#World Chess Championship 2016 | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

chessismyaesthetic · 3 days

Text

Happy birthday Nona Gaprindashvili (1941-)!

Gaprindashvili in 1975. Photo: Dutch National Archive/Wikipedia.

Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess Grandmaster - the first woman ever to be awarded the title FIDE Grandmaster which she won in 1978, and the fifth women's world champion which she won in 1962 and held for 16 years! Contrary to the claim in The Queen's Gambit Gaprindashvili DID play against men (Gaprindashvili rightly sued and Netflix settled out of court). In fact, she played against three world champions: Mikhail Tal, Boris Spassky, and Viswanathan Anand. One of her best-known games was a win against another man, the German Rudolf Servaty in Dortmund, 1974 which she won in 17 moves (Servaty resigned as it was mate at move 19). Get this: according to this article, Stockfish can't spot Gaprindashvili's game winning 15th move until it's on a depth of about 30 (15 moves per side)!

As a pioneer for women's chess it would be hard to overstate Gaprindashvili's importance. Winning the Women's World Championship in 1962 made her a Georgian celebity. From wikipedia:

"After her victory, Gaprindashvili was a celebrity in Georgia, and crowds gathered to meet her as she returned from the World Championship match. Woman Grandmaster Jennifer Shahade described Gaprindashvili as a symbol of Georgian nationalism and merit during the country's time as a constituent republic of the Soviet Union. Her victory marked the beginning of a "women's chess revolution" in Georgia. Woman Grandmaster Rusudan Goletiani said that this went even further, with her success helping inspire a broader "intellectual revolution" for Georgian women. Many women took up chess afterward, and Georgia became one of the most prominent countries in women's chess, producing numerous masters during Gaprindashvili's career."

In a fascinating statistical analysis of the game's greatest players, GM Larry Kaufman found that Gaprindashvili's chess represented a leap in quality over the previous champion larger than any jump among the top men since Morphy! Kaufman writes:

"It is rather remarkable that the current women's world champion, GM Ju Wenjun, is only 37 Elo stronger by my measure than Gaprindashvili at her peak half a century ago, and that Gaprindashvili at her peak would fall right in the middle of the 2019 Women's Candidates! She was really remarkable for the time, and is still winning Senior Women's titles! In fact, her peak compares with today's top women about the same as Fischer's peak (at the same time!) does with today's top men, i.e. a bit below the current champ but on a par with the Candidates."

Gaprindashvili in Tbilisi in 2015. Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.

She's still playing - and kicking ass - in seniors tournaments and won the Women's Over-65 World Championship 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2022 (at age 81!).

A true legend of chess. Check out some of her games here.

#Nona Gaprindashvili #chess player #chess #women in chess #happy birthday #born on this day #the queen's gambit #netflix

10 notes · View notes

wrestlingisfake · 7 months

Text

WrestleDream preview

Christian Cage vs. Darby Allin - Allin is challenging for the AEW TNT championship, in his hometown of Seattle. It's a best two out of three falls match, so the first guy to score two falls (by pinfall, submission, count-out, disqualification, or stoppage) wins the match and the title. Cage has been acting like the TNT champion ever since he helped Luchasaurus win the belt on June 17, but he didn't officially win the belt until September 23, in a three-way match against both Lucha and Allin.

The story has dragged out for months and it seems to be well-received, but there's not much to it beyond the fact that Cage is a mega-dick and Allin has a strong attachment to this particular championship. I could get into how Christian has become a meme for fixating on his opponent's dead fathers and single moms, but that's not really pertinent here. I also don't expect his talk of becoming a real father figure to Allin's protege Nick Wayne will amount to anything. Once the bell rings, it's just going to be a hometown hero against a ridiculous heel running out of ways to avoid a straight fight.

Christian spent most of his career intertwined with Adam "Edge" Copeland, whose WWE contract reportedly expired at the end of September. Naturally fandom jumped the gun and started fantasy booking Edge getting into this storyline two weeks ago, so by now there's a lot of hype for his debut. If he's in the building tonight, my guess is he'll make his entrance after the match is over. I'm not at all convinced that he'll align with either of these guys or play a role in the finish. But I guess we'll see.

I was on the fence about who would win here until they made it clear this match would close the show. We've got several local boys on this card and I don't think they'll all win, but you gotta figure the one in the main event has to win. WWE would jump at the chance to defy that expectation, but AEW isn't nearly so eager to fuck with people, so I think Darby will secure his third TNT title reign.

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Bryan Danielson - Sabre is the NJPW World television champion, but as far as I've heard the title is not at stake here. This match is more about simple pride, and delivering a dream scenario for mat-based wrestling.

Danielson is such a good grappler that he routinely won the Wrestling Observer's annual reader's award for technical wrestling, and when he retired in 2016 the award was named in his honor. The only other man to hold the award in the past 17 years is Sabre; Bryan once joked that he came in second for the Bryan Danielson award. A scheduled matchup in 2022 was canceled when Danielson was sidelined. Now planning his second retirement, Bryan is circling back to that unfinished business.

I expect these two to just have fun exchanging holds and working however they want. That may or may not click with AEW's audience. I mean, the AEW fanbase isn't going to ridicule this for being a nerdy scientific bout. But Sabre is all about wriggling in and out of holds, not splashy high-impact maneuvers. And Bryan isn't doing this match to not work Sabre's style; the point will be to beat him at his own game. That could come across like a chess match in the middle of a football game, if they're not careful.

I had a pretty good feeling Danielson would win here...when I still thought this match was going to close the show. The fact that it isn't suggests they don't want to end with a local favorite going down in defeat. And it makes sense for Bryan to put over the younger guy on his way (eventually) to retirement. However, I think there's at least a chance of a Danielson win, so I'm picking Sabre but not with a ton of confidence.

