Fide Grand Prix, Nalchik Russia

Hi Guys, Posting after a long time, The FIDE Grand Prix is underway at Nalchik, Russia. The young Alexander Grishuk leads the table with a score of 3/4. But the competition is going tough and chances are there to see a new leader in the coming round. My next tournament is Dubai Open which starts from April 25 and ends on May 5th till that I cannot post, Once again I would like to reming you that this is a young blog and I need your continous support for the growth of this blog.

Just saw Ayan

Hi Guys, I saw the Surya-Tamannah starrer Ayan, with my school friends. The movie had a right mix of action, comedy and other mixture. But few things were out of logic in the movie. I think the movie will be hit. But I am feeling bad because my close friends from Jeevana are seperating by joining different schools. Really going to miss my Jeevana School

Back after exams

Hi Guys, I am posting after a very long time due to my study break, but now I have successfully completed my Public exams. I am having a busy schedule with a continous tournaments from April to December. My rating hasnt changed in the April list, the rating is 2411 for me

my rating chart can be seen in the link http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=5018293

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Enjoying Life

Hi Guys,
I am busy not in chess but in studies. I am going to resume my chess activities for the next two months by a continuous activities of playing 6 tournaments in a row. I cannot post new things in the 2 months during the tournaments. Bye take care

We are the champions!!!

Hi Guys,
Posting after a very long time, I was a member of the five member team which went to Mersin, Turkey from 16th to 25th August 2008 for World Youth SubJunior Team Olympiad. Team India became the champions with a score of 28.5 out of possible 40 and edging out top seed Russia in TieBreaks to become the champions for the second consecutive time. The Indian Team consisted of (board order wise) Adhiban, Sethuraman, Shyam Sundar, Prasanna Rao, Priyadharshan.

I will put the contribution of each player towards the team score
Board 1 B.Adhiban 3/8
Board 2 S.P.Sethuraman 8.5/10 (also won gold medal for Board 2 perfomance)
Board 3 M.Shyam Sundar 6.5/8 (also won gold medal for Board 3 perfomance)
Board 4 Prasanna Rao 7/10
Board 5 K.Priyadharshan 3.5/4

I am giving a brief summary of our result Round by Round

Round 1
India vs Turkey-C
Scoreline 3-1

Adhiban was given rest so that he would be fresh when he plays on Board 1 agaisnt tougher opposition. We slightly understimated this young Turkey team. Prasanna and Shyam scored victories. I messed up my position in a winning endgame and had to be content with a draw, whereas Sethuraman missed chances and he also drew.

Round 2
India vs Russia
Scoreline 3.5-.5

The official site read Two superpowers of chess are meeting in the 2nd Round Wait and Watch.
I took rest against Russia. After many ups and downs Shyam managed to win. Prasanna and Adhiban had a much more smoother route to victory. Sethuraman in a winning position made some mess in a winnning position and made a draw.

Round 3
India vs Azerbaijan
Scoreline 3-1

Again, I took rest due to captain's decision and the same team which played against Russia played. Sethuraman, Shyam and Prasanna won, Adhiban lost his game to GM Eltaj Safarli.

Round 4
India vs Armenia
Scoreline 1-3

A shocker for us, Our spirits and confidence were rising after beating the 1st and 3rd seeds in back to back matches but really this loss was just shocking. At this point Armenia took 1point lead after beating us. Adhiban, Prasanna and Shyam lost their games and our only consolation win came through Sethuraman.

Round 5
India vs Turkey-B
Scoreline 3-1

We expected 4-0 and we came close to it but faltering at the last moment was Adhiban who had a completely winning position made a blunder and lost to a player who is 650 ELO points behind him. Shyam took rest today and I, Prasanna and Sethuraman won our games respectively.

Round-6
India vs Philliphines
Scoreline 2.5-1.5

I took rest and we won this game after great difficulties. With a timely win from Shyam and Sethuraman we managed to score this point. Prasanna drew his game in a slightly inferior position, Adhiban continued his dry run by losing to GM So Wesley.

