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Welcome to Dilijan Women's Grand Prix

June 15, 2013, 10:04 pm
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As Yu. Kirillova told: “If there are woods, mountains and mineral watersin paradise, it will be like Dilijan”.

We would like to express our sincere welcome to all participants of the FIDE Women Grand Prix, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Tigran Petrosian's victory, which is being held in Dilijan resort town. It is indeed a great honor of ours to meet you in this picturesque town.

Dilijan is a resort town, surrounded by the Lesser Caucasus mountain-range, and lies in the north-eastern part of the Republic of Armenia, in the valley of the Aghstev river.

Dilijan has an amazingly beautiful nature. It seems that mountains envelop and guard this valley with animated love and tenderness. Due to its natural and climatic conditions Dilijan is a unique land. Fine landscape has an extra positive influence on patients and holiday-makers.

Dilijan is a standard medium-mountain zone climatic sanatorium and its principal treatment factors are middle and high mountain climate, favorable oxygen regimen, unique landscape features and curative mineral waters availability.

The Aghstev river with its tributaries gives peculiar charm to the general town landscape.

It originates in the north-western mountainside of the Pambak chain of mountains and flows into the Kura. The left-side tributaries Bldsan and Ghshtoghan join the Aghstev in the central part of the town. In the environs of Teghut village the tributary Haghartsin joins it and the longest tributary Getik flows into it in the lower part of the village Gosh.

Dilijan has great opportunities for ecotourism development and certain measures have already undertaken for its fulfillment.

Name Title Country Rating

Koneru, Humpy g IND 2597
Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2593
Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2550
Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2531
Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2531
Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2526
Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2511
Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2499
Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2492
Danielian, Elina g ARM 2475
Girya, Olga wg RUS 2436
Batchimeg Tuvshintugs wg MGL 2316

2505 average
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Aiming to break the stereotypes

June 15, 2013, 10:10 pm
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Chess, Champs and Charity
Nicholas D. Kristof
New York Times

You see America and its education system in all their glorious, exhilarating, crushing, infuriating contradictions in our national high school chess champion team.

Chess tends to be the domain of privileged schools whose star players have had their own personal chess coaches. Yet the national champion team comes from a high-poverty, inner-city school, and four-fifths of its members are black or Hispanic.

More astounding, these aren’t even high school kids yet. In April, New York’s Intermediate School 318, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where 70 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, became the first middle school team ever to defeat kids up to four years older and win the national high school championship.

The champs are kids like Carlos Tapia, a Mexican-American in the eighth grade, whose dad is a house painter and mom a maid. The parents can’t play chess and can’t afford to give Carlos his own room, but they proudly make space for his 18 chess trophies. “Chess teaches me self-control” that spills over into other schoolwork, Carlos said in the I.S. 318 chess room, as a rainbow of students hunched over their boards, brows furrowed. ...

This isn’t about chess. It’s about investing in kids in ways that transform their trajectories forever. The returns on capital would make Wall Street jealous.

Take Rochelle Ballantyne, who was raised by a single mom from Trinidad and soared on the I.S. 318 chess team. Rochelle, now 17 and aiming to become the first black woman to become a chess master, has won a full scholarship to Stanford University. She’s planning to attend even though she has never visited the campus.

Full article here.
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Women's GP in Dilijan

June 15, 2013, 10:30 pm
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The second tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 is taking place from 16th to 28th June in Dilijan, Armenia.

Twelve players with the average elo of 2505 compete in the round robin tournament. The event is organized by the Armenian Chess Federation & FIDE.

The Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 will give qualification to the Women’s World Championship match 2015.

Players:

GM Koneru Humpy IND 2597
GM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2593
GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2550
IM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2531
GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2531
GM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2526
GM Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 2511
GM Ushenina Anna UKR 2499
GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2492
GM Danielian Elina ARM 2475
WGM Girya Olga RUS 2436
WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs MGL 2316

Official website
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Real game practical tactic

June 16, 2013, 12:00 am
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White to move. How should white proceed?

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Ukrainian Championship LIVE!

