Rose Atwell (@atwell

Rose Atwell

1,564 posts

Rose Atwell

@atwell_rose

I'm an IM-elect at chess. I'm waiting for FIDE to make my IM title official. Age 17 girl.

California

ratings.uschess.org/player/16303021

Joined September 2022

Rose Atwell
@atwell_rose
Aug 15, 2025
Well, I just played Magnus Carlsen for the first time in my life. It was a blitz game on @chesscom in their "Freestyle Friday" tournament. I lost. I finished the event with 7/11. I started playing Freestyle Friday back in February, and this is the best I've ever finished. 🙂
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Rose Atwell
@atwell_rose
Jan 18, 2025
I played IM Levy Rozman in round 3 of my tournament. And I won! I was worse until he played b6. See below. I think this is a "positional blunder" due to g4! destroying his kingside pawn mass. Best for him was Qh7. If g4 Bd8 gxf5 Nf6 he has a massive kingside initiative. 😃
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Rose Atwell
@atwell_rose
May 2, 2025
Now I'm in Florida! I'm here for 2 tournaments: the Space Coast Open and SuperNationals. Space Coast starts tonight. I just played in Freestyle Friday on @chesscom as a warm-up. I beat @GMHikaru in round 1 and then was asked to join a Zoom meeting for a fair play check. 😃
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Rose Atwell
@atwell_rose
Sep 1, 2025
I had a quick draw in round 9 to earn my 2nd IM norm! I finished on 6.5/9. I think I gained 54 FIDE points with this performance. Big thanks to the organizers for hosting this event! I'll be back in Charlotte in November for more events. Photo by the Charlotte Chess Center -
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Rose Atwell
@atwell_rose
Jan 31, 2024
Holy cow! My new FIDE rating is 2343! I'm very happy to have met the requirement for the FM title. I had a big jump because I played pretty well in 2 recent events, and I also still had a K-factor of 40. My next goal is to get the IM title. 😃
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Rose Atwell
@atwell_rose
Mar 22, 2023
My new USCF rating is 2203! So now I'm a National Master! I'm very happy about this.😀To be official, I think I will have to wait for the rerate to be complete. Notice the double asterisk (**) below. I'll be going after FIDE titles soon, after I celebrate a bit. 🎉🥳
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Rose Atwell
@atwell_rose
Sep 10, 2024
I was just invited to play in the US Women's Championship! 😀I'm the wildcard! It starts in about 1 month in Saint Louis! I'm very happy and grateful to have this opportunity; I wasn't sure I would be invited. I'll certainly try my best, despite being the lowest rated seed.
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Rose Atwell
@atwell_rose
Aug 25, 2025
I won the Central California Open, in clear first. This is the first time that I've won an open tournament, and I'm pretty happy about this. I'm headed to Charlotte soon for an IM norm event, so hopefully I can keep up this good form. 😃
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Rose Atwell
@atwell_rose
Jun 7, 2023
My USCF NM Certificate finally arrived today! 😀
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Rose Atwell
@atwell_rose
Oct 11, 2025
Now I'm here for the U.S. Women's Championship! It's at the newly expanded & renovated @STLChessClub! The opening ceremony is tonight and round 1 is tomorrow. I played in this tournament last year and I finished tied for last. I hope this time I can do a lot better! 💪
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Rose Atwell
@atwell_rose
Apr 8, 2023
After my good day in Reno yesterday, I got paired with GM Sergey Kudrin in round 3. And I won! He is in his 60's and is only 2356 FIDE now. Nevertheless, he's my first win against a GM in a classical tournament game. Doing this has been a goal of mine for a long time. 🔥😸👑
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Rose Atwell
@atwell_rose
Oct 11, 2024
I just played IM Anna Zatonskih in round 1 of the US Champs. And I won! I was black and she played 1.Nf3 and did a KIA. I played a different defense against it than usual. Later she got in time trouble and blundered! Here I am feeling nervous before the game - #USChessChamps
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Rose Atwell
@atwell_rose
May 23, 2025
I just played a GM from Spain in round 1 of the Chicago Open. He's 2550 FIDE, and I was black, and I won! This is definitely my highest-rated win ever with the black pieces. He was outplaying me in the middlegame, but I got my chances when he blundered in time trouble. 😃
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Rose Atwell
@atwell_rose
Sep 16, 2025
For the first time today, I won the women's prize in Titled Tuesday. I'm pretty happy about that. 🙂 I scored 7 / 11. I hope to do even better next week.
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