Mega tournament - trophies and players

Winner of the Sadurangam Mega Tournament 22.11.20 : Pranavkumar

When your opponent is not in focus, this is what happens

This is one of the game recently played. Few things we could learn from this 1. positioning the pieces 2. Focus on the attack. 3. Check  mate pattern 4. Isolation of the queen . Also identify the mistakes for losing .

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Knowing the fundamentals

 A recent game played again illustrates all the fundamentals discussed in the class

1. Do not block your bishops- done by black

2.Castle early- both sides did this

3. Try to capture the shielding pawns- black did this

4. Knight on the rim is dim- proved with the white's move

5. Do not bother about the minor pieces, and be clear about the check mate pattern. - move 13 of black

6. Be cautious about the game ending- 14 moves could be too big- white was not aware

7. When need to survive, losing queen can also be accepted- white was not willing and paid the penalty.

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Playing Danish Gambit

While I teach various gambit in seniors classes, I also need to practice my skills frequently. This is one such gambit I played online with a player. For a particular reason I have hidden the name of the player. While the game was over in 17 moves , the last move of black was not convincing to me. The opponent should have played the another possible move. Can you figure out ? But still white could have made a victory.  Try this in the board and give the moves in the comment section. 

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Participation in International Chessathon

 What is happiness ?

The first thing what defines happiness for many others is good food, fantastic clothing, luxurious living, big car etc or a sort of materialistic thing. For few others it is the mental happiness. To me , the happiness is what my students achieve, preparing my students to achieve the international ranking in chess. 

In the last few days, I was fully charged with happiness as our academy students continuously rocked in the International chessathon tournament and bagged good positions.  For many of them this is the very first tournament of their career.  

While most of the players were focusing on the Rapid and classical category ,Blitz was the one which they haven't tried. Inspite of these odds, they achieved tremendous results.

All were 9 rounds match

1.Shreyas  U 9 B  43rd Rank in 453 participants 6.5 points* - better than 90.5% of players

2. Anuvardini U11 G  10 th Rank /133 participants  6.5 points - better than 92.5 % of players

3. Abivardini U11 G 37 th Rank / 133 participants 5 points- 72.2 percentile

4. Dyuthi  U11 G 75th Rank in 133 participants 4 points * in 43.6 percentile

5 Yazhmozhi U13 G 35 th Rank in 139 participants 5.5 points * 74.8 percentile

6. Pravin U13 B 119 th Rank in 513 participants 5.5 points 76.8 percentile

7. Akshat U13 B 157th Rank in 513 participants 5 points 69.39 percentile

8.Pranavkumar U17 71st Rank in 167 participants  5 points 57.48 Percentile [ A tougher category ]

*First ever tournament played.

 The results indicate that our students are performing definitely better and their standings are promising .

CONGRATULATIONS ALL MY DEAR MOST STUDENTS! . YOU WILL CONTINUOUSLY PERFORM BETTER.