First Girl from Lucknow Gets FIDE Rating

One of our old student Rishika Bhattacharya ( Born 1998) became first girl of Lucknow city to get FIDE rating of 1338 in July 2010 list. She got that rating from Delhi Under-2200 tournament in June. Though her rating is very modest but it is a new beginning and we can hope that she will improve it in future and more girls will join her in rating list. 

Kenya Under-8 Champion Vs Students of Academy

On Saturday , June 12, Under-8 Chess Champion of Kenya Sharanya played 2 games against Adarshika ( U-9). In the first game Sharanya out played Adarshika but forgot about her queen which was attacked by a knight. After winning queen Adarshika captured several pawns and pieces and was trying to check-mate Sharanya with queen and knight . A desperate check from Sharanya and Adarshika put her king on same file as her queen and lost her queen but she had 2 extra knights so won the game .
   In the next game Adarshika handled opening better than first game but missed a mating threat and and was check-mated on 11th move !
   Conclusion ? Play badly to win game !!!

Kenya U-8 Sharanya In Action

Kenya Under-8 Chess Champion Talks to ICA

Sharanya Iyengar, Winner in Girls – Under 8 age category at
Kenya National Chess Championship 2010 held at Nairobi in May


ICA : Congratulation for winning national chess championship.
Sharanya : Hi, Thank you.

ICA : How many games you played in nationals ? Did you win all of them?
Sharanya : 6 games in first phase and 6 games in final phase. I won 4 games in first phase and all 6 games in final phase.

ICA : What prize did you get there?
Sharanya : Trophy and a certificate at each phase.

ICA : In which standard you study in school?
Sharanya : Standard 3

ICA : How your teachers and friends in school re-acted when you went back to school after tournament?
Sharanya : They congratulated me at the assembly event.

ICA : At what age did you start learning chess? Who taught you chess? Who is you present coach. How much time you give to chess?
Sharanya : 7 & ½ years, my grandmother first taught me chess. My present coach is Latha Sathya.
I play 3 games of chess everyday.

ICA : Do you have any other hobby? Do you play other games?
Sharanya : Yes, art and crafts. I love to play monopoly and uno cards.

ICA : Do you have elder brother or sister in your family? Can you win against you mother, father and siblings ? ( Most of my 7-year old students don't like to play chess with parents. Do you know why? Because they can beat parents too easily !!)
Sharanya : I am the only child, Yes, I can win in chess against my parents. I like to play chess with my parents as they also play tough and I always learn something, specially from my father.

ICA : Have you been to India ? If so,how do you like India?
Sharanya : Yes, I was born in India and I visit once every year. I love INDIA.

ICA : Will you like to play with my students of your age on net?
Sharanya : Sure, would love to play with them.

ICA : Now you have to play in much tougher tournaments in future so prepare well. Our academy wishes you very best in chess tournaments and life.
Sharanya : Thank you, I also wish good luck to the students at your academy.
 

Lucknow Distt Team for State Championship U-9 and U-19

25 /4 /2010 को उपरोक्त वर्गों के लिए टीमों का चुनाव हुआ. 19 वर्ष आयु वर्ग में आयुष पाण्डेय तथा वासु बाजपेई बालकों में और श्रेया श्रीवास्तव तथा सान्या बालिकाओं में लखनऊ का प्रतिनिधित्व करेंगे.  आयु वर्ग 9 में बालकों में स्वास्तिक देहरन तथा रोहन और बालिकाओं में नंदिनी चुनी गयी.
        राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर 19 वर्ष आयु वर्ग के बालक ही देश की टीम का आधार बनते हैं किन्तु स्थानीय स्तर पर इस वर्ग के खिलाडियों में कोई भी खिलाड़ी ऐसा नहीं दिखा जो प्रदेश स्तर पर भी कुछ कर पाने की क्षमता रखता हो.

पहली पंक्ति में विजेता आयुष, स्वास्तिक और नंदिनी,पीछे श्रेया (तीसरे स्थान पर) तथा लाल शर्ट में वासु दिखाई दे रहे हैं. 

Tiny Tot to represnt UP in U-11 National Chess

     This young kid Mafrooza Siddiqui who is still in Under -7 category qualified for UP Under-11 chess team recently. So we can hope that she can achieve good place at least in U-7 and U-9 groups at national level if not in U-11.
     Another young kid Swastik Dehran who is is to complete 6 years in August 2010 done very well to score 4.5/7 points in boys group.
     So there is still some hope for UP in chess at least in younger age groups.

U-16 and U-11 State Championship

आयु वर्ग 16 तथा 11  के लिए राज्य शतरंज प्रतियोगिता का आयोजन सनबीम स्कूल लहरतारा वाराणसी द्वारा अप्रैल 1 से 4 तक किया गया . जिसके परिणाम निम्नवत रहे
बालिकाएं 16 वर्ष
आयुषी जैसवाल (सनबीम लहरतारा वाराणसी) 4 .5 /5  प्रथम , आराधना तिवारी ( सोनभद्र ) 4 /5 द्वितीय , शिवांगी मिश्रा 4 /5 तृतीय
बालक 16 वर्ष
मनीष कुमार ( डीऐ वि मेरठ ) 7 /7  प्रथम , यश मिश्रा (लहरतारा सनबीम ) 6  द्वितीय , शहाब फारुखी  5 .5  तृतीय
बालिका 11 वर्ष
श्वेता प्रियदर्शिनी ( गाजियाबाद ) 4 .5 /5 प्रथम , मफरूज़ा फारूखी (वाराणसी) 4 द्वितीय, रुखसार बानो 3 .5 तृतीय
बालक 11 वर्ष
अतुल कुमार (सनबीम भगवानपुर) 6 .5 प्रथम , आदर्श श्रीवास्तव (वाराणसी) 5 .5 द्वितीय ,प्रद्युम्न साक्षी तृतीय
हमारी तरफ से विजेताओं को हार्दिक बधाई एवं राष्ट्रीय प्रतियोगिताओं के लिए शुभ कामनाएँ .
U-11 winners ......................................................................                        U-16 winners