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3/24/2020 IM Dagne Ciuksyte has represented Lithuania and England in Chess Olympiads. Her peak FIDE rating was 2450. Now she coaches chess, in the shadow of COVID-19. Inspired by a ChessBase article, she is adding chess writing to her career. WIM ALEXEY ROOT interviews Dagne Ciuksyte.

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IM (and WGM) Dagne Ciuksyte emailed me after ChessBase published"So you want to be a (chess) writer?"a couple of weeks ago. Since COVID-19 (aka the Coronavirus disease) has curtailed her in-person chess coaching, Dagne wants to add chess writing to her chess-playing and chess-coaching careers. I interviewed her via email to learn more.

AR: How are you as a coach adjusting to COVID-19?

DC: It is hard to believe how quickly everything we are used to has ended! One after another, my chess workshops, events, and private lessons have stopped. At the time of this writing, the schools in the UK are still open, so I have my lunchtime and after-school chess clubs running. Not to despair, Ive moved my chess coaching services to online chess websites; the websites are ready and have everything in place. I use my prepared material in ChessBase files with my students.

Are any of your family members chess players and, if so, in what ways do they participate in your chess business?

Unavoidably, my three children are chess players and have a few deep insights into chess up their sleeves. Its all down to their mum always willing to share something new about chess.

From time to time, I run junior chess coaching events. At those events, my 12, 10, and even 7-year old children teach others, including some 6-year-olds. I call it the 'Kids to Kids' project.

My children are familiar with my teaching style. We look for a twist in explaining the basics of chess. For example, we started using sparkly 'jewels' as roadblocks as in Jaan Ehlvests brilliant book Chess Gymnasium.

Its so wonderful to run my chess business with my children! Usually, my chess events' leaflets have drawings by my children and their cousins. Or my businesss Facebook page may have a post by my 10-year-old. It is our familys day out to run a fun and social chess event locally with my children playing in the tournament and selling the light refreshments in between the games!

How has being a woman helped or hindered you in your chess-playing and chess-coaching careers?

Being a female chess player is nice in some ways. Win a female prize or a game against a grandmaster, and your performance is already a success. However, as a female player, you may not be taken seriously. I have had a few grins and puffs from grandmasters in the past when trying to convert the material into a win. Regarding my chess-coaching career, over the last few years, Ive been leading the advanced group of girls for a registered UK charity Cambridge Girls Chess Initiative (CGCI). We aim to promote chess among the girls, providing them with a welcoming, pressure-free space. It is a joy to be a role model for the girls!

What will be your next career moves?

Listening to Natasha Regans and Matthew Sadlers insights on AlphaZero play (as in the YouTube video Exactly How to Attack DeepMind's AlphaZero vs. Stockfish), I started wondering what if we are delaying our students progress in chess by teaching our infamous point system for the chess pieces?! Only after rigorous training of valuing material by that point system, a chess coach usually switches to teaching the relative values of the pieces. But perhaps that later switch is too late. Maybe, instead of teaching the point values, we should concentrate on analysing various positions with regard to the pieces activity and mobility in the battle. Those twists and turns of chess will be discussed if I create chess videos.

In the immediate future, I look forward to a few days with my children setting up our 600 chess pieces into different scenarios for a photo shoot session. I'll need these photos for my standard chess and for my variants of chess events, once we are allowed out again!

Strike first with the Scandinavian

The Scandinavian is a rarely employed opening on the hightest level und guides your opponent on much less familiar terrain than for example the Sicilian, French or any 1.e4 e5 system. After 1.e4 d5 Black fights for the initiative from move one.

