GOTW: Atanasov online

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 03/30/2020 - 01:23

With chess players locked down, apart but just like everyone else, over-the-board events are on pause, but we have another reminder that our game -- unlike hockey and soccer -- lives online. 

Canada has more than its share of world leaders in online chess content, with the Chessbrahs and the Botez sisters at the top of the list. But the people in front of the webcams are not the only Canadians to watch.

Anthony Atanasov is a 12-year old FM, with a CFC rating of 2308, and earned 118 FIDE rating points on the March list to reach 2205, 8th in the world for U12 players. Even during normal times Anthony is a regular on chess.com, and the games below feature him beating two other Canadian masters:  Ananda Saha and Omeed Malik. 


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Anthony Atanasov  

 

Streamers

  • Chessbrah (GMs Eric Hansen and Aman Hambleton, and guests)
  • BotezLive (WFM Alexandra Botez and her sister Andrea, and guests, including WGM Qiyu Zhou)
  • HelmsKnight (does not stream regularly, but she is one of the world's very best bughouse players, and regularly pairs with Canadians 12teen and littleplotkin)

The following games were played at 3+0 in an online Chessbrah tournament between "North America" and "EU" teams. Anthony was put on the EU team to even things up. His opponents in these games were fellow Canadians Ananda Saha and Omeed Malik. 

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