June 16, 2013, 5:00 am
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Dilijan Women's GP

June 16, 2013, 5:30 am
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Golden Sands Video

June 16, 2013, 10:00 am
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About Tromsø, home of World Cup 2013 and Olympiad 2014

June 16, 2013, 11:00 am
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http://www.chessworldcup2013.com

Tromsø is the largest city in Northern Norway and the second largest city anywhere north of the Arctic Circle. Its population of 71,000 is boosted by 9,500 students attending the University of Tromsø, giving this modern city a youthful and spirited vibe.

Tromsø airport is located just 5 km from downtown Tromsø and the 12 flights per day between Oslo and Tromsø make the city easily accessible from other international airports.

Tromsø is situated on an urban island, amid beautiful nature, fantastic fjords and dramatic mountain peaks.

The city offers hotels of international standard, cafés, restaurants, shopping and a very active night life.

Tromsø is home to the world’s northernmost brewery, cathedral and botanical garden. You must visit Mack’s Brewery, which was founded in 1877 and is the oldest pub in Tromsø, while the Arctic Cathedral, a modern church dating from 1965, is probably the most famous landmark in Tromsø.

The city is blessed with the Midnight Sun two months each summer. Despite its latitude, Tromsø has a relatively mild climate. In summer hikers can choose between the easily accessible coastal range and the more challenging Lyngen Alps. You can enjoy canoeing on tranquil forest rivers, wild bike rides down hillsides, kayaking on fjords or on the open sea and fishing trips late at night. Whale safaris are an option for those wanting to experience something really exotic.

A cable car takes visitors up a mountain 420 m above sea level and offers an overwhelming panoramic view of the city and the surrounding mountains.

Numerous nature-based activities can be experienced just outside your hotel door. Why not try Arctic deep-sea fishing!You can read more about Tromsø at: http://www.visittromso.no
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Marching ahead

June 16, 2013, 12:00 pm
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Marching ahead
R. RAVINDRAN

Recently, B. Adhiban qualified for the World Cup, to be held in Norway from August 5, and the youngster is determined to make the opportunity count, writes P. K. Ajith Kumar.
In an interview after winning his fifth World chess championship, in Moscow last year, Viswanathan Anand was asked to name India’s most promising chess players. On top of Anand’s list was B. Adhiban. For those following the Chennai youngster’s career, it was hardly a surprise.

He is a natural. He is easily one of India’s more talented kids on the 64 squares. He has won the World Under-16 championship and been part of an Indian team that won the bronze in the World team championship.

Recently, Adhiban, 21, qualified for the World Cup, to be held in Norway from August 5. He made the cut from the Asian championship in Manila. He was placed fifth in the
tournament when the tie-breakers were applied; on points he was ranked second. He had 6.5 points, half-a-point behind the champion, Li Chao of China.

To meet the qualifying mark, he had to defeat John Paul Gomez of the host nation in the final round. “It was a comfortable win for me, as I had a strong attack on the king-side,” said Adhiban. “I was pretty relieved with that victory as I had badly wanted to qualify for the World Cup. Looking back, I feel I should have done even better; I drew far too many games, five of them. If I could have converted one of those draws into a win, I could have won the title.”

It is this desire to win that set him apart from most of his contemporaries, as an upcoming talent. It was refreshing to watch a young Adhiban, still at school, playing imaginative chess, game after game, always wanting to win.

His rise was meteoric after he won his first National title, the Under-13 championship in Kolkata in 2006. He won the silver in the Asian Under-14 championship in Iran that year.
The following year he became the Asian Under-16 champion in Uzbekistan and helped India clinch the gold at the World Youth Olympiad in Singapore. Then in 2008, he won the World Under-16 title in Vietnam. He was also the National ‘B’ champion that year, his first success in the senior men’s event.

A year later, at 17, he won the National ‘A’, rechristened as National Premier, in Mumbai. Then in 2010, he became a Grandmaster. He had secured his third and final Grandmaster norm from the Olomouc International tournament in the Czech Republic; he had won the round-robin event, something no Indian had done for quite a while.

Adhiban, a grade A officer at Indian Oil Corporation, Chennai, may have slowed down a bit over the last year or so, and the Manila showing should do his confidence a world of good. He is determined to make the opportunity he got to play at the World Cup count. “I won’t be playing in another tournament before that,” he said. “I will be working hard on my preparations. The World Cup is a knock-out event and it is going to be my first ever tournament in that format. I feel the knock-out format is an exciting one, for the players and the spectators.”