Round-7
India vs Georgia
Scoreline 3.5-.5

I took rest and atlast Adhiban made a full stop to his bad run by winning his game against Levan Bregadze and Sethuraman and Prasanna also won their games. Shyam Sundar with utmost difficulty pulled off a draw a clear minus position.

Round-8
India vs Turkiye-A
Scoreline 1.5-2.5

Again our spirits were rising after the shocking loss to Armenia in Round 3 but again came a shocker we lost to Turkiye-A with only Shyam winning his game and Sethuraman drew his game. Adhiban and Prasanna lost their games at this point we thought that Gold medal is confirmed to Russia and we should fight for silver.

Round-9
India vs Switzerland-A
Scoreline 4-0

At last we managed to score 4-0 in the 9th round. Adhiban took rest today and Sethuraman, Shyam, Prasanna and I won our respective games. Now Russia had 26 points and we were on the second place with 25 points but the point was Russia had to meet the 3rd seeds Azerbaijan whereas we had to meet the weaker opposition England.

Round-10
India vs England
Scoreline 3.5-.5

First it was decided that, I should take rest but Shyam said he was unwell so the coach GM R.B.Ramesh had no other option other than fielding me. Prasanna was the only one who drew his game. I, Sethuraman and Adhiban won our games. I was the last one to finish the game in our team. We were eagerly watching the game Russia vs Azerbaijan Russia had won their games on Board 3 and 4 whereas Azerbaijan had scored a victory on Board 2 and th outcome of Board 1 between Shimanov Alesandor(Rus) vs Eltaj Safarli(Aze) will decide the champions of the event. The position was very unclear we were all praying to God Almighty to make the result of the game a draw. God Almighty heard to our prayers and the game was signed truce. Atlast we are the champions!!!!

Hi Guys posting after a very long time

Hi, I couldn't post for the past one month due to my chess tournaments in Spain and Iran, I am back with an average performance in all 3 tournaments. Bye take care See you guys later.

Rating list to be released on July 1

Hi Guys, As ual our Vishy will be the No.1 in the July 2008 rating list.Stay tuned

Carlsen the great

Hi Guys, Magnus has shown his temperament and has won the prestigious AeroSvit Round Robin Tournament. He scored 8/11 and the second place was awarded to Mr.Chucky that is Vasilly Ivanchuk. Stay tuned

Dasavatharam Review

Hi Guys, Dasavatharam film has released today on 13 June 2008. To read review of this Kamal Haasan starrer fil visit www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil. Enjoy

Aerosvit 2008

Hi, The Aerosvit 2008 Tournament is held in Ukraine and the participants are Carlsen,Volokitin,Karjakin,Shirov,Onischuk,Loek Van Wely, Svidler,Eljanov,Nisipeanu,Jakavenko, Alekseev and Ivanchuk. Carlsen leads the tourney after the end of 6th round.

The Standings after Round 6


1 5.0 GM Carlsen NOR 2765
2-3 3.5 GM Volokitin UKR 2684 , GM Karjakin UKR 2732
4-8 3.0 GM Ivanchuk UKR 2740 , GM Shirov ESP 2740 , GM Svidler RUS 2746 ,
GM Eljanov UKR 2687 , GM Nisipeanu ROU 2684
9-10 2.5 GM Jakovenko RUS 2711 , GM Alekseev RUS 2711
11-12 2.0 GM Van Wely NED 2676 , GM Onischuk USA 2664

Stay tuned

Opera 9.5 is out and Firefox 3 is out on 16 June

Hi, The race for the best browser has begun with Opera launching 9.5 version browser and Firefox going to launch its 3rd verion on June 16th. Stay tuned

Obituary

GM Karen Asrian aged 28 from Armenia died of a massive heart attack for more news about this article read www.chessbase.com or susanpolgar.blogspot.com . Karen is an expert in playing Caro-Kann black side. May his oul rest in peace. Lets pray to god

Ivanchuk Triumphs in Mtel

Hi Readers, Ivanchuk Vassily Grandmaster from Ukraine has won the Mtel Masters 08. Stay tuned

Lets welcome the new version of firefox 3