MJF vs. Vincent Marseglia & Bobby Dutch - On September 22, Vincent and Dutch, of the Righteous, earned the right to challenge MJF and Adam Cole for the ROH tag team title. However, Cole injured his ankle on September 20, and revealed on September 27 that he'd need surgery. Rather than forfeit the championship, Max insisted on defending the belts all by himself.

Before Cole got hurt I was sure this was a slam-dunk easy win for the champs. Now I have no idea. The Righteous really have no business winning the ROH tag title from two top AEW stars in the middle of a hot storyline. They certainly have no business pinning the AEW men's world champion. On the other hand, I'm not a fan of a top singles guy winning a handicap match against a solid midcard tag team--WWE used to do that all the time, but that doesn't mean I want AEW to start. Also, what's the point of having Max retain? It'd be a huge testament to his devotion to Cole, but you'd just be setting up another two-on-one situation for the next title defense.

Regardless, I think this should be sports entertainment at its finest. Max will have to pull out all his cheap tricks to stay alive, and because of the storyline the fans will be solidly behind each and every one of those tricks. I don't see him retaining the belts unless someone does a run-in, and right now Max's only friend is not exactly equipped to run into anything. So if he does win, it'll probably involve a whole new wrinkle in the ongoing saga...

Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi & Chris Jericho vs. Will Ospreay & Konosuke Takeshita & Sammy Guevara - Don Callis and Takeshita turned on Omega a few months ago, and Guevara turned on Jericho a couple weeks ago to join them. Ospreay hasn't formally joined the Don Callis Family but he's been helping them out an awful lot for someone who isn't technically involved. Omega and Jericho needed backup, so naturally that means the return of Kenny's ~very special friend~ Ibushi.

I don't expect this match to resolve any feuds. At most it'll set up Jericho vs. Sammy and Takeshita vs. Ibushi. I'm not sure where that will leave Omega or Ospreay, who already squared off in June. You'd think the destination is Golden Lovers versus Takeshita and somebody, but I'm not sure who ends up in that role. The Callis faction is still a work-in-progress, so they'll probably get the win as they continue to coalesce into their final form.

Eddie Kingston vs. Katsuyori Shibata - Eddie is defending both the ROH men's world title and the NJPW STRONG title. Shibata's ROH pure championship is not on the line, and pure rules won't be in effect. I'm not sure there's any point here except that Eddie loves Japanese wrestling, so he's been going around wrestling all the guys he admires. On paper I'd call Shibata the heavy favorite, but it doesn't make sense for him to be a triple champion. So the story needs to be about Eddie overcoming Shibata's withering offense with sheer force of will. Kingston retains.

Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler vs. Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis - FTR (Dax and Cash) are defending the AEW tag team championship. This is a rematch from October 1, when FTR beat Aussie Open to retain the IWGP tag title. The build for this is the same as every other big tag match you've ever seen, with both teams claiming to be the best, and resenting the other being called the best, and everybody's trying to feed their kids yadda yadda. Point is, the wrestling will be good. I suppose a title change would be okay, but I'm thinking FTR will retain.

Kris Statlander vs. Julia Hart - This is Statlander's 13th defense of the AEW TBS championship. Julia has not lost a match since April, when she came up short against...well, Kris Statlander. I've been digging Julia's whole spooky chick gimmick and it's gratifying to see her getting a push, although I don't know if switching the title here is the next logical step for her. Of late she's been spraying black mist into the eyes of Skye Blue and Willow Nightingale, and I have no idea how or why that'll play into this match. Something tells me Kris will retain and Julia will refocus on that spooky stuff.

Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland - Strickland is from Tacoma and is bound to be over huge in Seattle. I've been profoundly disappointed in the writing for Swerve's storylines in AEW, and I think he's been criminally underutilized. He desperately needs a big win as a statement, and I'm not confident he's going to get it here. They've tried to make this feel like a huge grudge match, but the go-home promos just didn't click with me--each guy basically said what they would have said to literally any other opponent. I like Page and want him to get back into the groove, but under the circumstances I have to pull for Swerve to beat him.

Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson vs. Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn vs. Orange Cassidy & HOOK vs. Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix - This is a four-way match where the first man to score a fall on any opponent will win the match and a future AEW tag title shot. This feels kind of random. I get the feeling the Gunns are next in line, and the other three teams are just here so we won't expect the Gunns to win.

Ricky Starks vs. Wheeler Yuta - Starks is now 0-2 against Bryan Danielson but he still talks like he's winning, so now Danielson's young boy is going to try to shut him up. I mean, Starks needs a win and he's obviously going to win here, so that's good. But since Yuta is the bottom bitch in Danielson's group it really emphasizes that Starks had to take a big step down to find somebody he could beat. I'm not thrilled about that, but as far as this match goes I'm sure they'll make him look good.

Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty & Diamante & Mercedes Martinez vs. Athena & Keith Lee & Satoshi Kojima & Billie Starkz - This is on the pre-show. I haven't kept up with ROH lately so I assume Taylor's team is the latest incarnation of Shane Taylor Promotions. I don't know that the other team has any reason to be in this fight. The only storyline I'm aware of is how Athena is a heel but she's "graciously" recruited Starkz, a babyface, as her personal minion. Kojima seems to just be here to remind us that this was ostensibly a New Japan tribute show. I guess Athena's team wins.

Claudio Castagnoli vs. Josh Barnett - Another pre-show match. Barnett is a former UFC champion and once headlined the Tokyo Dome with New Japan. But modern wrestling fans may know his name best from Josh Barnett's Bloodsport, a regular fixture in GCW's Wrestlemania weekend schedule. I'm a bit surprised they're just throwing his AEW debut out there like this, but maybe that's because Claudio's just going to beat him in 8 minutes.