Adhiban’s coach K. Visweswaran feels the World Cup has come at the right time. “It is an event that will feature 128 of the world’s strongest players and the experience of competing in it will be valuable for Adhiban,” he said. “He has been working harder than ever on his chess, as he has realised that the preparation off the board too is very important, especially now when so much information is available, because of the internet. The talent has always been there, and with hard work, he could become a much stronger player.”

Later this year, Adhiban’s hometown will host the World championship match between his idol Anand and Magnus Carlsen of Norway. “It is great that Chennai is hosting the biggest event in chess,” he said.

“Though Carlsen may be stronger of the two players at the moment, I think Anand could win the title; he knows how to handle a championship match. Yes, I felt on top of the world when he spoke those nice things about me last year. You cannot think of a bigger compliment than that.”

Adhiban wants to prove Anand right. And he has the game to do it.
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Favorite places to play chess

June 16, 2013, 12:30 pm
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What are your 3 most favorite places (could be city, state, or country) to play chess?
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Al Riyadh International Chess

June 16, 2013, 2:38 pm
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The two-day Al Riyadh International Chess tournament sponsored by Qatar Chess Federation and NgiT will start here on June 27.

Saudi Chess Association will run the tournament at Saladin Hotel in the city, organizers said.

It is a Swiss-system tournament of 11 rounds and 10 minutes will be given to both the players with an increment of 5 seconds starting from the first move.

Interested players may register for tournament at Saudi-chess@hotmail.com or contact organizers Hassan Al Mutairi and Yaser Al-Otaibi at 0555559112 and 0563977085 respectively.

Source: http://arabnews.com
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Chess by Stephen Dann

June 16, 2013, 10:04 pm
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All this month we have seen continued references to former World Champion Mikhail Tal, who died in June 1992 and whose memorial tournament is all this week, with live coverage at www.playchess.com. Hikaru Nakamura, the only American participant, won the opening blitz tournament in convincing style.

Today is Father’s Day. We’ve always wanted to ask how many fathers teach their sons and daughters to play chess. We’re going one step further, challenging everyone to learn the rules so they may celebrate National Chess Day this coming Oct. 12, across Massachusetts at a variety of venues. More to come on volunteers to host these events at libraries and community centers.

Trevor Bierig of Leominster swept the Gambit Invitational last week, sponsored by Larry Gladding’s Leominster Chess Association.

Anil Marthi of Shrewsbury dominated the Wachusett Chess Club’s B-division championship, with the A-division unfinished at this writing due to three postponed games. Results and upcoming event information can be found at www.wachusettchess.org. This includes a blitz chess event Wednesday at the group’s Fitchburg State University site.

Carissa Yip, 9, of Chelmsford, a member of the Wachusett Chess Club, has been named a qualifier for the 2013 Pan American Youth Festival, July 25 to Aug. 1 in Brazil. The event is in 12 divisions and details are at www.uschess.org.

Grandmaster Larry Christiansen of Cambridge gives another free simultaneous display at Boston’s South Station concourse from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, sponsored by www.boylstonchessclub.org of Somerville.

We communicate sad news of the passing of Bill Lukowiak (1942-2012), a master and chess director born in New Jersey and a Massachusetts resident for more than 40 years. He became homeless many years ago, but a number of tributes are now being written about his colorful life in chess.

Pick of the week at www.masschess.org is the 19th Northeast Open throughout next weekend in Stamford, Conn., but there are many one-day and weeknight events in the region.

GM Kevin Spraggett of Canada presents new tactical puzzles on Thursdays at

Answer to quiz: Did you see 1. Qg7ch and 2. Nh6 mate? Another position gleaned from www.tacticstime.com, now celebrating the second anniversary of sending twice weekly free newsletters to 1,600 enthusiasts. 

