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What Chess Means To Me - by Katherine Du

12/27/2014

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As the pieces clicked between my fingers, I asked myself what I was doing in the club at all. I could never have imagined at the time of my first encounter with chess that it would later have as big of an impact as it did on my life. On the contrary, I was absolutely convinced that the world itself was some kind of psychopath toying with me and seeing what would happen if it sat me down at a 64-square checkered board against an intensely passionate chess enthusiast.

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Instead, in silence, players are left wielding only their thoughts as weapons against one another. In the midst of a chess match, status and gender simply melt away. The chessboard is a level playing field depending purely on the ideas of the two opponents, who totally absorb themselves in a make-believe world that in principle mirrors real life and is neck-high in analysis, risk, and calculation.

It suffices to say that this wonderful and enigmatic game has transformed me. It has given me psychological strength. It has made me proud to be the only girl in the room. It has taught me that there is usually more than one solution to a problem. It has made me into a player who views defeat as a greater gain than most wins, as learning from your mistakes is a sure path to self-improvement. For all these reasons and so much more, I thank you, chess.

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Wesley So shooting for the stars

12/27/2014

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Wesley So is hardly a new name on the horizon as one of the youngest grandmasters ever, and a prodigy in every sense of the word. He went to the United States on a chess scholarship, where he has now transferred as a player, but after a series of successes in 2014, breaking into the world's Top 10, he has decided to go all out for chess after announcing his next goal of 2800.

See ChessBase articles one and two.
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Teen makes moves to become chess Grandmaster

12/17/2014

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The family living room is filled with trophies — scores of gleaming trophies of various shapes and sizes, all belonging to Joshua. It hardly seems possible that there could be enough space for more trophies, but surely more are destined to come his way.

So now you are looking at Joshua with fresh eyes. Maybe you are looking at history in the making. To say Joshua is a chess whiz on White Plains High School's chess team would be an understatement. He's a chess champion, a prodigy whose ambition is to become one of the best players in the world, if not the best.

His father, Guy Colas, a self-described "average player," taught him to how to play when he was 7 years old. The kid immediately took to it.

Joshua's career highlights run more than five pages. His chess rating went up with each advancing year. At 10, he was considered the third best in the nation in that age category. At 12, Joshua became the youngest African-American Chess Master in history. In 2013, he was rated No. 1 among 13-year-olds.

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Interview with GM Li Chao

12/16/2014

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– a 2700+ planning to become a Pro chess player (“maybe”) after his students become GM
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Q: Please, introduce to us your family. Do they play chess as well? Where do you live?
A: My family is just a normal one in our country. My father is a Chinese doctor, and my mom is an English teacher at the University (although my English is very bad…). First, when I was 3 years old, I saw my father playing Chinese chess, and I just watch that. After 2 years, at the age of 5, I already wanted to learn Chinese chess, and we went there. But oh! The class was full, no place left for me… then someone told my mom: “Chess is like Chinese chess, the two are very similar, your boy could go there”. So finally I had no alternative thus chose chess. And here I am. By now, my father can play some chess, but his rating is like 1200, and my mom knows the rules.

Q: Again, what would be your advice to young people who are just starting to play chess and take it seriously?
A: Just work hard. Look, I think I don´t have some special talent, but I do work hard. Maybe I can´t become a World Champion, but if you work hard every day, 2700 is not so difficult :)

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11岁华裔女孩 有望成全美史上最年轻国际象棋大师

12/12/2014

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See article in chinese.
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Magnus Carlsen's post match interview

12/2/2014

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Anastasia Karlovich: This is the first time you had to defend the world title. After this tense match and struggle is the title more valuable to you?
Magnus Carlsen: Yes, everything that is hard-earned you appreciate more, and this match certainly was not easy.

AK: You wrote on twitter, ‘two down, five to go’. Does this mean that you would like to break the record of Garry Kasparov and would you like to be the greatest World Champion in the history of chess?
MC: I would like to continue playing chess at a high level, and that includes playing in the World Championships.
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AK: Why did you feel so disappointed?
MC: I did not feel so disappointed. I wasn’t very happy about it, but when you are up in the match you are not too disappointed with a draw.

AK: It’s true, but it just doesn’t fit your style.
MC: Yes, but it was just one game. In the rest of the match, none of them were short draws. It happens to me also that you have to just shut it down and you cannot do much.

AK: Did you want to play more aggressively in the next games after that?
MC: Yes, I wanted to play more interesting chess in the next games, definitely.


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Qatar Masters: Anish heading for a 'Caruana'?

12/2/2014

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Another day, another round, and another win for the top seed GM Anish Giri, who has elevated his score to a phenomenal 6.0/6! Today he took down Swedish GM Nils Grandelius, who was having a breakout tournament as well. It was a long, thoughtful game, and things were very even for a while before Giri eventually ground out a win in an endgame. Grandelius defended extremely well and tenaciously, before eventually cracking under the relentless pressure. It’s always instructive to see how strong GM’s overcome equally strong players in a seemingly balanced position.


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