This page details Vanessa Sun’s complete work experience in chess, especially the majority of her chess writing and photography.
Employment / Volunteering
- In 2017, I was a judge for Best of US Chess 2016, selecting the best articles published on US Chess (Chess Life Online) in 2016
- The Browning School: Chess teacher, 2018 – 2020
- U.S. Chess School: Social Media & Teaching Assistant for IM Greg Shahade, 2016-2018
- Marshall Chess Club: Tournament Director & Blog Contributor, 2017 – 2019
- Chess at Three: Tutor, 2016 – 2018
- Chess in the Schools: Advisory Board member and freelance photographer, 2017
- Long Island Chess Nuts: Summer Camp Staff, 2015
Chess Writing / Publication List
Chess Life
- The 2017 K-12 Grade Championships – April 2018
- Masters of Disruption – November 2017
- Charity Chess Championship Raises $20,000 for Cancer Research – July 2017
- “Summer Chess Academy for Talented Youth” Dominates Biggest Ever Amateur Team East Again – May 2017 [Cover Story]
Digital
US Chess Federation/Chess Life Online
Author Profile Link: US Chess
- Arthur Guo And Winston Ni Win Big In Atlanta (with GM Michael Rohde) – April 11, 2018
- Awarded Best Of CLO 2018 #10
- “You Don’t Have To Be A GM To Win At USATE”- Carnegie Mellon – February 21, 2018
- Rock N Roll And The Ruy Lopez: Over 300 Teams At The World Amateur – February 18, 2018
- Vanessa Sun On The Greater NY Scholastics – January 20, 2018
- Inside The Girls Club Room At The K-12 Chess Champs – December 19, 2017
- K-12 Grade Championships: A December To Remember – December 10, 2017
- Belous Wins US Masters; Zherebukh 2nd With 1. A3! – August 29, 2017
- Over 200 Girls Attend New York State Girls Championships – February 27, 2017
- Perpetual Summer: Academy Youth Wins US Amateur Team Again – February 22, 2017
- US Amateur Team East Kicks Off With Over 300 Teams [GALLERY] – February 18, 2017
- Dreaming Of The Perfect Match Format: GMs Sound Off – November 21, 2016
ChessBase
Author Profile Link: ChessBase
- USA: Denker Tournament of High School Champions won by ‘Virginia’ – August 7, 2017
- World Open: Petrosian wins, Abdumalik is sensation – July 8, 2017
- Charity Chess: Using Chess to Help Others – June 1, 2017
- Trump protesters clash with chess players – May 5, 2017
ChessKid
- Rachael Li: The Upcoming Chess Superstar You Should Watch Out For – July 24, 2017
- Advice from Youngest Master in US History – January 2, 2017
Blogs
Marshall Chess Club Blog
In 2017, the Marshall Chess Club started a blog on their website. It is now defunct, likely replaced by the Marshall Spectator articles. For a brief time, I contributed to several posts, which now appear to be largely archived here, but also partially hosted on a defunct blog here. I link below all my blog posts, using the best visually formatted article. You can find screenshots of the old Marshall Chess Club blog using the Wayback Machine, which also archived the website’s blog through screen captures.
