Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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Opening Repertoire for Beginner Chess Players
In my experience as a Chess coach, the below Openings (with variations) are the best choice to prepare a Repertoire for Beginner Chess players.
The variations are selected due to their similarity in Pawn structure.
The variations are selected due to their similarity in Pawn structure.
The ECO Codes are in Blue color.
Playing as White
1. Giuoco Piano Bd2 Main Line C53
2. Giuoco Piano Nc3 Gambit Line with 9....Ne5 C54
3. Giuoco Piano Nc3 Gambit Line with 9....Bf6 C54
4. Four Knights opening C49
5. Scotch opening C44
6. Smith-Morra Gambit B20
7. Kings Gambit Accepted C33
8. Ruy Lopez Modern variation C71
9. Sicilian Alapin variation B22
10. French defense Exchange variation C01
11. Caro-Kann defense Exchange variation B13
12. Pirc Defense Modern variation B07
13. Alekhine Defense Main line B04
14. Center-Counter defense B01
15. Philidor defense C41
16. Modern defense B06
Playing as Black
1. Two Knights Defense C55
2. Kings Gambit Declined C30
3. Ruy Lopez Exchange variation C68
4. Queens Gambit Declined Tartakower variation D59
5. English opening A10
6. Reti opening A04
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Me, my Chess and FIDE Instructor Title
Article authored by Nagesh Jayaram (FIDE ID 5058414) for the AICCF Bulletin Feb 2021.
Chess has been probably the only sport which has become more popular during the Covid pandemic. More people have started playing Chess, more events were organized Online, and thanks to Technology, the Chess players found new ways to play with each other, share their experiences and continue their Chess journey.
One of the commercially rewarding activities has been Chess coaching. As more and more children are learning Chess, there is a rush for Parents to find Online mediums for playing, practicing and learning Chess. This increase in demand has fueled the rise of many more coaches who are ready and available to teach Chess.
However, it is very difficult for parents to differentiate between the available coaching options because many of them are not very knowledgeable in the technical aspects of Chess. Also coaching is an Art and not every good player can become a good coach. Great Coaches and Trainers inspire their students to achieve their highest potential. The relationship between the coach and student is an interesting and sensitive one, it is not about what the coach wants to do, but it should be about what the student is capable of doing.
Even though i have been coaching students for the last 20 years, i realized the importance of gaining a formal Qualification in Chess Coaching. It would be like a validation for the parents and give them more confidence in myself as a Coach.
FIDE (The International Chess Federation) offers several Titles for aspiring Coaches. The process for getting these titles is explained in the details in the below link:
http://trainers.fide.com/
FIDE (The International Chess Federation) offers several Titles for aspiring Coaches. The process for getting these titles is explained in the details in the below link:
http://trainers.fide.com/
Various FIDE endorsed Academies organize Seminars in which reputed Grandmasters who have good experience in Coaching train the attendees in various aspects of Chess coaching and explain the required Chess knowledge. It is required to formally apply to these Seminars and confirm the attendance to them. Below is the link listing the upcoming seminars:
http://trainers.fide.com/category/seminar-news/upcoming-seminars/
http://trainers.fide.com/category/seminar-news/upcoming-seminars/
Few important points to remember is that weightage is given to the actual strength of the Coach as a chess player (measured by FIDE Rating). The experience of the Coach in Training, the level of students trained, the results achieved by the students and the years since the coach is training, all these matter in evaluation for awarding the Title.
Personally for me, my experience with AICCF helped me in practicing the forgotten art of Analysis in Chess. Especially in Online Chess, Blitz and Bullet formats are very popular. So detailed analysis of a position to find out the best moves is crucial to improving your strength as a Player or a Coach.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Anatoly Karpov
Article written by my student Jeremy Tomy
Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov is considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time, and is the 12th World Champion in chess (1975-1985). He was born on May 23rd, 1951, in the city of Zlatoust, Russia. Karpov had started playing chess from the age of four. Due to his talent he had shown, his career started to grow immensely, and over time, he earned the Grandmaster title at the age of 19. Some of Karpov’s most notable games are, Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984, Karpov vs Anand, 1998, Karpov vs Spassky, 1979, and so forth. In 1969, Karpov was the first Soviet player to win the World Junior Chess Championship title. Therefore, we can see that Anatoly Karpov was one of the greatest, most brilliant, and most dominant chess players of all time.
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
BEST YOUTUBE CHANNELS FOR CHESS
Chessbase India
Agadmator's Chess Channel
ChessDotcom
GM Hikaru Nakamura
John Bartholomew
The Chess Website
Chess Network
Chess 24
Power Play Chess (GM Daniel King)
Chess Video Plus
GM Chess Lessons
Lichess
Chess Talk
GRENKE Chess
Magnus Carlsen
iChessDotnet
Gotham Chess
The Best of Chess Channel
GM Simon Williams (GingerGM)
Saint Louis Chess Club
Sunday, December 6, 2020
Brilliant GM Game by Anatoly Karpov
Below is a brilliant GM Game by former World Champion Anatoly Karpov.
White: Joel Lautier
Black: Anatoly Karpov
Linares (Round 8), 1995
Result: 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Qb3 h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. exd4 d5 15. c5 Ba8 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Bg3 bxc5 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Qc3 e5 20. Bd3 exd4 21. Nxd4 Re8+ 22. Kf1 Qb6 23. Nf5 d4 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Re1 Re6 26. Bb1
Bb7 27. Kf2 d3 28. Rhf1 c4+ 29. Kg3 Nh5+ 30. Kh3 Ng6 31. g3 Bc8 32. Re4 Qc5 33. g4 Ngf4+ 34. Rxf4 Re2 35. Qc1 Nxf4+ 36. Qxf4 Bxf5 37. gxf5 Rxb2 38. Re1 Qf2 39. Qg3 Qxg3+ 40. hxg3 Rxb1 White resigns 0-1
Click here to play through this game: my Lichess Study page, Chessgames
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