Source: http://www.telegram.com
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Dzagnidze and T. Kosintseva score in 1st round of Women's GP

June 16, 2013, 10:20 pm
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US Junior Championship Update

June 16, 2013, 11:00 pm
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Shen, Shetty Lead after 2 at U.S. Junior Closed
By Brian Jerauld

SAINT LOUIS (June 16, 2013) -- Pairings for Round 2 of the 2013 U.S. Junior Closed Championship looked more like those from a Swiss system than the actual round robin in place. After a completely decisive first round on Friday at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, four out of five games on Saturday featured identical-score matchups, ensuring some early separation in the rankings.

Both FM Atuyla Shetty, who had the lone matchup without a like-scored opponent, and IM Victor Shen, a third-place finisher in the last two U.S. Juniors Closed events, were able to keep a perfect pace through the first two rounds. IM Daniel Naroditsky and FM Luke Harmon-Vellotti, both of whom earned wins in the first round, agreed to an opposite-colored bishop draw after 36 moves. Robert Perez and Samuel Sevian also drew, both earning their first half-point of the tournament. IM Kayden Troff also earned his first point of the tournament.

Shen wasn’t sure if he had just dodged a bullet in his game versus FM Yian Liou until he saw the text message from his father shortly after the game’s conclusion: You’re lucky.

“My dad doesn’t even play chess – but he does have a computer next to him, so I assume I was losing somewhere,” Chen said. “I had a feeling I was, so hearing that was not a giant surprise, but I just didn’t ever see it. And neither did [Liou].”

Indeed Liou, who had accurately squeezed Sevian into submission in the first round, came out with an equally clean King’s Indian Attack that seemed to foreshadow steady advancement into Shen’s camp. Tossing fuel on the fire was Shen’s offering of 19. … Qc8, a wasted move that was corrected immediately with 20. … Qc7, but at the loss of a crucial tempo. It was here Shen guessed he had earned the text from his father.

“I had been happy with the result of the opening, but after that [Qc8] mistake, I thought [Liou] was better,” Shen said. “After that, I just kept feeling that something dangerous was about to happen on the kingside.”

To the contrary, Grandmaster and commentator Yasser Seirawan thought Liou’s attack on the kingside, specifically 17. g5 might have come prematurely. The result of the move left Liou’s pieces rather awkward and did more to expose his own king than provide any intended attack on Shen’s.

Liou’s initiative crumbled quickly. His 28. f3 put a serious cramp in his army’s mobility, which soon led to a queen trade and Shen’s battery of rooks to control the f-file. Though Shen had played the final ten moves with just under 3 minutes on his clock, Liou’s blunder at 38. Bd5 was all that was needed to notch a second win.

Shetty chalked his victory over FM Jeffrey Xiong up to preparation. And then he chalked it up to preparation again.

As if researching Xiong’s past play against the French defense wasn’t thorough enough, Shetty also ported in a plan from an alternative line he had also studied, which became the catalyst to Xiong’s first backpedalling in the game.

“I figured he was expecting the Sicilian, so instead I went with the French,” Shetty said. “I saw a lot of his games with the French and he always went with the same line, so I knew what to expect. And then Ne4 was an idea I took from a different variation – so even a second line helped me in this game.”

Xiong’s opening looked decent enough, albeit a bit passive for white, until Shetty’s 14. … Ne4 forced his first retreat. From there, Xiong’s attack lagged behind and looked rather indecisive, while Shetty pressed forward with free initiative.

By 17. … f5, Shetty had complete center dominance, displaying a position that looked more like a Sicilian gone wrong for the white pieces than the French defense in which the game began. Move 23. Bf1 put Xiong’s bishop into permanent defense of his king for the rest of the game, and his subsequent queen trade for Shetty’s rook and bishop made the position even more of a struggle. Xiong’s last attempt, a race to pass his a-pawn to its queening square, came up just short.

Both Naroditsky and Harmon-Vellotti had the opportunity to stay perfect through two rounds, though the two ultimately played a game that settled simply to a draw. The Classical Nimzo-Indian line went straightforward enough to bring both sides into a balanced middlegame, though an isolated queen’s pawn for Harmon-Vellotti might have slightly tipped the scales.

It was an opportunity Naroditsky did not pursue, admittedly with concern over his opponent’s bishop pair. He took the first opportunity to trade a knight for the white bishop, and less than ten moves later, all the upper pieces had been traded off save the opposite-colored bishops.