Max Caster & Anthony Bowens & Billy Gunn vs. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls & Bad Dude Tito - Gunn and the Acclaimed are defending the AEW trios title on the pre-show. The challengers are Zack Sabre's teammates in TMDK. I hope this means Haste does a cool entrance with his theme song and the orange hat h had during the G1, but knowing AEW they'll accidentally play Slapjack's entrance theme instead. The champs obviously have to retain.

Luchasaurus vs. Nick Wayne - Yet another pre-show match. Wayne is the son of journeyman wrestler Buddy Wayne, who trained Darby Allin in the Seattle area. Luchasaurus is a 65-million-year-old dinosaur with a master's degree, who is unwaveringly loyal to Christian Cage for no apparent reason. So they're going to fight here, probably to keep each other from running into the main event. I'm sure Nick's flippy moves will keep him alive for a while, but Lucha is going to grab this kid and squash him like a bug.

#aew #wrestledream #darby allin #christian cage #bryan danielson #zack sabre jr

6 notes · View notes

midrashic · 2 years

Text

self-rec meme. reply with your favorite five fics that you’ve written, then pass it on to at least five other writers.

tagged by the glorious, the incredible, the inimitable @x-populuxe, whose fics you should check out immediately, starting with their favorites. everytime i see a new populuxe story @ikeracity & i throw a little party on discord. my examples are not so illustrious & also come embarrassingly close to the meme i did in 2021 about the fics i was proudest of having written in 2020! but here they are regardless.

KATABASIS

supernatural | destiel | 47k

Fortunately for the newly-condemned Dean Winchester, there's more than one way to resurrect an angel. Love, hell, and other myths.

originally for 2016 deancas reverse bang | this still might be my magnum opus, actually. it was my first moderately long fic, took me two years to finish (obviously, it did not get posted for the reverse bang), & gave me fits, & i still love what i did with the symbolism, the many layers of references, & dean’s voice. too bad none of my friends will touch supernatural with a ten-foot pole 😢 i mean. not that i blame them.

THE LAST LOVE SONG & TESTAMENT OF CHARLES F. XAVIER

x-men | cherik | 20k

When Erik is accused of domestic terrorism, Charles has no choice but to marry him to keep him out of jail.

for cherik week 2020 | actually i was on the fence about this one! ike almost had to bully me into picking a fifth fic at all, even though i felt the top tier of my fics was really only represented by four. then i remembered that erik likes starbucks pink drinks & count chocula cereal in this fic and was like. you know what? you did a good job with this.

A KRITIK OF PURE REASON

x-men | cherik | 27k

Texas: When Erik and Charles collide during their senior year of high school, they swiftly find out they make the perfect debate partners. But as secrets come out—and as they draw inexorably closer—more turns out to be at stake than the State championship.

for x-men remix 2020 | i’ve wanted to write a debate au since 2014, which i know because that’s when sherlock s3 aired & my first version of this plot was with sherlock & john. policy debate is--difficult--to explain to people who didn’t debate; it’s not so much debate as it is a highly ordered logic game, something rather like verbal chess--obviously charles & erik would’ve loved it. i’m extremely proud of all the comments that said that i somehow managed to make it comprehensible (with thanks to ben lerner, who also did policy debate in high school, & whose book the topeka school, in which he described spreading at the time of its invention, convinced me it was not in fact impossible to describe adequately), but what i really love about this fic is that it’s so! nostalgic! i poured the best parts of my adolescence into this fic & rereading it is reliving it.

AN AMATEUR PSYCHIC’S GUIDE TO REMEMBERING WHAT WAS LOST

x-men | cherik | 32k

Hong Kong, 2011. Erik Lehnsherr lives in limbo: scrounging up money to pay rent from gambling dens or the scrapyard, not using his psychic powers, not dealing with his PTSD. When a teenage fellow psychic shows up at his shithole apartment with a get-rich-quick scheme, he's pulled into a world he thought he left behind—a world of brutal powers, deadly government experiments, and a mysterious man with a suitcase who is going to change his life… again.

for cherik big bang 2020 | for a fusion with the terrible 2009 chris evans movie push, this still holds up! i keep going back to this again & again despite it being one of my least popular with the masses. i ended up really loving some of the side characters that i don’t normally play with, like irene & daken, and erik’s flashback to his romance with charles is one of my favorite portraits of a romance i’ve ever written. this was the last really action-packed thing i wrote, & i forgot how much i loved doing the pacing & the scene headings. i’ve gotta get back to long fics soon!

AS CLOSE TO HELL

james bond (craig movies) | 00q | 19k

O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do. They pray: grant thou, lest faith turn to despair. —Romeo, Romeo & Juliet I.v.114-115 Or: Another day, another haunted house. But this time, it's James's.

for 007fest 2020 | a month ago, i don’t know if any james bond fic would’ve made this list, but honestly, the epistolary elements--as close as i’ve ever gotten (so far!) to writing the epistolary fic of my dreams--& a few of the lines from the final confrontation are, i think, some of my best! also, solomon the ghost cat: best oc of all time? perhaps.

tagging! @ikeracity, @insertmeaningfulusername, @castillon02, @redring91, & @lavender-lotion.

#etc: are you there tumblr it's me mid #beyond words #no one look at how terribly i spelled 'illustrious' in the first version of this post.

