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Variants Community Series Results

Variants Community Series Results

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The Variants Community Series (VCS) is a series of events for streamers and the chess variants community. The event happens every Thursday at 12 p.m. ET/18:00 CEST/21:30 IST and features a different variant every two months and $3,750 plus 610 Twitch/Kick subs as the prize fund per cycle.

Please check and follow the regulations for streamers prizes https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-event-rulebook#vcs 

Subs Prizes are given a week after the tournament is over.



Variant: King of the Hill (Sep 7 - Oct 19)

Below are the results for King of the Hill, the first cycle of the VCS.

Streamer Arena Week #3

Place Player Streaming Platform Subs Won
1 Blitzstream blitzstream 70
2 Jospem jospem 50
3 DamianoLew95 damianlewtak 40
4 KNVB chessbrah 30
5 jimis98 jimakos0909 20
6 MITerryble chesstrujillo 15
7 GMBenjaminBok gmbenjaminbok 15
8 GMCanty gmcanty 15
9 Fatih itsfat1h 15
10 xberli fmdiaz_ 15
U2000 AlexandraSamaganova alexandrasamaganova 10
U1600 NM_Antelacus antelacus 10
U1200 BerzerkChess berzerkchess 10
Staff Choice JesseFebruary jesse_feb 10

Streamer Arena Week #6

Place Player Streaming Platform Subs Won
1 Byniolus gmpakleza 70
2 Jospem jospem 50
3 Blitzstream blitzstream 40
4 The_Machine04 koellner_chesstv 30
5 Chesscoach_Golichenko chesscoach_golichenko 20
6 MITerryble chesstrujillo 15
7 jimis98 jimakos0909 15
8 emiliochess mrchessmx 15
9 GMBenjaminBok gmbenjaminbok 15
10 DamianoLew95 damianlewtak 15
U2000 SpeedyBoss chesswithsundram 10
U1600 cesart22 cesart22 10
U1200 N/A 10
Staff Choice NM_Antelacus antelacus 10

Martinez Is King of The Hill In Variants Final

Variant: 3-Check (Nov 2 - Dec 14)

Martinez Defends Variant Crown In 3 Check Chess 

Variant: Crazyhouse (Jan 4 - Feb 15)

VCS - Crazyhouse Arena Tournament #1 - Jan 4, 2024 at 12pm ET: https://www.chess.com/play/arena/3127893

VCS - Crazyhouse Arena Tournament #2 - Jan 11, 2024 at 12pm ET: https://www.chess.com/play/arena/3130001

VCS - Crazyhouse Arena Tournament #3 Special Prizes for Streamers! - Jan 18, 2024 at 12pm ET: https://www.chess.com/play/arena/3142564

Place Player Streaming Platform Subs Won
1 Jospem https://kick.com/jospem 70
2 Mr_ruthless https://www.twitch.tv/mr__ruthless 50
3 papapizza https://www.twitch.tv/papapizzachess 40
4 Oleksandr_Bortnyk https://kick.com/bortnykchess 30
5 jimis98 https://www.twitch.tv/jimakos0909 20
6 MITerryble https://kick.com/jimakos0909 15
7 The_Machine04 https://www.twitch.tv/koellner_chesstv 15
8 Byniolus https://www.twitch.tv/gmpakleza 15
9 rasmussvane https://www.twitch.tv/gmrasmussvane 15
10 Fatih https://www.twitch.tv/itsfat1h 15
U2000 Cha_ChaRealSmooth https://www.twitch.tv/chachachess 10
U1600 cesart22 https://www.twitch.tv/cesart22 10
U1200 Tyrisk https://www.twitch.tv/tyrisk 10
Staff Choice Award GianmarcoVaR https://kick.com/chesstrujillo 10

VCS - Crazyhouse Arena Tournament #4 - Jan 25, 2024 at 12pm ET: https://www.chess.com/play/arena/3156028

VCS - 3-Check Arena #5 - Feb 1, 2024 at 12pm ET: https://www.chess.com/play/arena/3169340 

