The 2022 I’M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship, presented by Landover.io, came to a conclusion on Thursday with an exhilarating grand finale between IM Eric Rosen and FM James Canty III, which culminated in a 12-9 victory for Rosen. Rosen was able to capture the title ahead of the tournament surprise-packet Canty, who fought …
IM Danny Rensch eliminated the reigning Women’s World Blitz Champion IM Bibisara Assaubayeva in the quarterfinals of the 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship on Tuesday. Chess.com’s Chief Chess Officer Rensch was leading after the 5+1 and 3+1 blitz segments and then managed to tie the bullet portion to set a final score …
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The 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship continued on Thursday with the one of the event’s most anticipated clashes, IM Eric Rosen vs. Levy Rozman. The two world-class content creators met in the quarterfinals for a rematch of last year’s showdown and this time Rosen was able to ascend to victory with a …
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The 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship resumed on Wednesday with a gripping round of 16 match between IM Polina Shuvalova and IM David Pruess, in which Shuvalova won with a convincing 16.5-6.5 score. The match was a tactical slugfest that was decided in the bullet portion after a remarkable eight-point winning streak …
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IM Eric Rosen defeated IM Tania Sachdev in their round of 16 match in the 2022 I’M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship. Suffering only two losses in the entire match, the American streamer flourished in the 3+1 and 1+1 segments especially, with an 11-game winning streak at one point. The next round of 16 …
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Chess.com’s very own IM Danny Rensch was the winner by the slightest of margins in the 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship on Monday, needing tiebreaks and an armageddon game to claim a 13.5-12.5 victory over IM Justus Williams in their round of 16 match. Unsplittable in the 5+1 section, a Rensch revival …
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The 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship continued on Thursday with the round of 16 matchup between IMs Alina Kashlinskaya and Carissa Yip. Kashlinskaya was a class above and showed her experience in time pressure, winning by a score of 16-7. The scoreline did not accurately reflect the gruelling nature of the match …
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FM James Canty III and IM Kostya Kavutskiy duked it out over the board on Friday in the third round of 16 match of the IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship. Pre-match favorite Canty was able to stave off a valiant comeback effort from Kavutskiy in the quicker time controls and the match ended …
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IMs Greg Shahade and Lawrence Trent threw down on Wednesday in the second round of 16 match of the I’M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship. This longtime rivalry was settled for the first time ever in favor of the underdog, Trent, who won with a score of 13.5-9.5. Shahade had won their previous two …
The first round of 16 match in this year’s I’M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship featured an exciting battle between two well-known names in the chess streaming community: IM Levy Rozman (GothamChess), the number one chess streamer on YouTube and a finalist in last year’s IMSCC, and WGM Nemo Zhou (akaNemsko), the Canadian chess-streaming star …