14 notes · View notes

godza · 2 years

Text

Are you kidding ??? What the **** are you talking about man ? You are a biggest looser i ever seen in my life ! You was doing PIPI in your pampers when i was beating players much more stronger then you! You are not proffesional, because proffesionals knew how to lose and congratulate opponents, you are like a girl crying after i beat you! Be brave, be honest to yourself and stop this trush talkings!!! Everybody know that i am very good blitz player, i can win anyone in the world in single game! And "w"esley "s"o is nobody for me, just a player who are crying every single time when loosing, ( remember what you say about Firouzja ) !!! Stop playing with my name, i deserve to have a good name during whole my chess carrier, I am Officially inviting you to OTB blitz match with the Prize fund! Both of us will invest 5000$ and winner takes it all!

I suggest all other people who's intrested in this situation, just take a look at my results in 2016 and 2017 Blitz World championships, and that should be enough... No need to listen for every crying babe, Tigran Petrosyan is always play Fair ! And if someone will continue Officially talk about me like that, we will meet in Court! God bless with true! True will never die ! Liers will kicked off...

3 notes · View notes

lboogie1906 · 2 months

Text

Maurice Ashley (born March 6, 1966) is a Jamaican-American chess grandmaster, author, and commentator. In 1999 he earned the grandmaster title (GM), making him the first African American person to attain the title of grandmaster.

He is well known as a commentator for high-profile chess events. He spent many years teaching chess. On April 13, 2016, he was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame.

He went to Brooklyn Technical High School. He graduated from CCNY with a BA in Creative Writing. While at City College, he represented the school in an intercollegiate team competition.

He was born in St. Andrew, Jamaica. He attended Wolmer’s Boys School in Jamaica and then moved to the US when he was 12. He went to Brooklyn Technical High School. He graduated from City College of New York with a BA in Creative Writing. He represented the school in intercollegiate team competitions.

He said he discovered chess in Jamaica where his brother played chess with his friends. He got more serious about chess during high school where he grew up in Brooklyn and played in parks and clubs throughout New York City.

Always promoting chess among youth, He coached the Raging Rooks of Harlem and the Dark Knights, both of which have won national championships under his guidance.

In 2003, he wrote an essay The End of the Draw Offer? which raised discussion about ways to avoid quick agreed draws in chess tournaments.

In 2005, he wrote the book Chess for Success, relating his experiences and the positive aspects of chess. He was the main organizer for the 2005 HB Global Chess Challenge, with the biggest cash prize in history for an open chess tournament.

He married Michele Ashley-Johnson (1993-2014). They have a son and daughter. His sister is former world boxing champion Alicia Ashley, and his brother is former world kickboxing champion, Devon Ashley. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

0 notes

thatstormygeek · 3 months

Text

Sometimes I think about 2016.

My focus is not, as one might expect, on the presidential election.

In May of 2016, the NBA moved its All-Star game out of North Carolina.

The NCAA and ACC declined to host their championships in North Carolina.

In April of 2016, PayPal and Deutsche Bank announced they were no longer planning to add new jobs in North Carolina.

Overall, North Carolina was taking quite a beating in 2016.

I think about that, and then I think about 2017 and 2018 and 2019 and 2020 and 2021 and 2022 and 2023

and now.

Bemused that this has somehow become business as usual. Not even worth comment: the sky is blue, the grass is green, states are voting on anti-trans bills.

As for the NCAA, well, they changed their mind. Other sports governing bodies - such as World Athletics, USA Swimming, the International Cricket Council, USA Boxing, British Cycling, FINA/World Aquatics, UCI, the International Rugby League, and even the International Chess Federation (FIDE) - have rushed to find new and inventive ways to restrict trans participation, mostly in the form of banning trans women. Though FIDE does get a nod for retroactively stripping titles won pre-transition from trans men. That was really going above and beyond.

So yeah. Sometimes I think about 2016. And then I think about 2024 think about 2024 about 2024 about

#this is my brain on life #transphobia

1 note · View note

dan6085 · 7 months

Text

Top 20 of the greatest chess players of all time:

1. **Garry Kasparov (1963-)**: Considered one of the greatest players, he held the World Chess Championship title from 1985 to 2000.

2. **Magnus Carlsen (1990-)**: Current World Chess Champion (as of my last update in September 2021) and one of the strongest players in history.

3. **Bobby Fischer (1943-2008)**: World Chess Champion from 1972 to 1975; renowned for his match against Boris Spassky during the Cold War era.

4. **Anatoly Karpov (1951-)**: Held the World Chess Championship title from 1975 to 1985 and was a dominant force in chess during his time.

5. **Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941)**: World Chess Champion from 1894 to 1921, he had the longest reign of any official World Chess Champion.

6. **Mikhail Tal (1936-1992)**: Known for his aggressive and imaginative style of play; World Chess Champion from 1960 to 1961.

7. **Jose Capablanca (1888-1942)**: World Chess Champion from 1921 to 1927; renowned for his exceptional endgame skill.

8. **Vladimir Kramnik (1975-)**: World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2007; known for his deep understanding of chess positions.

9. **Viswanathan Anand (1969-)**: World Chess Champion from 2007 to 2013; India's first grandmaster and a chess legend.

10. **Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995)**: World Chess Champion for several non-consecutive terms between 1948 and 1963.

11. **Tigran Petrosian (1929-1984)**: World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969; known for his defensive and strategic prowess.

12. **Boris Spassky (1937-)**: World Chess Champion from 1969 to 1972; faced Bobby Fischer in the famous 1972 World Championship match.

13. **Akiba Rubinstein (1882-1961)**: An outstanding player from the early 20th century, known for his endgame skill and openings.

14. **Paul Morphy (1837-1884)**: A chess prodigy of the 19th century; his games are still studied and admired today.

15. **Viktor Korchnoi (1931-2016)**: A strong contender for the World Chess Championship in the 1970s and 1980s; known for his resilience.

