35 Facts About Anna Cramling

Anna Yolanda Cramling Bellon was born on 30 April 2002 and is a Swedish-Spanish chess player, Twitch live streamer, and YouTuber who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master.

Anna Cramling had a peak FIDE rating of 2175 in March 2018.

Anna Cramling's mother is Swedish grandmaster Pia Cramling, and her father is Spanish GM Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez.

Anna Cramling 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.

Anna Cramling participated in several European Youth, World Cadets, World Youth, and World Junior Chess Championships in different age divisions from 2015 until 2019.

Anna Cramling earned the title of Woman FIDE Master in 2018 at age 15, the same year she reached her peak rating.

Anna Cramling began streaming in early 2020, focusing on chess content.

About a year later, Anna Cramling signed with the Panda esports organization as their first chess streamer.

Anna Cramling was born on 30 April 2002 in Malaga to Pia Anna Cramling and Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez.

Anna Cramling's mother is from Sweden and her father is from Spain.

Anna Cramling's mother was No 1 in the world among women by FIDE rating in 1984 and became the fifth woman ever to achieve the GM title in 1992.

Anna Cramling switched federations from Spain to Sweden in 2014, having only played in a few tournaments while representing Spain.

Anna Cramling earned her first FIDE rating in February 2013 at age 10, starting out at 1519 after playing the Amateur A competition at the Gibraltar Chess Festival.

Anna Cramling won one out of four games against rated opponents, defeating Raymond Kearsley, an English player rated 1772.

Anna Cramling's prize drew media attention because her parents regularly competed at the event and she had regularly been attending even as an infant.

Anna Cramling had a large increase in rating in early 2015 at age 12 when she gained over 300 rating points across four tournaments in two months to surpass a rating of 1900.

Anna Cramling first reached a rating of 2000 in June 2016 at age 14 after competing in the Hasselbacken Chess Open in Stockholm.

In September 2016,14-year old Anna Cramling represented Sweden in the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan, thereby beating the Swedish record for youngest female participant in the Olympiad, which was previously held by her mother and Siv Bengtsson.

Anna Cramling competed in 7 of the 11 rounds which contributed to Sweden placing 23rd out of the 134 competing teams.

In early 2017, Anna Cramling played the Masters competition in Gibraltar, during which she drew a game against her father.

Anna Cramling performed well at both, gaining 17 and 31 rating points at each tournament respectively.

Anna Cramling finished in 35th place out of 75 participants in the former, and 61st out of 89 participants at the latter, similar to her respective seedings of 31st and 66th.

Anna Cramling earned the Woman FIDE Master title in 2018.

Anna Cramling gained about another 200 points in early 2018 to reach her career-best rating of 2175 by virtue of good performances across four tournaments.

Anna Cramling again finished similar to her seeding of 57th in the former, coming in 54th place out of 98 competitors.

Since 2020, Anna Cramling has played in few competitions, partly because of her becoming a streamer, and partly because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which limited the number of over-the-board tournaments in operation.

In September 2022, Anna Cramling represented Sweden in the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India, playing board 3 and competing in 10 of the 11 rounds, winning three games and drawing four.

From 10 to 21 November 2023, Anna Cramling played in the 2023 European Team Chess Championship as a member of the women's team from Sweden, which finished the tournament ranked 22 out of 32 entrants.

Anna Cramling has represented Sweden in the women's divisions at one Chess Olympiad and two European Team Chess Championships.

Anna Cramling declined to compete at the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi because her mother Pia was not going to be on the team.

Anna Cramling played at the European Team Chess Championship in 2019 and 2021.

Anna Cramling played on the third board in 2019 behind her mother and Ellinor Frisk, and was again on the reserve board in 2021.

Anna Cramling believes she combines her mother's opening style with her father's aggressive style:.

In 2023, Anna Cramling pioneered a new chess opening which she named "The Cow", a variation of Van 't Kruijs Opening that is reminiscent of the Hippopotamus Defence and playable with either the black or white pieces.

Anna Cramling launched her own Twitch channel in early 2020 after having the chance to commentate with her mother Pia on the 2020 Women's World Chess Championship match between Ju Wenjun and Aleksandra Goryachkina earlier in the year.