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Biggest learning: you are not afraid of things when you dont know it
is to be afraid of. Acing under excess pressure for long hours and
diverse surroundings .
Chess: play for long hours against strong players . Much adverse
conditions ( often played in burning sun in the open in 40 degree
Celsius etc)
Experience: Never give up. Such things Learnt during the shaping ages
of brain. Work under extreme pressure. Work relentlessly.
Maintain calm, maintain confidence.
Problems: Expectations of world. Lack of training and guidance.
Balancing school and chess. I had to travel even for training.
(world champion Carlson did not complete study and other top
Indian players like humpy, parimarjan negi could not continue
regular study. Actually I hardly know any good indian players
who have gone to school.)
Variations of Chess:
(If you are taking bughouse chess as chess, then anti-chess should also be taken as variant,
where the aim is to lose all the pieces first. What would you call national chess ( just little
differences than international chess) )
1. Elo rating
(Want me to elaborate upon norm system? How people become GM, IM,
CM, FM? )
The list of FIDE events where this single time control will be used:
Chess Olympiads
World Team Championships
Continental Team Championships
World Cup
Continental Championships
Zonal Tournaments
World Youth & Junior Championships
Continental Youth & Junior Championships
World School Championships
Continental Club Championships
Players
Indian:
Men:
In top 20 rankings
2. Vishwanathan Anand
Indian chess Grandmaster and
a five-time World Chess Champion.
Viswanathan Anand became Indias first grandmaster in 1988.
In the World Chess Championship 2013 he lost to challenger Magnus
Carlsen and he lost again to Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2014.
In April 2006 Anand became the fourth player in history to pass the
2800 Elo mark on the FIDE rating list, after Garry Kasparov,Vladimir Kramnik
and Veselin Topalov.
He occupied the number one position for 21 months, the 6th longest
on record.
He was also the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
in 199192, Indias highest sporting honour.
In 2007, he was awarded Indias second highest civilian award, the
Padma Vibhushan, making him the first sports person to receive the award.
Lubomir Kavalek describes Anand as the most versatile world
champion ever, pointing out that Anand is the only player to have won the
world chess championship in tournament, match, and knockout format, as
well as rapid time controls
Others:
1. Krishnan Sasikiran (born 7 January 1981) is an Indian chess
grandmaster
2. Dibyendu Barua 2nd Indian GM
3. P. Harikrishna (2733)
4. Parimarjan Negi 2nd youngest grandmaster, at the age of 13 years
and 142 days (13 years, 4 months, and 20 days), he became the second-
youngest GM ever, second only to Sergey Karjakin,
5. K. Sasikiran
6. Surya Shekhar Ganguly
7. Abhijeet Gupta
8. Vidit Gujrathi
World:
3. Bobby Fischer
At age 13, Fischer won a brilliancy that became known as The
Game of the Century
An American chess Grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess
Champion.
Many consider him the greatest chess player of all time.
Fischers My 60 Memorable Games (1969) remains a revered
work in chess literature
he became the first official World Chess Federation (FIDE) number-
one-ranked player, spending a total of 54 months at number one
.In 1972, he captured the World Chess Championship from Boris
Spassky of the USSR in a match held in Reykjavk, Iceland, publicized as a
Cold War confrontation which attracted more worldwide interest than any
chess championship before or since.
In 1975, Fischer refused to defend his title when an agreement
could not be reached with FIDE over one of the conditions for the match. This
allowed Soviet GM Anatoly Karpov, who had won the qualifying Candidates
cycle, to become the new world champion by default.
After this, Fischer became a recluse, disappearing from both
competitive chess and the public eye until 1992,
During the 1990s and early 2000s,made increasingly anti-American
and anti-semitic remarks on various radio stations. Possibly as a result, his
U.S. passport was revoked.Unaware of the revocation, Fischer ^ravelled to
Japan, where he was arrested by Japanese authorities and detained for more
than eight month under threat of deportation. In March 2005, Iceland granted
Fischer full citizenship,leading Japanese authorities to release him from prison.
Fischer flew to Iceland, where he lived until his death on January 17, 2008.
4. Magnus Carlsen
a Norwegian chess grandmaster, No. 1 ranked player in the world
and reigning World Chess Champion in classical and rapid.
His peak rating is 2882, the highest in history.
A chess prodigy, Carlsen became a Grandmaster in 2004, at the age
of 13 years, 148 days, making him the third youngest grandmaster in history.