16. **Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934)**: One of the strongest players of his time; made significant contributions to chess theory.

17. **Max Euwe (1901-1981)**: World Chess Champion from 1935 to 1937; also a respected mathematician and chess administrator.

18. **Boris Gelfand (1968-)**: A top-level player for several decades, he contested the World Chess Championship in 2012.

19. **Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912-1974)**: A highly creative player known for his brilliant combinations and sacrifices.

20. **Vassily Ivanchuk (1969-)**: Considered one of the most versatile and imaginative players in modern chess.

Please note that the information provided here is brief and there is much more to learn about each of these players if you are interested in their specific games, strategies, and contributions to chess theory.

0 notes

saswathacademyworld · 11 months

Text

Chess – Most Preferred Activity class for Schools and Parents

Chess is a game that can be accessed easily by players of all ages and levels. When it comes to the practice of chess, offline games can be played with other students perhaps in school settings as extracurriculars or even when children play with friends or family members. Moreover, children may also opt for practice online with the aid of www.chesskid.com or www.chess.com where they may play with bots or other players who are at the same level as them.

Chess provides a scope of overall development which exceeds the chess board, and even the classroom. The royal game helps children to improve concentration, solve complex challenges, and think beyond the current move, all within a given time constraint.

This all-inclusive nature of chess is why it is catching up fast in getting integrated in school programs. More and more schools and academia are realizing Chess as an extremely valuable activity and a skill by itself. What sets chess apart from other after-school activities is the comprehensive way in which it provides an experience of skills such as problem-solving and critical thinking, to name a few, which prepare individuals to face the world.

Case Studies on Chess in Schools

A research study in a New York City school chess program has found evidence that students who play chess have shown not only better scores in mathematics but have also performed better than the average student at a district- as well as country-level in terms of reading scores.

Speaking specifically of mathematical capacity in students, another study conducted in Denmark has shown that the introduction of chess instruction in math lectures resulted in increased math scores, improved mathematical ability and reasoning, seemingly related directly to the instruction of chess lessons.

There are several other similar case-studies all over the world finding Chess – as an extracurricular activity does impact positively in Children’s academic growth.

youtube

In the above video, the teacher says, “Chess trains logical thinking. It teaches how to make decisions, trains memory, strengthens will power, motivates children to win and teaches them how to deal with defeat. It’s the only school subject that can do all this.”

Schools adopting Chess

This year in the month of March, European Parliament had declared that the introduction of the programme ‘Chess in School’ in the educational systems of the European Union.

Aligning with this declaration, on May 19, 2022, The Ministry of Education in Georgia has announced that starting with the next school year, chess will be a mandatory subject for first-grade students in the country. It will apply to all the 2,200 schools in Georgia, both public and private.

In India, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced that his government will promote chess at schools and colleges. During the Olympiad, Mr. Patnaik while receiving the ceremonial Olympiad torch, he had said “We also organized the World Junior Chess Championship in 2016. We intend to further strengthen the game across the state, especially in schools. Chess is a game that can be easily taught as not much infrastructure or equipment is required. We will create competitions at school and college levels regularly and promote the game in a professional manner”.

Taking inspiration from the Chess Olympiad, the Karnataka state government has issued a notification to introduce the game of Chess to the students. Every school has a library hour and they are now being put to good use. Chess has been introduced in the digital libraries – which is being utilized by many rural kids.

Parents prefer Chess

Not only schools, parents of young children also see Chess as a very important life-skill. One of our proud parents mentioned in Google reviews:

I started with Saswath Academy for my son during the first lockdown. I was desperate to see him engaged and active during those tough times. I’m glad I took the right decision. The academy is very professional and well managed. They take great care and patience in engaging with the kids, all the faculties/coaches are knowledgeable and abreast of the latest teaching techniques; and best part is, they know how to handle kids. My 7 year son looks forward to his chess and coding classes every week. I just have one regret, I din’t have access to a class like this during my childhood

At Saswath Academy, we have been catering to over 1000+ students since 2020 and we have seen first-hand on how parents see the difference in their kids. You may take a free demo class and see for yourself.

#chessclasses #onlinechess #chessboard #chess club #onlineeducation #onlinelearning #chessclassesforkids #chess #chessgame #chessonline #Youtube

