WGM
@JenShahade
🎉
Jennifer directs the
@USChessWomen
Program, as well as 'Girls Club', a group encouraging thousands of young girls across the country to enjoy chess!
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
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.
Happy birthday to legendary grandmaster and
@chesscom
commentator
@GmNaroditsky
! 🎉
Fun facts: Daniel was a U12 World Youth Champ and one of the youngest published chess authors at 14.
Congratulations, GM
@ArjunErigaisi
! 👏 The 18-year-old finished the 28th Abu Dhabi Open with an impressive score of 7.5/9, winning the entire tournament 🚀 🇮🇳
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! 🌟
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 👏🏆
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! 🥳
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:
Congratulations to 12-year-old WIM Alice Lee for reaching the finals of the Champion's Bracket at The
@STLChessClub
American Cup! 🏆 We're very proud of this Chesskid star
#GirlsInChess
📣 CHESS COMMUNITY! Today, we're hosting a fundraiser stream to get these kids to the
@CLTchesscenter
IM Norm Invitational
🤩 Join
@ChessMike
and these young chess geniuses for exciting games, challenges, and chats as we try to reach our goal!
Carissa Yip, ChessKid author and former ChessKid herself, has earned her WGM title!👏👏👏
Congratulations on your win at the North America Junior Girl Championship and this incredible accomplishment!🥳 Thanks for being an inspiration to ChessKids, WGM Carissa Yip!🤩
“Some 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 didn’t go as you hoped.” - Alice Lee, 13.
We’re launching ChessKid Magazine, a monthly digest of your favorite
#chess
news! 👀
Subscribe on our 🐦 profile to read about
@TaniAdewumi
, the chess genius on a mission to become the world’s youngest grandmaster.