Vote For The 2023 Chess.com Awards – Chess.com
Time sure flies when you're having having fun-damental endgame clashes! It's the end of 2023 already, and what a tremendous year it was for chess! There are numerous reasons to celebrate the last 12 monthsso many that choosing the best among them will be tough!
So, put your thinking cap on because it's time to vote for the 2023 Chess.com Awards. Commemorate another year of the best players, games, creators, and everything related to the game we all love!
Cast Your Vote
2023 started with a bang when Mittens materialized on the first day of the year and made it into the pages of major media outlets like the Wall Street Journal.
Shortly after, we experienced the biggest chess craze yet, with hundreds of thousands of new players picking up the game every single day. Think about it: we lived to see chess getting banned from schools.
Then, the world met its new champion, GM Ding Liren. IM Levy Rozman published his first book and made it to Forbes' 30 under 30 list. PogChamps returned, and players like GMs Fabiano Caruana and Cristian Chirila, WGM Dina Belenkaya, and others cemented themselves into the chess content creation space.
Now, YOU get to pick the best things that happened to the chess world throughout the year. You can vote for any of the categories below:
Fill out the official form below to cast your vote. By voting for all categories, you will be eligible to win one of 10 diamond memberships awarded randomly. The prizes include one one-year Diamond membership, four six-month memberships, and five three-month memberships. Please note that voting closes on December 31, so make sure to cast your vote today!
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