Puzzle solving

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White to Checkmate in 3 moves

Vishnu Jatin escapes with a Draw against Vineeth Gowra

Here is the link on YOUTUBE. Watch the game between Jatin and Vineeth

Jatin escapes with a draw

Teja defeats Aditya:

TEJA

SUPRAJA, PAVANI AND SRINIVAS

ADITYA, PAVAN, KARTHIK AND KAUSTUBHA

CHANAKYA, RITVIK AND SAITEJA

Vineeth

JATIN (Kaushik watching the game)

ANIRUDH

Chanakya

 

Teja of New Nallakunta handed over a shock defeat on Aditya who had just won a tournament. Aditya played very fast and paid the penalty for that. Sreyamsh defeated Kartik in another interesting game. Chaitanya defeated Nikhila. Chaitanya played the game with his own clock and looked jubiliant throughout the session. Meanwhile Pavani, Srinivas and Supraja had rigorous practicing sessions. At Secunderabad branch, Chanakya and Ritvik had slav defence practice. At Begumpet branch, Jatin was very lucky to escape with a draw against Vineeth. However Vineeth played brilliant till that point putting Jatin under severe pressure. However Jatin threw a trap in which Vineeth fell and the game ended in a Stalemate. Anirudh played few games with Satvik and Vineeth. Anirudh reproduced some moves in Sicilian Defence much to the amusement of the trainer.

My Chess Guru Sri.Raja Lakshmanan

With My Chess Guru Sri.Raja Lakshmanan

The Chess Legend, Sri.Raja Lakshmanan

He appears old. But play a game of Chess with him. He will crush you in no time. He is Sri.Raja Lakshmanan from Hyderabad, my CHESS GURU. He has taught me many wonderful things about the game. A versatile genius of the game, he is always down to earth and very humble. At 75, he has perfect vision of the Chess Board which is amazing. He is a contemporary of Manuel Aaron, the Ist International Master of India. He has also played with Anand, the reigning world chess champion, when Anand was young. The Academy wishes him all the best.

New Batch on Thursdays from 6PM-8PM at Samanvithaa Chess Academy

MISS SUSHMITHA

The academy extends a warm welcome to the new Student Miss Sushmitha, an Engineering Ist Year Student from Hyderabad. With her joining, a new batch has started on Thursday. The session included games between Pavani and Sreyamsh.

Ishan learns to write notation...

The wonderboy from Himayatnagar, Master Ishan Gandhi displayed good skills during the practice session on 19.10.2010. This was the first time that he was taught how to write chess notation. Quite surprisingly Ishan could balance between writing and playing....congrats Ishan....

దసరా శుభాకాంక్షలు / Happy Dusserah

మీ అందరికి అకాడెమి తరపున హార్దిక దసరా శుభాకాంక్షలు. Hope this festival brings you lots of happiness and smiles. Every "move" of you has the guidance of Maa Durga. May the blessings of Maa durga be showered upon you for ever.

Aditya wins Chess Tournament

ADITYA

Aditya wins College Chess tournament at Aurora Engineering College, Hyderabad. A bright Chess student of Samanvitha Chess Academy, Aditya is an Engineering Student from Aurora Engineering College, Bandlaguda, Hyderabad. Samanvitha Chess Academy heartily congratulates Aditya on his superb performance.

Major upsets at Samanvitha Chess Academy on 10.10.10

pavani and Kapil watching games

Students immersed in a game analysis

Chaitanya posing for the camera

Aditya

CHAITANYA

KAUSTUBHA

TEJA

NIKHILA

PAVAN

PAVANI

KARTHIK

KAPIL CHAGANTI

Today is 10.10.10, a special day in terms of date. The activity in our academy was filled with upsets galore. Kaustubha started the show by upsetting Teja in less than 5 minutes. Teja played fast and had to pay for it. In another game, Chaitanya beat Kapil, Aditya beat Nikhila (Danish Gambit). Aditya is improving with each session and has bright chances of getting in to the top rank in future. Pavan beat Karthik comfortably. Karthik and Kapil are new entrants in to the academy. Both are promising. Pavan, Kaustubha and Chaitanya are players to watch. Pavani beat Supraja 2.5 - 0.5. In blitz game session, Kaustubha beat Teja 1.5 - 0.5. Pavan beat Karthik 3-0. Chanakya beat Sai Teja in a very interesting game.

