Anna Cramling

Anna Cramling
Cramling in 2021
Born
Anna Yolanda Cramling Bellón[1]

(2002-04-30) 30 April 2002 (age 22)[1]
Parents
Chess career
CountrySpain (until 2014)
Sweden (since 2014)[1]
TitleWoman FIDE Master (2018)
FIDE rating2061 (October 2024)
Peak rating2175 (March 2018)
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2020–present
GenreGaming
GamesChess
Followers445,000+
Associated actsChess.com

Last updated: Sept 14, 2024
YouTube information
Channels
Subscribers1,300,000+[2]
Total views475+ million[2]
100,000 subscribers2022
1,000,000 subscribers2024

Last updated: Sept 14, 2024

Anna Yolanda Cramling Bellón (born 30 April 2002) is a Swedish-Spanish chess player, Twitch live streamer, and YouTuber who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM). She had a peak FIDE rating of 2175 in March 2018. Cramling represented Sweden in the 2016 and 2022 Chess Olympiad as well as two European Team Chess Championships.[3][4]

Cramling grew up in a chess-playing family. Her mother is Swedish grandmaster (GM) Pia Cramling, and her father is Spanish GM Juan Manuel Bellón López. She began playing chess at age three in Spain, moving with her family to Sweden at age eleven and switching federations from Spain to Sweden soon afterwards.[1][5] She participated in several European Youth, World Cadets, World Youth, and World Junior Chess Championships in different age divisions from 2015 until 2019. When representing Sweden in international team competitions, she has played on the same team with her mother while her father has served as the team captain.

Cramling earned the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM) in 2018 at age 15, the same year she reached her peak rating. In 2018, she defeated Renier Castellanos Rodriguez, a Spanish International Master (IM) with a FIDE rating of 2498 at the time.

Cramling began streaming in early 2020, focusing on chess content. Her mother and father are both occasional guests on her channel. About a year later, Cramling signed with the Panda esports organization as their first chess streamer.

  1. ^ a b c d e La Historia de Anna Cramling
  2. ^ a b "About AnnaCramling". YouTube.
  3. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 42nd Chess Olympiad 2016 Women". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  4. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 Women". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  5. ^ Flores, Tatiana (2022-01-31). "A strong duo: An interview with Pia and Anna Cramling". Chess News. Retrieved 2022-11-09.