Never Withdraw from a Chess Tournament!
Hello everyone, Welcome to the May 2022 Chess Gaja Newsletter, and it’s me, your friend and coach GM, FT Priyadharshan Kannappan. In this month’s blog, I wanted to talk about withdrawing from chess tournaments and why it’s a bad thing to do! There is a prevalent habit that’s particular to the U.S. Chess scenario! That’s […]
US Chess Federation Top Rankings – Chess Gaja Student Stats! April 2022
Last month, we shared exciting news about how our US students were ranked in the US Chess Federation Top lists across their respective age categories. We’re thrilled to continue this monthly tradition with our April 2022 US Chess Federation rankings update! At Chess Gaja, we take immense pride in celebrating our students’ tournament achievements and […]
Student Performance in 2022 DFW FIDE Premier 2 at Irving, Texas
Four of our Chess Gaja students participated in the Reserve section of the DFW FIDE Premier 2 at Irving, Texas, from 01 April 2022 to 03 April 2022. Our student Neil Lad scored 3.5/5 points in the tournament. Neil had a tough competition with the opponents but came up with 3 wins in the tournament. Anish Krishnan scored 3/5 […]
Amazing Play by Vaseegaran in 26th Annual Mid America Open
Our Chess Gaja Student Vaseegaran , participated in 26th Annual Mid America OPEN tournament held in St.Louis, Missouri, USA from March 25-27, 2022. He scored 2.5/5 in the tournament and gained 34 rating points for his performance. Tournament Highlights and Key Matches In the 1st round, Vaseegaran got paired against the eventual winner of the […]
Results of Sunday Swiss Tournament in Texas, USA!
Three of our Chess Gaja students participated in the Sunday Swiss Tournament held on March 27 in Houston, Texas. Vijay Anandh Srinivas performed extraordinarily and scored a 100% in the tournament. He scored 3/3 and secured first place in the tournament. His extraordinary performance made him gain a rating of 45. This made Vijay move […]
How to Analyze a Chess Game – April 2022 Newsletter by GM Priyadharshan Kannappan
Analyzing Chess Games is a 2 step process Step – 1 Dispassionately add all your analysis and thoughts from the game into your Chessbase or Lichess software. We can also call this Self-analysis. Step – 2 Checking with the engine to compare your notes and thoughts with the engine. This is Computer analysis. […]
Its Official Now.. India will host the 44th World Chess Olympiad 2022
” There’s nothing quite like a Chess Olympiad” The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. “It’s official now….India will host the 44th World Chess Olympiad 2022 at Chennai!” the All-India Chess Federation added on its Twitter […]
WHY ADULTS SHOULD LEARN CHESS
“Move in Silence only Speak when it’s time to say Checkmate” Introverts to Extroverts The Finest Indoor Game Chess Evolved in our world 1500 years ago. This evolution has made lots of people from all over the world with different religions, cultures, and age groups together. All these people unite on a common […]
GrandMaster thoughts on Chess – March 2022 Newsletter by GM Priyadharshan Kannappan
Hi, We had the fantastic FIDE Grand Prix Berlin event from Feb 4-17, 2021. The event was won by the American superstar and legendary GM Hikaru Nakamura as he beat the newest member of the American team GM Levon Aronian with a score of 3-1. As over the board, events are starting to resume with […]
Chess Gaja Students Great Performance In US Class Championship – 2021
At the US Class Chess Championship 2021,Chess Gaja Academy students participated in the 13th Annual Southwest Class Championships held at Fort Worth, Texas, USA, from February 17-21, 2022. The tournament was divided into 7 sections, and we had 8 Chess Gaja students participate in 4 sections of the tournament. In the Expert section, Vaseegaran Nandhakumar […]