VCS - Crazyhouse Arena Tournament #6 Special Prizes for Streamers! Feb 8, 2024 at 12pm ET: https://www.chess.com/play/arena/3183294 

Place Player Streaming Platform Subs Won
1 nochewycandy https://www.twitch.tv/chewythechewer 70
2 mitrabhaa https://www.twitch.tv/gmmitrabha 50
3 GMBenjaminBok https://kick.com/gmbenjaminbok 40
4 jimis98 https://kick.com/jimakos0909 30
5 cesart22 https://www.twitch.tv/cesart22 20
6 Blitzstream https://www.twitch.tv/blitzstream 15
7 DamianoLew95 https://www.twitch.tv/damianlewtak 15
8 Jospem https://kick.com/jospem 15
9 Cha_ChaRealSmooth https://www.twitch.tv/chachachess 15
10 MITerryble https://kick.com/chesstrujillo 15
U2000 - 10
U1600 nikai https://www.twitch.tv/illastraq 10
U1200 Tyrisk https://www.twitch.tv/tyrisk 10
Staff Choice Award NM_Antelacus https://www.twitch.tv/antelacus 10

VCS - Crazyhouse Final Championship Feb 15, 2024 at 12pm ET

Variant: Atomic (March 7 - April 18)

The VCS Atomic will be played on the Variants server. You will find the events in the "Upcoming" or "Ongoing" tabs here https://www.chess.com/variants/atomic/tournaments

VCS - Atomic Arena Tournament #1 - March 7, 2024, at 12 pm ET.

pinUPDATE on VCS Atomic: From Arena #2 the time control will be 3+0 (instead of 3+2)pin 

VCS - Atomic Arena Tournament #2 - March 14, 2024, at 12 pm ET.

VCS - Atomic Arena Tournament #3 Special Prizes for Streamers - March 21, 2024, at 12 pm ET.

Place Player Streaming Platform Subs Won
1 emiliochess https://kick.com/mrchessmx 70
2 cesart22 https://kick.com/cesart22 50
3 yosephtaher https://www.twitch.tv/yosephtaher 40
4 Byniolus https://www.twitch.tv/gmpakleza 30
5 GMBenjaminBok https://kick.com/gmbenjaminbok 20
6 jimis98 https://kick.com/jimakos0909 15
7 DamianoLew95 https://www.twitch.tv/damianlewtak 15
8 mitrabhaa https://www.twitch.tv/gmmitrabha 15
9 MITerryble https://kick.com/chesstrujillo 15
10 Cha_ChaRealSmooth https://www.twitch.tv/chachachess 15
U2000 Potatoboi007 https://www.twitch.tv/potatoboi007 10
Staff Choice Award Leapmanpepa https://www.twitch.tv/leapmanpepa 10

VCS - Atomic Arena Tournament #4 - March 28, 2024, at 12 pm ET. 

VCS - Atomic Arena Tournament #5 - April 4, 2024, at 12 pm ET. 

VCS - Atomic Arena Tournament #6 Special Prizes for Streamers - April 11, 2024, at 12 pm ET. 

Place Player Streaming Platform Subs Won
1 yosephtaher https://www.twitch.tv/yosephtaher 70
2 Jospem https://kick.com/jospem 50
3 cesart22 https://kick.com/cesart22 40
4 Mr_ruthless https://www.twitch.tv/mr__ruthless 30
5 Potatoboi007 https://www.twitch.tv/potatoboi007 20
6 GianmarcoVaR https://kick.com/chesstrujillo 15
7 cesar_sc https://kick.com/zarrr123 15
8 MITerryble https://kick.com/chesstrujillo 15
9 banane_verte https://www.twitch.tv/ethan_saya 15
10 Tyrisk https://www.twitch.tv/tyrisk 15
U2000 Cha_ChaRealSmooth https://www.twitch.tv/chachachess 10
Staff Choice Award jimis98 https://kick.com/jimakos0909 10

VCS - Atomic Championship - April 18, 2024, at 12 pm ET. 

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