Full name: Aman Hambleton
Title: Chess Grandmaster (2018), International Master (2013)
Born: 30th December 1992
Place of birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ratings
World ranking: 267
Rapid: 2450
Blitz: 2552
Classical (Std): 2454
Profiles
Aman Hambleton is one of the most celebrated chess players in the world. He earned the title of chess grandmaster in 2018. He has a peak rating of 2509 from September 2013, and his FIDE rating stands at 2454. His rapid ranking is at 2450 and Blitz at 2552. Hambleton has a world ranking of 267. He couldn’t be given the title GM without earning the three norms, where his final one was in December 2017.
Biography
Aman Hambleton is a popular Canadian chess player born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1992. He began engaging in a chess game at five years. He participated in his first tournament in Toronto, where he vacated when he turned six. He studied at the Woburn Collegiate Institute. At this time, he was already an internet chess commentator and would stand-in for Western University in team leagues. Further, alongside other Canadian GMs’ Eric Hansen and Yasser Seirawan, they have been named the PRO chess league team, the Chessbrahs, which is also the name of what is now one of the best Chess YouTube Channels. Aman is on the list of the most noted chess players.
Aman Hambleton was pronounced an International Master in 2013 and, after that, given his title of chess Grandmaster in April 2018 by FIDE. He amazed people by earning 200 plus ratings in just one year. This achievement positioned him at number ten on the list of the best Canadian Chess players.
He achieved the three Grandmaster norms required to earn the title as well as surpassed the 2500 FIDE rating to earn the Chess Grandmaster title. For more information on FIDE and ratings, see the step-by-step guide on how to get a FIDE rating.
Aman gave a speech at about becoming a GM and about the insanely long beard he grew while doing it.
He participated at the UNAM Chess Festival in 2012, where he got his first norm. It took him five years to achieve his second one in April 2017 at the Reykjavik Open.
Interestingly, in March of the same year, he had sworn not to cut off his beard not until he achieved his third norm. It lasted approximately eight months before attaining it, which happened in December. He was in the team Guildford 1 team that was victorious in 2013-14. Today, Aman and Eric Hansen, who are Chessbrahs, taught juniors at a summer chess camp before the Canadian Youth Chess Championship began.
This popular chess player has been actively engaging in chess from 2004 to date. He has emerged victorious in many of these tournaments. For instance, in July 2017, he triumphed at the Canadian Open Chess Championship together with Razvan Preotu. He stood up for Canada at the 41st Chess Olympiad. In 2013, he was pronounced the Labrador and Newfoundland Championship winner in Canada and the Sunningdale Open in Great Britain.
Apart from him being a Canadian grandmaster, he holds titles of being a lecturer, chess commentator, and streaming guru. He regularly moderates at Chess.com, earning a huge worldwide audience. In January 2013, at the Wjik Aan Zee, he offered commentary on the Tata Steel Chess, which involved picking the top chess players in the world. As he did so, he brought about the human side of each candidate who participated. On Twitch, he is the main host of a stream among the other Chessbrahs, which shows as they engage majorly in online speed chess. He is humorous, which people find entertaining, and this possibility has contributed to him getting over 160k followers on Twitch. Hambleton majors his streams in bullet and blitz games, sub battles.
The Beginning
GM Aman Hambleton’s uncle, Ian Hambleton, assisted him at the beginning of how to play chess. And at five years, his father awarded him a chessboard which he used to commence engaging in the game. His studies at this time were a hindrance to consistently playing the game.
At six years in Toronto, he got a coach, Michael McArthur. Some of the tournaments he participated in at this young age were: the under 12 youth chess championship, where he earned 5/11 points in 2004.
In 2010, he emerged the winner at a tournament of the Canadian U-18 Youth Chess. He earned 200 plus ratings in one year, which earned the title of International Master. As he continued venturing into a chess game, he perceived it as a job he would love to pursue when he grew up, although it was not worth it as it may seem to the public.
He spends minimum six hours a day playing Chess leading him in being ranked amongst the best in the world in playing blitz and bullet time controls.
He shows his ability to control the board. In January this year, Aman Hambleton moved from the tenth-ranked Canadian player to the eighth, holding a rating of 2454.
Achievements
Aman Hambleton has proven to be self-motivated from an early age, leading him to acquire many achievements in the chess industry. At twenty-one years in 2013, he attained the title of International Master when he earned 200 plus ratings in one year.
Later in 2018, after achieving the three norms, Aman was given the title of grandmaster at twenty-six. He did well in some of the tournaments when he represented his country Canada at the World Youth Chess Championship held in Greece in 2004.
Aman took first place at the Toronto Junior Championship in 2008. He was awarded the FIDE master title for his success in 2009 at the Canadian Championship.
In 2012, Hambleton won at the 22nd Erfurter Schachfestival held in Germany. Recently, he has participated again in the reserve board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad. Here, his first-round was lost to Rijendra Rajbhandari, but as they concluded, he became victorious in his last four games.
In conclusion, Aman is one of the best Chess streamers on Twitch and YouTube and makes awesome videos for Chess fans, we highly recommend checking out his channel.
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