On 1 January 2010, at the age of 19 years, 32 days, he became the
youngest chess player in history to be ranked world No. 1.
In November 2013, Carlsen defeated Viswanathan Anand in the
World Chess Championship 2013, thus becoming the new world chess
champion. On the May 2014 FIDE rating list, Carlsen reached his top Elo rating
of 2882,the highest in history.
(First Official world Champion : Stentiz 1886 born at Prague ( then Austria) later, went to
USA. Emanuel LAsker was German chess player who was World Chess Champion for 27
years (from 1894 to 1921). still known as one of the strongest players
Winner of Candidates matches challenges existing world Champion and called as
Challenger.)
Women:
Indian
In top 20 rankings
2.Koneru Humpy
In October 2007, she became the second female
player, after Judit Polgr, to exceed the 2600 Elo rating mark, being
rated 2606
In 2002, Koneru became the youngest woman ever to
achieve the title of grandmaster (not solely a Woman Grandmaster)
at the age of 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, beating Judit Polgr's
previous mark by three months;this record was subsequently broken
by Hou Yifan in 2008
Others:
Tania Sachdev who holds the FIDE titles of International Master and
Woman Grandmaster.
World
Judit Polgar
a Hungarian chess grandmaster.
She is generally considered the strongest female chess player in
history.
In 1991, Polgr achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15
years and 4 months, at the time the youngest to have done so, breaking the
record previously held by former World Champion Bobby Fischer
Polgr is the only woman to have won a game against a reigning
world number one player, and has defeated eleven current or former world
champions in either rapid or classical chess
Polgr was born on 23 July 1976 in Budapest, to a Hungarian Jewish
family.
Polgr and her two older sisters, Grandmaster Susan and
International Master Sofia, were part of an educational experiment carried out
by their father Lszl Polgr, in an attempt to prove that children could make
exceptional achievements if trained in a specialist subject from a very early
age
Susan Polgar
She is an Olympic and World chess champion, a chess teacher,
coach, writer and promoter and the head of the Susan Polgar Institute for
Chess Excellence
She is the oldest of the famous "Polgr sisters": Zsuzsa, Zsfia, and
Judit.
GLOSSARY
Time pressure (or time trouble or zeitnot) is the situation of having very
little time on a player's clock to complete their remaining moves.
absolute pin A pin against the king is called absolute since the pinned
piece cannot legally move (as moving it would expose the king to check)
Castling A special move involving both the king and one rook. Its purpose
is generally to protect the king and develop the rook. Castling on the
kingside is sometimes called "castling short" and castling on the
queenside is called "castling long";
connected rooks Two rooks of the same color on the same rank or file
with no pawns or pieces between them. Connected rooks are usually
desirable
doubled pawns A pair of pawns of the same color on the same file;
generally considered a weakness due to their inability to defend each
other.
en passant [from French: "in the act of passing"] The rule that allows a
pawn that has just advanced two squares to be captured by an enemy
pawn that is on the same rank and adjacent file. The pawn can be taken
as if it had advanced only one square. Capturing en passant is possible
only on the next move.
exchange1. The capture of a pair of pieces, one white and the other
black, usually of the same type (i.e., rook for rook, knight for knight, etc.),
or of bishop for knight (two pieces that are considered almost equal in
value).2. The advantage of a rook over a minor piece (knight or bishop).
The player who captures a rook for a minor piece is said to have "won the
exchange", and the opponent is said to have "lost the exchange". An
exchange sacrifice is giving up a rook for a minor piece.
flank The queenside a-, b-, and c-file, or the kingside f-, g-, and h-file, also
called wing; distinguished from the center d-file and e-file.
forced mate A sequence of two or more moves culminating in checkmate
that the opponent cannot prevent.
hole A square that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control
with a friendly pawn. The definition is applied conditionally based on the
position: the square must have some positional significance to the
opponent for it to be considered a hole squares on the first and second
ranks are not holes. An example of a hole is the e4-square in the
Stonewall Attack.
opposition A situation in which two kings stand on the same rank, file or
diagonal with one empty square between them. The player to move may
be forced to move the king to a less advantageous square. Opposition is a
particularly important concept in endgames.
Philidor position Usually refers to an important chess endgame which
illustrates a drawing technique when the defender has a king and rook
versus a king, rook, and pawn. It is also known as the third rank defence,
because of the importance of the rook on the third rank cutting off the
opposing king.
pin When a piece cannot move (either legally or advisedly) because doing
so would expose a valuable piece, usually the king or queen, to attack.
