Anna-Maja Kazarian | |
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Country | Netherlands |
Born | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 7 January 2000
Title | FIDE Master (2015) Woman International Master (2017) |
FIDE rating | 2206 (March 2024) |
Peak rating | 2320 (April 2016) |
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Years active | 2020–present |
Genre | Gaming |
Games | Chess |
Followers | 35,000 |
Last updated: 9 January 2024 |
Anna-Maja Kazarian (born 7 January 2000) is a Dutch chess player and Twitch live streamer who holds the titles of FIDE Master (FM) and Woman International Master (WIM). She was the 2020 Dutch Women's Internet Chess Champion and has also been an under-16 girls' European Youth Champion. Kazarian has a peak FIDE rating of 2320, which she achieved in 2016. She has represented the Netherlands at the Chess Olympiad and the European Team Chess Championship.
Kazarian began playing chess at age six after being introduced to the game by her grandfather in Georgia, and began competing a year later. She had success in the European Youth Chess Championships, finishing runner-up in the under-12 girls' division in 2012 and winning the under-16 girls' division in 2015, the latter of which was also her first Woman International Master (WIM) norm. Kazarian has performed well in national team competitions, earning her two remaining WIM norms in her first two national team appearances, one at the 2015 European Team Chess Championship where she also won an individual bronze medal and the other at the 2016 Chess Olympiad. Kazarian won the inaugural Dutch Women's Internet Chess Championship in 2020, defeating Machteld van Foreest in the knockout final. She earned her first Woman Grandmaster (WGM) norm in the 2023–24 Dutch League with a career-best performance rating of 2410.
Kazarian began streaming on Twitch in early 2020, focusing on chess content. She is signed with the Alliance esports organization.
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