“A draw with the black pieces is not the worst thing in the world and, at some point, it’s important to make a prudent decision,” Naroditsky said of his choice to push forward into a draw. “You don’t always have to go all-in. Sometimes the decision is not justified, sometimes it is. We’ll just see how it goes for the rest of the tournament.”

The other draw of Round 2, between Perez and Sevian, came from the Botvinnik variation of the Semi-Slav defense in the Queen’s Gambit and featured a literal race into theory for over 20 moves. In fact, it took only 20 total minutes to get 20 moves deep into the game, and Sevian was missing just four minutes from his clock after 23 moves.

But though Perez, who had just studied the line the night prior, was “booked up” past move 26 of this extremely sharp line, it was there that he suffered the game’s first slip.

“I really did just look at this line last night, and I guess my memory failed because I played b3 rather quickly,” Perez said. “It was one of those things I realized 30 seconds later: ‘Oh, I was supposed to play Rd1 first to stop Bd6.’ It was psycho annoying.”

Perez’ momentary stray from book was met with Sevian’s first think of the game, and eventually the correct 26. … Bd6. The response sent Perez into a massively deep think, including several walks around the Saint Louis Chess Club tournament hall to recollect his thoughts. When he returned, he accurately guided the game to a draw by repetition just five moves later, as neither player could find much to do.

“When I played b3, I thought I was losing – but maybe I was just being pessimistic,” he said. “I think a draw was a fair result considering what happened.”

Kayden Troff experienced a tough loss in the first round, but bounced back convincingly in his second-round game versus WFM Sarah Chiang. After early action saw Chiang with pawns stacked and isolated on the c-file, she allowed one as a sacrifice on the 12th move with the intentions of gaining a positional advantage to the open board.

Chiang seemed to have received adequate compensation by move 19, where she had coordinated pressure on Troff’s e-pawn and all-but trapped his queen away from the action. But some indecisiveness in her method of attack allowed Troff to wiggle his queen free, and by move 26 his strongest piece was back into the open board and making noise. Chiang’s trade of the minor pieces on the next move awarded Troff a passed pawn, which would ultimately spell doom for the black pieces.

“I thought her (14th move) e5 was actually inaccurate, and I felt I had the better position from there,” Troff said. “I just felt she lost some chances she could have gotten; I still knew five moves deeper that I had prepped.”
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Blitz tactic review

June 17, 2013, 12:00 am
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Black to move. How should Black proceed?

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GH Raisoni Maharashtra State Open FIDE Chess tournament

June 16, 2013, 3:00 pm
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Five share lead after Round 5
Amit Sampat, TNN | Jun 17, 2013, 07.43 AM IST

NAGPUR: Five top rated players share the lead with full five points at the half way stage of the GH Raisoni Maharashtra State Open FIDE Rating Chess tournament currently in progress at the multipurpose hall of Saraswati Vidyalaya here on Sunday.

Top seed Mumbai-based IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni representing Railways, along with second seed Anup Deshmukh, seed No 3 Satchidanand Soman, No 5 ranked Akash Thakur and sixth seed Dilip Pagay registered victories in contrasting fashion to share the top slot with five points at the end of Round 5.

On the top board, Kulkarni playing with the black pieces outclassed Pankaj Pendalwar in 26 moves while Orange city's first IM Anup Deshmukh registered a hard fought 44-move win over Shubham Lakudkar on the second board.

Third seed Fide Master Satchidanand Soman defeated the Kings Pawn opening of Shweta Gole while the Sicilian defence of IM-elect Akash Thakur was enough for the experienced master to get the better of city youngster Prasad Aurangabadkar. On the fifth board, secretary of Maharashtra Chess Association, Dilip Pagay playing with the white pieces made good use of his opening advantage to prevail over Chinmay Pathak and collect full points.