Pins against the king are called absolute because it is then illegal to move
the pinned piece. Other pins are called relative pins.
Romantic chess Romantic chess was the style of chess prevalent in the
19th century. It is characterized by bold attacks and sacrifices.
(Arbiter is the term used for umpire in chess. National and international arbiter. )
NOTATION
1. Algebraic notation (or AN) is
a method for recording and describing the moves in a game of
chess. It is now standard among all chess organizations and most books,
magazines, and newspapers.
standard algebraic notation (SAN) required by FIDE.
Each square of the chessboard is identified by a unique coordinate
paira letter and a number.
The vertical columns of squares (called files) from White's left (the
queenside) to his or her right (the kingside) are labeled a through h. The
horizontal rows of squares (called ranks) are numbered 1 to 8 starting from
White's side of the board.
Each piece type (other than pawns) is identified by an uppercase
letter, usually the first letter in the name of the piece in whatever language is
spoken by the player recording. English-speaking players use the letter K for
king, Q for queen, R for rook, B for bishop, and N for knight (since K is already
used).
Other languages may employ different letters, for example, French
players use F for bishop (from fou).
Each move of a piece is indicated by the piece's uppercase letter,
plus the coordinate of the destination square. For example, Be5 (move
a bishop to e5), Nf3 (move a knight to f3), c5 (move a pawn to c5no piece
letter in the case of pawn moves).
In some publications, the pieces are indicated by icons rather than
by letters, for example: c6. This is called figurine algebraic notation (FAN)
and has the advantage of being language-independent.
En passant captures are indicated by specifying the capturing
pawn's file of departure, the "x", the destination square (not the square of the
captured pawn), and (optionally) the suffix "e.p." indicating the capture was
en passant.[3] For example, exd6e.p.
When two (or more) identical pieces can move to the same square,
the moving piece is uniquely identified by specifying the piece's letter,
followed by (in descending order of preference):
1. the file of departure (if they differ); or
2. the rank of departure (if the files are the same but the ranks differ);
or
3. both the file and rank (if neither alone is sufficient to identify the
piecewhich occurs only in rare cases where one or more pawns have
promoted, resulting in a player having three or more identical pieces able to
reach the same square).For example, with knights on g1 and d2, either of
which might move to f3, the move is specified as Ngf3 or Ndf3
When a pawn moves to the last rank and promotes, the piece
promoted to is indicated at the end of the move notation, for example: e8Q
(promoting to queen)
Castling is indicated by the special notations 0-0 (for kingside
castling) and 0-0-0 (queenside castling).
A move that places the opponent's king in check usually has the
symbol "+" appended. Or sometimes a dagger () is used, or the abbreviation
"ch". Double check is commonly indicated the same as check, but is
sometimes represented specially as "dbl ch", or in older books as "++". The
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings omits any indication of check.
Checkmate at the completion of moves can be represented by the
symbol "#" (some use "++" instead, but the USCF recommends "#"). Or the
word mate is commonly used. Occasionally the double dagger () is seen.
Descriptive notation
is a notation for recording chess games, and at one time was the
most popular notation in English- and Spanish-speaking countries
It was used in Europe until it was superseded by algebraic notation,
introduced by Philipp Stamma
With the exception of the knight, each piece is abbreviated to the
first letter of its name: K for king, Q for queen, R for rook, B for bishop, P for
pawn. Knight begins with the same letter as king, so it is abbreviated to either
Kt (used in older chess literature) or N
In descriptive notation each square has two names, depending on
Black's or White's viewpoint. Each file is given a name corresponding with the
piece that occupies the first rank at the start of the game. Thus in English
descriptive notation the queen's file is named "Q" and the king's file is named
"K".
Since there are two each of the remaining pieces on the first rank, it
is necessary to distinguish between them. The pieces on the queen's side of
the board (left for White, right for Black) are named with respect to the queen
i.e. "queen's rook", "queen's knight" and "queen's bishop" and have the
shortened names "QR", "QN" and "QB" respectively. Similarly, the pieces on
the king's side (right for White, left for Black) are named with respect to the
king i.e. "king's rook", "king's knight" and "king's bishop" and have the
shortened names "KR", "KN" and "KB" respectively.
The rank is given a number, ranging from 1 to 8, with rank 1 being
closest to the player.