0 notes

buzz-africa-media · 1 year

Text

Andrew Tate Biography | Net Worth , Wife , Girlfriend , Age , Family & More

Andrew Tate Biography Emory Andrew Tate III, known all around the world with the professional name of Andrew Tate is a very successful and famous name worldwide. Andrew Tate was born in Washington DC, United States, on 1 December 1986. Tate has spent very few years in Washington, as he moved to England at the tender age of four and soon settled in there. He has spent most of his later years in Luton, England, where he also fought all his matches, till he got retired in 2016. His father Emory Tate was an international master of chess and has helped Tate in fulfilling his dream of being a kickboxer. - Full Name: Emory Andrew Tate III - Nickname: Andrew Tate - Birth Place: Washington DC , US - Date of Birth: 1December 1986 - Age / How Old: 36 Years Old - Height In Centimetres: 190 cm - Height In Feet and Inches: 6’3″ - Weight In Kilograms :– 80-95 kg - Weight In Pounds: – 176-209 lbs - Hair Colour: Brown - Eye Colour: Black - Father Name: Emory Tate - Mother's Name : Mrs. Eileen Tate - Siblings: Yes - Religion: Christian - Nationality: American , British - Zodiac sign: Sagittarius - Gender: Male - Collage: Luxton Sixth Form Collage - Profession: Kick Boxer , Commentator , Businessman - Net Worth: $360 Million - Marital Status: Unmarried - Girlfriend: Naghel Georgiana Manuela - Wife/Spouse: No - Kids/Children: No Last updated: 2023 Andrew Tate Education Andrew Tate has spent his life in England, where he began his professional kickboxing career is well. Tate has done his studies from Luxton Sixth Form College. Though, he had not intentions of having a career in it. Later, he dropped from studies and pursued his dream of being a kickboxer. Andrew Tate Assets Home: Andrew Tate holds the nationality of both America and Britain. He was born in Washington, where he has lived for very few time. Later, he went to Luton, England, where he began his career. Tate owns a house in Bucharest, where he is currently living. Car collection: Andrew Tate owns quite a handful of cars and he lives his cars. Tate has a very beautiful collection of it, which includes a Porsche 911, Mercedes Benz, Range Rover, BMW, and several more. Andrew Tate Net Worth Andrew Tate is a very successful person of American and British Nationality. He was born in America, but at a very young age, he shifted to London, where he started his journey in kickboxing. In 2010, he made his professional debut and won numerous Fights and championships. Tate has won three ISKA championships and one Enfusion Championship. He has also won the IKF British Cruiserweight championship Tate has played one match in professional Mixed Martin Arts and five matches in Amateur Mixed Martial Arts. Tate also has a YouTube channel, and he also does commentary, which adds more to his fortune. Currently, Andrew Tate has a net worth of $360 million USD, which is quite decent. Andrew Tate Net Worth Trend - Net Worth in 2018 – $205 Million - Net Worth in 2019 – $237 Million - Net Worth in 2020 – $268 Million - Net Worth in 2021 – $295 Million - Net Worth in 2022 – $320 Million - Net Worth in 2023 – $360 Million Andrew Tate Career Andrew Tate has begun his career in 2008-2009 when he fought several times in the British Cruiserweight championship. He fought for the ISKA English Lite Cruiserweight Title, in 2009, and was able to win it by defeating Paul Randle. It was his first-ever belt and title. Later, he fought well and won several more titles and championships like International Kickboxing Federation British Cruiserweight Title, ISKA world Full Contact Light Heavyweight Championship, etc. He lost an It’s Showtime 85Max Title match in 2012, which was a disappointment for him. In the same year, he participated in Enfusion 3, to determine the best kickboxer of the world in 85 kg category, though he lost the match in finals. However, Tate came back ever so stronger and won the title in 2014. Andrew Tate has also done commentary in Real Extreme Fighting, which is based in Romania. He has also appeared in television shows, like the British reality television show Big Brother. His YouTube channel is also getting more popular by every passing day. Conclusion Andrew Tate is a globally recognized kickboxing champion, commentator, and successful entrepreneur. With a net worth of $360 million, he has won multiple championships and titles in his career. Tate's passion and talent have propelled him to success, and his car collection and residence in Bucharest reflect his achievements. His journey from a young kickboxer to a prominent figure in multiple industries is truly inspiring. Read the full article

0 notes

sbknews · 1 year

Text

#PerfectComb1nation: Pecco Bagnaia is the 2022 MotoGP World Champion!

The Italian takes the premier class crown after a tense race in Valencia, becoming the first Ducati rider to win the title for 15 years. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) is the 2022 MotoGP™ World Champion! The incredible rollercoaster comeback is complete as the Italian came home in the top ten in Valencia to secure the crown, having overcome a deficit of 91 points back before summer break. Bagnaia is the first Ducati rider to take the crown since Casey Stoner in 2007, the first Italian to achieve the feat since Valentino Rossi in 2009, and first Italian on an Italian bike since Giacomo Agostini in 1972. Born in Turin, Bagnaia enjoyed MiniMoto success before going international onto bigger machinery in the then-CEV in 2011 on a 125, learning his craft before moving up to the Moto3™ World Championship for 2013. Joining the VR46 Riders Academy and then moving to SKY VR46 for 2014, the pieces were in motion before a statement season. On Mahindra at Aspar for 2015, he was the lead rider for the squad and only confirmed that in 2016 as he took the bike’s first ever win – and second. The first was at Assen and the second Sepang, earning him a special treat from the team: the chance to try the MotoGP™ bike in the post-season Valencia test. Bagnaia moved up to Moto2™ in 2017 with the new Sky Racing Team VR46 intermediate class effort and was Rookie of the Year, taking several podiums. In 2018 he then hit the ground running and was a contender for the crown from the off, with imperious form and some incredible wins seeing him take the title in Malaysia. Next stop: MotoGP™. Despite showing impressive speed in his first outings in the premier class in testing, it was a difficult rookie year for Bagnaia at Pramac Racing. Still, a fantastic fourth place in at Phillip Island showed plenty signs of promise. 2020 proved a mixed year for the Italian, but he earned an impressive second place in the San Marino GP and a week later at the same track, he was on the verge of a maiden premier class victory until a heartbreaking crash ended his hopes. He never quite got going again in the remaining races that year, but 2021 saw him move to the factory squad and signalled the start of a whole new chapter. Three podiums and a pole in the opening four rounds signalled the Italian as a title contender and, despite a blip in the middle of the season, he was the last remaining challenger to eventual Champion Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) – and finished the year as the rider with the momentum. From a debut MotoGP™ win at Aragon after an incredible head-to-head with Marc Marquez to an amazing victory in Misano a week after, Bagnaia had arrived and he signed off the season with a win in Valencia, too. 2022, however, began on the back foot. A crash in Qatar, a tough race in Lombok, two fifths and an eighth signalled an unexpected start to the season, but Jerez saw the number 63 back on top in a race-long chess match with Quartararo. Then came another crash, at Le Mans, and then another win at Mugello as the Italian took the spoils on home turf. But the rollercoaster went down again as bad luck saw him take home a zero in Barcelona and a mistake caused the same at the Sachsenring. Then, Bagnaia was 91 points behind points leader Quartararo, the biggest deficit overcome to date. The best way to stage a comeback is to start winning, and Bagnaia did just that as he took an awesome four victories in a row in Assen, Silverstone, Austria and Misano. In Aragon it was second place one year on from his first win, but it was hundredths in it as he duelled it out against 2023 teammate Enea Bastianini. Again. But the rollercoaster was in motion once more at Motegi as Bagnaia slid out on the very last lap – and from right behind key rival Quartararo, losing some ground hard-gained since summer break. Thailand marked a huge challenge as a rainy race day gave many flashbacks of Lombok, where Quartararo has taken a podium and Bagnaia only one single point, but fortunes were reversed at Buriram as Pecco podiumed and El Diablo failed to score. Then came Australia and a crash for Quartararo as Bagnaia once again got back on the box, before a tense, tense first match point at Sepang. There, it was once again Bagnaia vs Bastianini. All race long the two went toe-to-toe, with all eyes on the duo who will share the factory garage next season. But this time it was the number 63 who kept the nerves under control and the upper hand on track, taking his seventh win of the season to pull out a 23-point lead as Quartararo put in an impressive stand with a podium. And so, #TheDecider had arrived. Two riders, 23 points, and one crown. It was a nervy weekend for Bagnaia at times but once the lights went out, the track lit up with an incredible race to sign off an era of Grand Prix racing. Quartararo was pushing to get to the front and it got heated for a few tense, gloves-off laps between the Frenchman and the Ducatis – and a few more – but as the race went on the result seemed set: Quartararo had to win to retain the crown, and win he would not. Bagnaia, having lost some aero in a tangle with the Frenchman, kept it calm but slipped back in the top ten once that became clear – and crossed the line in ninth to crown himself 2022 MotoGP™ World Champion. Complimenti, Pecco! #GoFree and fiesta!