White to move and WIN

White to move and win

 White to move and win Courtesy Susan polgar blogspot.com

White to move and win

White to move and win Courtesy Chessgames.com

Well fought games on 03.10.2010. Kaushik upsets Vineeth and Chanakya

New Nallakunta batch

Chaitan, pawn, Karthik, Nihila, Kautubha, Aditya, Sreyamsh

Chanakya with Ritvik. Mr.Sivaramakrishna and Satvik watch the game

Kaushik, Vineeth, Chanakya, Mahendrakumar, Anirudh, Jatin and Satvik

Chanakya, Jatin and Vineeth, The top 3 of Samanvitha Chess Academy

Today's session at New Nallakunta, Hyderabad was quite interesting. The games were well fought. Sreyamsh who was out of form came out with a brilliant performance to outwit Teja, the No.4 player of the academy in a brilliant end game. In the other games, Aditya defeated Kausutbha, Pawan defeated Chaitanya, Nikhila defeated Karthik, Kaustubha attained a good position against Aditya but made some weak moves to lose the end game.In another blitz games played between these two, Aditya defeated Kaustubha 2-1.Supraja, Pavani and Srinivas played out some practice games.At AMSRI court of our Secunderabad Branch, Chanakya defeated Ritvik in a brilliant game. Chanakya developed King side attack and Ritvik defended the position excellently and came out with a counter attack. But Ritvik had to surrender the game to a brilliant move by Chanakya. The surprise guest to the game sessions was Mahathi, the ex student of our academy. At Begumpet, a round robin tournament was conducted. Four players were involved. Jatin, Kaushik, Vineeth and Chanakya. The ever cool boy, master Jatin won the tournament comfortably. But there were big upsets. The unrated Kaushik defeated both Vineeth and Chanakya to clink 2nd position. Incidentally, Kaushik is the cousin of Master Srikar Varadaraj, the ex student of our academy who recently held Vishy Anand to a draw in a simultaneous exhibition match at Hitex, Hyderabad.  The academy congratulates Kaushik for his superb performance. Anirudh and Satvik were involved in an exercise "Attack the piece on files,ranks and diagonals" which they did very effectively.

Jatin maintains his No.1 status

Mahendrakumar with No.1 Jatin

Master Vishnu Jatin maintained his No.1 position in the academy with 1620 points. There was no change in position no.2 and 3. Chanakya and Vineeth retained their 2nd and 3rd rank positions comfortably. Teja and Nikhila maintained their 4th and 5th positions respectively. There was no major upsets in this rating list. Ishaan, Kaushik and Karthik entered the A group.

The Wonderkids of Samanvitha Chess Academy

Ishaan Gandhi

Ishan Gandhi

Ishaan Gandhi, the Cute boy from Himayatnagar is so accurate in his play that he has picked up the fundamentals that are taught by the academy rather very quickly. Give him 2 Rooks and a King against a lone King. He checkmates in less than 30 seconds. 

Anirudh playing with Pramod Nandan

Anirudh

 Anirudh, the smart boy from Kukatpally and a student of Divyanjali school is sharp at grasping things. He quickly understands whatever is taught and reproduces them instantly. Wait...He can tell you the names of capital cities of over 100 countries !!

 Satwik is a new entrant to the academy. He has the zeal to perform well on the board.

Pramod Nandan

 Pramod Nandan is tough at the board. He wants to win every game. He also has the zeal to learn things.

Satvik Gowra

 Satvik Gowra is a very plain boy who concentrates on opponents weaknesses. He has the ability to learn things quickly.

Cool games during the practice sessions at Samanvitha Chess Academy

Chanakya, No.2 Seed of the Academy

Today's session at the Academy had some surprises. Pawan drew with Aditya. Teja lost to Chaitanya. Karthik and Teja won a few blitz games. At Secunderabad branch, there was an interesting game between Mr.Shivaramakrishna and Satwik where the latter lost the game. At Begumpet, Jatin defeated Ayush Sharma. The real surprise today was the game between Kaushik and Vineeth. Kaushik drew with Vineeth in an interesting game. At one stage, Kaushik was winning but ultimately Vineeth, the No.3 seed of the academy managed to draw the game. The game between Anirudh and Satvik was funny. The session missed Chanakya and Supraja who were busy preparing for Exams.

Chess Olympiad 2010 starts at Khanty-Mansiysk

World Chess Olympiad, 2010

Ivanchuk, Peter Svidler, Judit Polgar, Karjakin, Alexandra koustenik, Nakamura, Gata Kamsky, Wesly So win their games at the opening day of Chess Olympiad at Khanty Mansiysk.Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy are not participating in the Tournament.

Activity on 19.9.2010 at Samanvitha Chess Academy, Hyderabad

Sri Shivaramakrishna, 68 Yrs

The academy heartily welcomes the new entrants into our academy, Sri.Shivaramakrishna, Satvik, Pavani, Aditya, Kartik, Kapil, Srinivas  It was an interesting day at Samanvitha Chess Academy. The games at New Nallakunta branch were quite impressive. Teja defeated Kaustubha in less than 20 moves. Pavan defeated Sreyamsh after material gain.  Chaitanya defeated Nikhila in a well fought game. The blitz game between Chaitanya and Aditya was quite interesting. Chaitanya played brilliantly to checkmate Aditya's King in the centre of the Board. There were couple of well fought blitz games. Kartik defeated Teja and Kaustubha defeated Aditya. The game between Pavani and Supraja was also well played. At our Secunderabad branch, Ritvik defeated Chanakya in a brilliant end game. The No.1 ranked player of the academy Mr.Vishnu Jatin scored a brilliant win over Vineeth, the No.3 ranked player of the academy. Vineeth, Jatin and Kaushik had King and Rook end game practice.

Very interesting games during the playing sessions on 12.9.2010

VINEETH GOWRA during playing session at the Samanvitha Chess Academy

Nikhila Vs Aditya game was very interesting. Nikhila was materially down but pulled off a brilliant win over Aditya. Chaitanya won over Sreyamsh in a tactical game. Sai Teja and Ritvik were taught about opening theory preparation. Vishnuram Jatin, the No.1 player of the Academy had a dull day where he lost 3 out of six games against Chanakya and Vineeth. The day belonged to Nikhila, Vineeth and Chanakya. Vineeth played a good tactical game to score a stunning victory against Jatin.Chanakya also played superbly against Vineeth in the opening game. At the end of the session all the top 3 players of the academy had 4 points each.