2022 ChessKid All-Star Finals Announced
The 2022 ChessKid All-Star Finals will take place on December 17, with more than 20 talented young chess players from around the world competing against each other in the culmination of a year-long series of qualification tournaments.
Follow the action on twitch.tv/chesskid or Chess.com/TV starting at 9 a.m. PT/ 6 p.m. CET.
This six-round tournament features all of the winners from the ChessKid Monthly Championships which were held over the course of 2022. The overall winner will be declared the ChessKid All-Star of the Year, and receive an exclusive grandmaster lesson as well as a special ChessKid merchandise prize package.
ChessKid has seen many of its young participants in these events successfully make the transition to grandmaster status: GMs Jeffery Xiong, Brandon Jacobson, Kayden Troff, Christopher Yoo, and Abhimanyu Mishra are among the most prominent ChessKid alumni, alongside former US Women's Champion IM Carissa Yip, WIM and 3x world youth champion Alice Lee and many other titled players.
Commentary on the 2022 All-Star Finals will be provided by FMs Mike Klein and James Canty III, who are likely to have plenty of exciting action to cover due to the tournament's 10+2 time control.
2022 ChessKid All-Star Finals Players
| Name | ChessKid Username | Age |
| Adam O. | TopLumpyGator | - |
| Ethan Harrison | PsychadelicKarate | 13 |
| Russell Nguyen | RussellNBayAreaChess | 12 |
| Forest Sweeney | TealMeltedRainbow | - |
| Datta Kilari | DattaKilari | 12 |
| Sarah Brauner | Misterfox120 | 13 |
| Walden Lambert | FciWally | - |
| Alex Nguyen | MadWealthyCow | 14 |
| Gary Leschinsky | WiseCappuccino | 14 |
| Patrick Vitale | PelhamPenguin | 9 |
| Dann Merriman | DannChess0123 | 8 |
| Ari Drucker | ProspectAri | 9 |
| Will Moorhouse | NatWill | 12 |
| Arthur Gao | KindDay | - |
| Noah Tillinghast | NoahTillinghast | - |
| Modith Mutyalapati | ModithMutW8U | 8 |
| Yonatan Nikolich | skeYoni | - |
| Micah Lui | weal2020 | - |
Watch the ChessKid All-Star Finals on twitch.tv/chesskid or Chess.com/TV starting at 9 a.m. PT/ 6 p.m. CET on Saturday, December 17.
Mick is a writer and editor for Chess.com and ChessKid. He enjoys playing the Caro-Kann and Italian Game to varying degrees of success. Before joining Chess.com, Mick worked as a writer, editor, and content manager in Japan, New Zealand, and the Netherlands.
