But what is the best among them all? According to the community, the best move comes from the best game: Duda's 28.Rg7+!! against Giri-an astounding rook sacrifice that required a subsequent queen sacrifice for a forced mate. There was no shortage of brilliant moves this year: game-saving queen sacrifices, untouchable hanging pieces, and more. Not everyone can sacrifice a piece in the opening against a super-GM and still come out with a win, but somehow the young Polish player pulled it off. Winning the Game of the Year award is GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda's impressive victory versus GM Anish Giri. He was also featured in videos and articles by corporate media outlets, besides being one of the commentators for the Global Championship. Rozman indeed had an impressive year, maintaining his position as the biggest chess channel on YouTube. Vying with many fantastic chess content creators, IM Levy Rozman has won the Creator of the Year award-his second consecutive year winning the category. Online, aside from his routine Titled Tuesday wins, Nakamura beat none other than Carlsen to win the 2022 Speed Chess Championship. The "streamer-only" genius came out of over-the-board "retirement" to win the FIDE Grand Prix and play in the Candidates Tournament. Carlsen finished second in the voting, by a margin of only 11 votes! The Fischer Random title is far from the only feat the American accomplished this year. In the tightest race to date, the second Fischer World Champion, Nakamura, won the 2022 Player of the Year award. Now, without further ado, it's time to reveal the winners of the 2022 Awards.
And with such a wonderful community, it won't stop growing any time soon! We've also surpassed 100,000,000 members-if were a country, we'd be the 15th most populous on Earth!Īs you can see, chess is growing more and more every year. And at the end of the year, hundreds of thousands of fans tuned in to watch Nakamura and Carlsen battle it out in the Speed Chess Championship finals.Īt, our members played more than 3.5 billion games throughout the year, and that's not even counting the over 1.5 billion games played against bots. The Champions Chess Tour had another superb run, with GM Magnus Carlsen having to top fierce competition to win it all. The Global Championship set a new standard for chess events with its hybrid format and live finals. Online chess brought us many unforgettable moments as well.
Nakamura playing in the Global Championship. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi also graced us with a record-breaking performance at the Candidates Tournament. We saw young talents led by GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Gukesh D. Over the board, we've witnessed incredible performances like GM Hikaru Nakamura becoming the second Fischer Random World Champion. They are also a way for the community to recognize and reminisce on the great games, moves, players, creators, and other highlights this year brought us. Over 10,000 members chimed in with their votes this year, and is happy to announce the winners of the 2022 Awards! These awards are an opportunity to celebrate the fantastic year 2022 has been for chess.
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