This method of naming the squares means that each square has
one name from White's point of view and another from Black's.
For instance, the corner square nearest White's left hand ("a1" in
algebraic notation) is called "queen's rook 1" (QR1) by White and "queen's
rook 8" (QR8) by Black.
: A move without capture is represented by the piece's name, a
hyphen and the square at the end of the move e.g. N-QB3 (knight to queen's
bishop 3), P-QN4 (pawn to queen's knight 4). In some literature, if the move is
to the first rank, the "1" is omitted.
Capture: A move with capture is represented by the piece's name, a
cross (x) and the destination square is identified by the name of the piece
captured e.g. QxN (queen captures knight).
Castling: The notation O-O is used for castling kingside and O-O-O
for castling queenside. The word "Castles" is sometimes used instead,
particularly in older literature.
Promotion: Parentheses are used to indicate promotion, with the
piece resulting from the promotion in parentheses: P-R8(Q) or after a slash: P-
R8/Q. Sometimes an equal sign is used: P-R8=Q.
Special terms: Special indicators that are appended to the move
include e.p. (en passant), ch or + (check), mate or ++ (checkmate), resigns,
and draw.
Confusion can arise because there are two names for each square.
Errors may be made when recording games or viewing recorded games,
because of this element of ambiguity. In comparison, abbreviated algebraic
notation represents the same moves with fewer characters, in most cases,
without any ambiguity.
Example
1. P-K4 P-K4 1. e4 e5
2. N-KB3 N-QB3 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. B-B4 B-B4 3. Bc4 Bc5
4. P-QN4 BxNP 4. b4 Bxb4
5. P-B3 B-R4 5. c3 Ba5
6. P-Q4 PxP 6. d4 exd4
7. O-O P-Q6 7. O-O d3
8. Q-N3 Q-B3 8. Qb3 Qf6
9. P-K5 Q-N3 9. e5 Qg6
10. R-K1 KN-K2 10. Re1 Nge7
11. B-R3 P-N4 11. Ba3 b5
12. QxP R-QN1 12. Qxb5 Rb8
13. Q-R4 B-N3 13. Qa4 Bb6
14. QN-Q2 B-N2? 14. Nbd2 Bb7?
15. N-K4 Q-B4? 15. Ne4 Qf5?
16. BxQP Q-R4 16. Bxd3 Qh5
17. N-B6 ch! PxN 17. Nf6+! gxf6
18. PxP R-N1 18. exf6 Rg8
19. QR-Q1! QxN 19. Rad1! Qxf3
20. RxN ch NxR 20. Rxe7+ Nxe7
21. QxP ch! KxQ 21. Qxd7+! Kxd7
22. B-B5 dbl ch K-K1 22. Bf5+ Ke8
23. B-Q7 ch K-B1 23. Bd7+ Kf8
24. BxN mate 24. Bxe7#
Recent News:
Anand defeated GM Erik Blomqvist to finish with two wins. He still left
Gibraltar with a 21.9 Elo loss, and is now the world #12 in the live ratings, just
below Pavel ljanov. Vishy Anand ended with a good win with Black but his
overall 6.5/10 and 41st place
Magnus Carlsen won the Tata Steel Masters today, for the fifth time.
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament, formerly called the Corus chess
tournament, takes place every year, usually in January, in a small town
called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijk in the province of North
Holland in the Netherlands.
Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen are the only players to have won
five titles of the Hoogovens/Corus/Tata Steel chess tournament in its long
history, though three of Anand's wins and one of Carlsen's wins were shared.
Anand also holds the record of most consecutive games played at this
tournament without a loss (70 from 1998 to 2004).
2015 news
Last year, Magnus Carlsen achieved the incredible feat of collecting all
three World Championship titles. In 2015 he lost his blitz title, but that didnt
stop him from winning no less than 5 classical supertournaments: Tata Steel
Chess, Grenke Classic, Shamkir Chess, London Chess Classic and the Qatar
Masters Open.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_World_Chess_Championship
Google national champions too. The national championship format has also changed. Want
me to elaborate on that?
India womens champion 2015 :
2015 : r vaishali
2014 Padmini rout
39 Grand Masters
85 International Masters
7 Women Grand Masters
Checkmate & Stalemate (Stalemate - a position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in
check but cannot move except into check).
Before a Chess960 game a starting position is randomly set up, subject to certain rules. After
this, the game is played in the same way as standard chess.
Alkehine defense