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While the entire nation is in lockdown, sensible minds staying locked up at home, feeling depressed particularly when the number of coronavirus patients is increasing. So far, 27 people are dead in India. Anxiety is no surprise in current situation. However, actrtess Rukmini Maitra is keeping herself calm sharing some food for thoughts almost every day. Rukmini who will soon be seen in Switzerland opposite Abir Chatterjee, in her latest post showed her love for playing chess and she is spending some quality time on this game during the self-quarantine days. She has also revealed her passion for collecting chessboard and its clear from this photograph of a chessboard she uploaded. Going down her childhood memory lane when she used to play chess with her grandfather, Rukmini also said since in quarantine you cant step outside, chess can be a perfect mental workout. During this Quarantine maybe one cant move around physically, but mentally one must keep moving. Mental workout keeps a check on ones physical well being, wrote the actress. Not just playing chess, this recent tweet of hers will surely make go ROFL. How often have we heard about our grandfathers fighting for our Independence? But now, we have a chance to save the world from coronavirus just staying at home. The more we stay at home, the safer we are. Sharing the hilarious post, the Password actress added a witty caption too, People post 2020..Come on! I just had to!SO! COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, STAY HOME AND DO YOUR BIT!!! .

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3/30/2020 The ten best players of the Soviet Union play against the ten best players from the "Rest of the World". On board one Bent Larsen will play against World Champion Boris Spassky, on board two Bobby Fischer, who has only played one single serious tournament game in the last 18 months, will face former World Champion Tigran Petrosian. Live transmission of the games starts at 16.00 pm CEST (10.00 EDT, 14.00 UTC).

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The "Match of the Century" is played on ten boards. The ten best players from the Soviet Union including former World Champions Mikhail Botvinnik, Vassily Smyslo, Mihail Tal and Tigran Petrosian and current World Champion Boris Spassky play against the ten best players from the "Rest of the World".

The venue is the Dom Sindikat in Belgrade. Four rounds will be played. Rounds always start at 16:00 local time.

Fischer will play!

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In the first part of this article, we talked about a clash of chess titans that started over 30 years ago between GMs Viswanathan Anand and Vassily Ivanchuk.

In this unusual match, we can find everything we love about chess: beautiful combinations, elegant technique, opening novelties, etc. But nothing excites chess fans more than the human element of the game. Who would forget the following episode where a super-GM missed a basic checkmate in one move! You can proceed straight to 7:35.

While missing a checkmate in one move is indeed a very rare occurrence in grandmasters' games, it still pales compared to a truly unique situation that happened in the following game.

Yes, it is a very beautiful attack by Anand, but there is something else unique to know about this game. Here is what Anand writes:

"Gurevich and I had the final position on the board during our work in 1991an unusual experience for me! I consider myself reasonably well-prepared, but to have worked out the whole game in advance is rare."

Of course, these funny games are exceptions since most of the games played by Anand and Ivanchuk are textbook examples of chess. Those of you who want to improve your positional play should not miss the next strategical masterpiece. In the following position, White has a spatial advantage typical for the Maroczy bind, but it is very difficult to make a progress since Black has no clear weaknesses. What should White play?

It looks like it is Ivanchuk's pet idea to push the kingside pawns in this kind of pawn structure. I witnessed him playing a similar idea in the World Junior Championship where the first Anand vs. Ivanchuk encounter occurred.

This game was played on the board next to my own game, so I could see Ivanchuk's masterpiece live. I was truly impressed by his strategy. In the above-mentioned game vs. Anand, he executed the same plan. Can you find Ivanchuk's key moves?

Now try to find how Ivanchuk finished this excellent game.

If you are not a very experienced player and therefore found this game too complicated, don't be upset, I have something you'll enjoy. Find why Anand resigned in the following position. What's Black's winning plan?

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In conclusion, let me present one of the most remarkable moves made in the games between Anand and Ivanchuk. Can you spot White's idea in the following position?

This is a very impressive positional concept. Ivanchuk was never been able to get out of the bind. Here is how the game ended:

Naturally, we cannot go over all the games played by these two chess geniuses; I tried to highlight the most memorable moments from their many battles. I encourage you to find the rest of the games in a database, and check them out. Trust me, you won't regret it!

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