A day after being held by a lower ranked opponent, fourth seed Sauravh Khherdekar bounced back to get the better of Kawaljeet Singh Maras and share the second spot with 4.5 points along side Shailesh Dravid.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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AIR jockey designs chess board for visually impaired players

June 16, 2013, 6:30 pm
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AIR jockey designs chess board for visually impaired players
Stuti Shukla : Mumbai, Mon Jun 17 2013, 01:01 hrs

That only 1,500 out of the 5,000 registered blind or partially blind chess players in India are active due to poor access to specially designed chess-boards, was a constant cause of worry for Pankaj Athawle. Having witnessed the woes of visually challenged chess players for years, the 35-year-old sports commentator launched 'Vision 64' on Friday — an initiative to design and manufacture such boards for Indian players as per international standards.

Named so because of the 64 squares on a chess board, the 90-day project — that went live on June 14 — aims to collect Rs 5 lakh through a crowd-funding website called wishberry.in and make 1000 such chess boards available to visually impaired chess players across India.

Athawle, who works for All India Radio's Rainbow FM channel, had received contributions totalling Rs 10, 000 till Sunday. While he is currently relying on social media sites and personal blogs to spread the word, he hopes to rope in cricketers to urge people to donate.

"Chess is the only game where a visually challenged person can compete with a sighted person on an equal footing without any change in rules. This bridges the gap between the able and the disabled," said Athawle.

He was deeply disappointed at the state of infrastructure available with sports associations. The only chess boards for the visually challenged persons currently available in India are wooden, heavy, large in size, expensive, cumbersome to carry and limited in number.

"Chess requires constant practice. But in the present scenario, players can practise only at associations. The need of the hour is to make available light-weight foldable boards that players can have at their homes and carry around. Having spent over four years interviewing these players as part of my job, I felt it was a pity that such boards are not available in India," said Athawle.

Full article here.
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2013 SPICE Cup Open - $11,000 guaranteed

June 16, 2013, 8:30 pm
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2013 SPICE Cup Open
Sponsored by Webster University
and the Susan Polgar Foundation

St. Louis, Missouri
October 15-19, 2013

GM/IM norm opportunity - Minimum rating (FIDE) 2100
Limited to first 50 entries
4 IM/GM norms were earned last year: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com

PRIZES: $11,000 guaranteed

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A Chess Clinic with IM Andrew Martin ... and more

June 16, 2013, 10:01 pm
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A Chess Clinic with IM Andrew Martin
Posted on June 14,2013 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, All Articles w/ Videos, Beginner's Corner. IM Andrew Martin is a world-renown chess trainer that focuses on improvement for beginner and intermediate players. In the below chess video excerpt from the chess DVD A Chess Clinic IM Andrew Martin is analyzing an interesting encounter between one of his students (a club level player) and an opponent rated over 400 points higher. It is fascinating to hear IM Martin's advice on facing higher-rated players and how he advises his students to not o[...]

Black Shockers - The French Fort Knox by IM Andrew Martin
Posted on June 12,2013 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. The Fort Knox Variation of the French Defense is an extremely solid sideline that has remained under-appreciated until recent years. In the below chess video excerpt from the chess DVD ¨Black Shockers Vol. 2 - French Fort Knox - Old Benoni¨ IM Andrew Martin explains that the Fort Knox Variation of the French Defense is a very sturdy response against 1. e4 and that black will almost certainly be able to achieve a playable equality from the opening[...]

Kramnik Crushes Kasparov - Insane King's Indian Defense
Posted on June 10,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, Classic Games (Pre 2010). Vladimir Kramnik is one of the only chess players that has consistently achieved good results against Garry Kasparov. In this classic chess video footage from the 1994 Moscow Intel Grand Prix, Kramnik puts an absolute beating on Kasparov in one of the craziest chess games ever. Kasparov responds to Kramnik's 1. d4 with his favorite opening weapon with black - the King's Indian Defense! The opening is complicated and it appears that Kasparov has o[...]

How to Beat the Caro-Kann by IM Andrew Martin
Posted on June 07,2013 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, Beginner's Corner. The Caro-Kann Defense is one of the most solid chess openings black can play against 1. e4. The Caro-Kann was made popular on a large scale by the efforts of former World Chess Champion José Raúl Capablanca in the earlier parts of the 20th century. The Caro-Kann became associated with Capablanca's incredibly solid style as the former champion would use it to draw with black, seemingly at will. But don't be fooled - as not only is the Caro-Kann an[...]

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