#PerfectComb1nation IN STATS Francesco Bagnaia is the first Italian rider to clinch a premier class world title since Valentino Rossi in 2009. Overall, he is the seventh different Italian rider to do so along with Giacomo Agostini (8), Valentino Rossi (7), Umberto Masetti (2), Libero Liberati (1), Marco Lucchinelli (1) and Franco Uncini (1). Bagnaia’s title is the 21st in the premier class for Italy and the 80th overall in Grand Prix racing. Bagnaia became the second Ducati rider to take the premier class world title along with Casey Stoner in 2007. Aged 25 years and 296 days old, Bagnaia is the oldest rider to clinch his maiden MotoGP™ world title since the introduction of the class in 2002. Nicky Hayden in 2006 is next: 25 years and 91 days old.

Bagnaia is the first Italian rider on an Italian bike to win the premier class title since MotoGP™ Legend Giacomo Agostini in 1972 with MV Agusta. At the 2022 San Marino GP, Bagnaia took a fourth win in four successive GP races, becoming the first ever Ducati rider to do so in any class of GP racing. Since the introduction of MotoGP™ in 2002, Bagnaia became the fourth different rider to take four (or more) wins in four (or more) successive races in the class along with Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez. With 11 premier class wins, all with Ducati, Bagnaia sits in third place on the list of Ducati riders with most wins in the class behind Casey Stoner (23 wins) and Andrea Dovizioso (14). With 20 premier class podiums so far, Bagnaia is the fifth Ducati rider with most podiums in the class, behind Jack Miller (21 podiums). Casey Stoner leads the way with 42 podiums. This season Bagnaia has stood on the MotoGP™ podium more than any other rider (10 times), including seven wins. Only two Ducati riders have scored seven (or more) wins in a single season: Casey Stoner (10 in 2007) and Bagnaia (2022). After the German GP, Bagnaia was sixth in the Championship, 91 points off the leader Fabio Quartararo, meaning this is the best point recovery to take the crown since the introduction of the point scoring system in 1993. Since 2001, there have been only two occasions on which the rider who clinched the title at the end of the year didn’t finish within the top five in the opening race of season: Joan Mir (2020) and Francesco Bagnaia (2022); they both crashed out. Bagnaia also became the first rider to clinch the premier class title despite five DNFs throughout the season. Bagnaia is only the second rider to clinch the premier class world title having previously clinched the Moto2™ title, along with Marc Marquez.

PECCO BAGNAIA How does it feel? "I'm very, very happy because on the day of the worst race of the calendar I've had a special sweet taste When I crossed the finish line and saw my pit board with writing saying I was the World Champion everything was brighter and nicer. My emotion is incredible in this moment. It wasn't easy because after the fight with Fabio I lost a winglet and from that moment everything was a nightmare. I've done lap by lap trying ride defensive lines, but it was very difficult, and it took so long to finish the race. I'm very proud of my team, myself and of what we did because it's incredible." Did you think it was going to be difficult after Germany? "Yeah, like I said one or two races ago, I lost the faith in the championship for one hour after the Sachsenring race but then after that I knew there was still a chance to be World Champion. Sincerely, the work we did this year was incredible. We performed in an incredible way in the second part of the year. We tried to analyze everything, at home also, to see what to improve, why I was crashing and I was making so many mistakes, and from that moment we've just done some incredible. I'm very happy for that because we really deserve this title." Most difficult moment + best moment? "The most difficult was Sachsenring, because I was very competitive like in Le Mans. I was there with a possibility to win the race, but I crashed and in that moment I realised my weak point was that. I was a rider with a lot of ups and downs, with good speed but no consistency. To accept that was not easy. From that moment I recognised I had a problem and I tried to improve myself, also thanks to the people at home that worked with me everything day and helped me a lot. I think I improved myself a lot this season." On Ducati's long wait: "I saw many faces crying, and it was incredible. I was crying too. It was an amazing victory because I was feeling the weight on my shoulders to give back this title to my team, to Ducati, and to Italy. When I spoke to Vale, he said to me yesterday that you have you be proud to have this possibility, not everyone can have the same feeling. It's true that you feel the pressure, you feel anxiety, you feel fear, but you have to be proud of it, be happy to have it, and try to enjoy it. I tried to do it, and today in fact it didn't work but sincerely I'm very happy to think who we have as a mentor and leader.