- Player Spotlight: Adia Onyango – February 5, 2018
- Mikhail Layevskiy Memorial Blitz – January 30, 2018
- A Week at the Marshall – January 20, 2018
- In the Lens of Our New Club Champion – January 12, 2018
- Insanity at the Marshall Chess Club! – January 5, 2018
- Highlighting Some Marshall Regulars at K-12 Nationals – December 17, 2017
- A Tribute to Mikhail Layevskiy – December 13, 2017
Chess^Summit Blog
- Expectations for 3 Tournaments vs the Reality (to come)- Part 1 – August 16, 2017
- What I Learned from a Weekend in Norfolk, Virginia – August 3, 2017
- Ups and Downs at the New York International – June 30, 2017
- Ten Tournaments to Follow/Play This Summer- A Pretty Obvious Selection by Vanessa – June 12, 2017
- What Bad Tournaments Make You Think – May 5, 2017
- My First US Championships – April 20, 2017
- Who is GM Yaro Zherebukh? – April 17, 2017
- CHESSanity: A Unique Class Tournament – April 7, 2017
- Behind the Scenes of a Final Four Team – March 28, 2017
- All-Girls Tournaments: The Solution to Gender Issues in Chess? – February 27, 2017
- 5 Things I Missed Out on as a Non-Scholastic Chess Player – February 5, 2017
- A Criticism of the WCC Venue – December 10, 2016
- WCC 2016: Is It Time for Change? – December 2, 2016
- Millionaire Chess: The Best Weekend of My Life – October 24, 2016
- A Beginner’s Take on the US Chess School – August 26, 2016
Photographs Used in Chess Media
* indicates articles also written by photographer, will also be listed in the Chess Writing / Publication List section above
Chess Life [SECTION UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
- Cover Photo and Table of Contents photos, May 2017
Digital
US Chess Federation/Chess Life Online
- Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Maya Myers – November 17, 2022
- K-12 Chess Champs “Fear Will Lead To Mistakes.” – December 12, 2018
- [Same photo as above] FIDE Congress Update: Chess 960 And An Illegal Move Quiz – October 2, 2018
- [Same photo as above] John Burke Wins 2018 US Masters – August 28, 2018
- Robert Hess On Charity Chess: $56,000 Raised – July 12, 2018
- Kimberly Doo On Charity Chess Champs: “This Cause Is Deeply Personal To Me” – May 3, 2018
- Arthur Guo And Winston Ni Win Big In Atlanta – April 11, 2018*
- “You Don’t Have To Be A GM To Win At USATE”- Carnegie Mellon – February 21, 2018*
- Rock N Roll And The Ruy Lopez: Over 300 Teams At The World Amateur – February 18, 2018*
- Vanessa Sun On The Greater NY Scholastics – January 20, 2018*
- Inside The Girls Club Room At The K-12 Chess Champs – December 19, 2017*
- K-12 Grade Championships: A December To Remember – December 10, 2017 *
- Belous Wins US Masters; Zherebukh 2nd With 1. A3! – August 29, 2017 *
- Over 200 Girls Attend New York State Girls Championships – February 27, 2017*
- Perpetual Summer: Academy Youth Wins US Amateur Team Again – February 22, 2017*
- US Amateur Team East Kicks Off With Over 300 Teams [GALLERY] – February 18, 2017*
- 51st Greater NY Scholastic Championship Breaks Records – February 15, 2017
Kasparov Foundation
ChessBase
ChessBase seems to delete many photos on their website. I provide secondary, archived version links using Wayback Machine so viewers can see the article with images in its full form.
- Twenty grandmasters play blitz for charity – May 21, 2018
- Carlsen vs Aronian classic in CBM 178 – August 31, 2017
- It’s Lenderman! – August 14, 2017
- USA: Denker Tournament of High School Champions won by ‘Virginia’ – August 7, 2017*
- August 2017 FIDE ratings: The rise of the prodigies – August 4, 2017
- World Open: Petrosian wins, Abdumalik is sensation – July 2017*
- Charity Chess: Using Chess to Help Others – June 1, 2017*
- Greater Scholastic Tournaments in America – February 16, 2017
- New York 2016: In the Epicenter – November 12, 2016
Chess in the Schools
- Chess in the Schools at The 52nd Annual Greater NY Scholastic Championships – 2018
- An Evening with World Chess Champion GM Anatoly Karpov – April 6, 2017
- 2017 CIS Project Chess City Council Cup at 503K – May 30, 2017
- 2017 CIS Mark Levine Chess Challenge – March 2017
Other Media
- Photo from U.S. Amateur Team East, used by NM Beilin Li for his Chess.com blog post about winning the top college prize at USATE 2018 – February 28, 2018
- Photo of Rochelle Wu, used by Alabama.com for National chess tournament won by Alabama player, local results and games – August 6, 2017
- Photos of Alejandro Ramirez & Yaroslav Zherebukh and of the Saint Louis University Chess Team, used by St. Louis Public Radio for On Chess: 2 St. Louis universities win top honors at the President’s Cup – April 5, 2017
- Photo of Garry Kasparov from Greater New York Scholastic Chess Championships 2017, used by Stabroek News for Women’s World Chess Championship ongoing in Iran despite boycott – February 19, 2017
US Chess Federation Social Media Takeovers
[SECTION UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
- Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championship – December 2018
- All Girls Nationals – April 2018
- Final Four Collegiate Championship – March 2018
- U.S. Amateur Team East – February 2018
- U.S. Open – August 2017
- U.S. Denker Tournament of High School Champions, Dewain Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions, and the National Girls’ Tournament of Champions – August 2017
- U.S. Amateur Team East – February 2017