BIOGRAPHY First Grand Prix: Qatar 2013, Moto3™ First pole position: Silverstone 2016, Moto3™ First podium: Le Mans 2015, Moto3™ First victory: Assen 2016, Moto3™ Grands Prix: 172 Victories: 21 Podiums: 43 Pole positions: 18 Fastest laps: 14 World Championships: Moto2™ (2018), MotoGP™ (2022) For more MotoGP info checkout our dedicated MotoGP News page Or visit the official MotoGP website www.motogp.com Read the full article

#MotoGP #MotoGP2022 #MotoGPWorldChampion #PeccoBagnaia #PerfectComb1nation #TheDecider

1 note · View note

chessismyaesthetic · 1 year

Text

So one thing this World Championship has established is that I need more Tania Sachdev and Daniel "Danya" Naridistky in my life. MVPs from the chess.com commentary team if you ask me. Honestly, both have been fantastic at focusing and translating Anish and Fabiano for us amateurs, and providing some crazy smart analysis themselves.

Here's a bit more about them...

Tania Sachdev is a Woman Grandmaster (WGM) with a peak rating of 2440. She's two-time Indian women's chess champion (2006 and 2007), one-time Asian women's chess champion in 2007 and three-time and current Commonwealth Women's Chess Champion in 2016, 2018 and 2019.

Daniel Naroditsky is a Grandmaster (peak rating 2647) who, last I checked, was top rapid and blitz player on both Lichess and Chess.com. He's crazy quick at spotting tactics and does really informative speedruns on twitch and YouTube (check out his training videos with Andrea Botez too). I've only just discovered his YouTube and I need to watch more of it asap.

#tania sachdev #Daniel Naroditsky #chess #chess streamers #chess youtube #nepo-ding #world chess championship #chess.com #lichess

5 notes · View notes

triviallytrue · 3 years

Text

at the top levels of chess it seems like pretty much everyone was a prodigy - i don't think anyone over 2700 became a grandmaster later than 16 (except for Anand, but he came from an era where it was harder to become a grandmaster).

this leads to a lot of takes about how some young player is matching the development path of some world champion (Looking for Bobby Fischer is a notorious example) but these milestones aren't necessarily indicative of anything meaningful. the youngest player ever to reach 2600 elo, for example, is now around 2550 elo - slightly stronger than your average grandmaster, but nothing incredible.

Alireza Firouzja, widely considered the best young player right now, got his GM title at age 14 (and 8 months or so). this is over two years older than when Sergei Karjakin (the youngest GM age of a top level player) got his. and yet, Firouzja is 2770 at age 18, and Karjakin is 2743 at age 31.

#chess #this is a little unfair to karjakin #he made it to a world championship match in 2016

13 notes · View notes

lactating · 3 years

Text

36 notes · View notes

gwendolynlerman · 3 years

Text

Langblr culture challenge

Day 25: Sports

The most popular sport in Russia is soccer. Other popular sports are ice hockey, handball, basketball, futsal, boxing, auto racing, volleyball, athletics, tennis, and chess.

The Soviet Union competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Soviet and Russian athletes never finished below fourth place in the number of gold and total medals collected at the Summer Olympics.

However, Russia has the most medals stripped for doping violations and was partially banned from the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics due to the state-sponsored doping scandal. Athletes were allowed to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics under the name "Russian Olympic Committee".

Russia has been very successful in weightlifting and wrestling.

Soccer

Russia hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where the Russian team obtained their best performance since 1966, reaching the quarter-finals for the first time since the breakup of the USSR.

It is one of the most successful countries in beach soccer.

Ice hockey

Russian teams have won every Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), as well as several World Championships.

Basketball

The Russian men’s national basketball has won several international titles and the PBC CSKA Moscow is the second most successful team in the history of European club competitions.

Boxing

Russia is a boxing country powerhouse and has produced legends such as Alexander Povetkin, Eduard Troyanovsky, and Albert Tumenov.

Volleyball

The Russian women’s national volleyball team is ranked fifth and has won 2 Olympic silver medals, among other achievements.

The male national team has won 3 gold medals, 5 silver medals, and 6 bronze medals.

Athletics

Russia has had strong results in high jump, long jump, track athletics, hurdling, pole vault, race walking, hammer throw, triple jump, javelin throw, and heptathlon.

Tennis

Famous and successful tennis players include Maria Sharapova, Dinara Safina, Daniil Medvedev, and Andrey Rublev.

Chess

Chess has been dominated by Russians since the end of the Second World War, especially by Garry Kasparov. 25 of the world’s top 100 chess players are Russian.

Bandy

Bandy is a national sport and one of the biggest spectator sports. It is a team winter sport played on ice, where players use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.

Russia has never missed out on a medal.

Rhythmic gymnastics

Russia is considered to have the best rhythmic gymnasts, among which Evgenia Kanaeva, Yulia Barsukova, Irina Tchachina, Elena Karpuchina, and Karolina Sevastyanova stand out.

#langblr #russian #langblrculturechallenge

13 notes · View notes