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The World Chess Club Berlin is thrilled to invite all chess ladies to our upcoming Womens Rapid Tournament, scheduled for the 30th of September. We are excited to announce this special event as we continue to see more talented girls and women join our chess community. Our goal is to create a welcoming, comfortable, and safe space for all players, regardless of their gender, background, or experience level.

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Date and Time: September 30th, 17:00 Time Control: 10 minutes without increments Type: Swiss System, 7 rounds Entry Fee: Free

You can register in the club before the tournament, or online here.

This tournament is a wonderful opportunity for female chess players to showcase their skills, learn from one another, and foster a sense of camaraderie within our chess community. All levels are welcome!

Prizes: Chess Boards to improve your skills even more Exclusive World Chess Club Berlin T-shirts and Socks Bar Deposit to enjoy our signature cocktails

Join us on September 30th at 17:00 for a day of connection and support at the Women's Rapid Tournament. See you at the club!

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Master Class Vol.16 - Judit Polgar

In this video course, experts (Pelletier, Marin, Mller and Reeh) examine the games of Judit Polgar. Let them show you which openings Polgar chose to play, where her strength in middlegames were, or how she outplayed her opponents in the endgame.

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Beloslava Krasteva beat China'sLu Miaoyi with the black pieces on the 75th move in a game from the penultimate, tenth round of the World Under-20 Chess Championship in Mexico City and took a big step towards the title.

Krasteva continues unbeaten in the championship and after seven wins and three draws remained at the top of the provisional standings before the final round with a score of 8.5 points, having a point lead over her closest competitors for the first place - Carissa Ip (USA),Candela Guecamburu (Argentina) and Trisha Kanyamarala (Ireland).

In her last game of the competition tonight, the Bulgarian will play with white against Guecamburu.

In the tenth round of the open tournament, Momchil Petkov drew with the whites with the ItalianGabriele Lumachi and took 35th place with 6.0 points. Petkov will end the tournament with white against the Indian G B Harshavardhan.

The leader isMarc'Andria Maurizzi (France) with 8.0 points, and second with the same score isLuka Budisavljevi from Serbia. The two will meet each other in the final round.

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Young prodigy Punithamalar Rajashekar from Malaysia broke the record for the fastest time to arrange a chess set blindfolded, proving that she can break a record with her eyes quite literally closed.

She broke the previous record by achieving the jaw-dropping time of 45.72 seconds.

The talented girl has won several awards, including Asias Outstanding Child Award of the Year 2022-2023, and has showcased her skills in various competitions, such as Malaysias Kids Got Talent.

The record attempt took place at Punithamalars school, with members of the Parents and Teachers Association and the school management all there to witness the event.

You can see the attempt here:

As one might expect, Punithamalars passion with chess goes beyond arranging the chess set in record-breaking time. She is also an excellent chess player, who started playing when she was five years old.

She is the best player at her school, which she represented at a district chess competition.

She also regularly participates in nationwide tournaments and is a FIDE (International Chess Federation) registered member.

My dad is my coach, she told us, and we play together almost every day.

Punithamalar got the idea to attempt a world record after watching a documentary about extraordinary human achievements.

Seeing people push their limits and accomplish incredible feats really inspired me, she explained. [] I was particularly drawn to the idea of setting a personal goal and pushing myself beyond my limits, and attempting a world record seemed like the perfect way to do that.

I had already participated in various events such as Kids Got Talent, and felt that I wanted to do more to get recognition. My father suggested that I should focus on my passion, so my family and I decided I should break this particular record.

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Regarding her training for the attempt, she commented: I studied videos of previous record holders to understand their techniques and strategies.

I began my preparation 4 months before the actual attempt, with a combination of physical and mental training.

Her coach dad supported her throughout the entire process, whilst her family and teachers motivated her during the toughest training sessions.

Besides playing chess, Punithamalar also likes to memorize facts and pictures, and she has participated in various school competitions for storytelling and public speaking.

Her favourite subject is maths and, when she grows up, she wants to become a space scientist.

On breaking a world record, she said that it was a life-changing experience, that she felt pride and uniqueness, and that she hopes it will inspire others to reach for their own extraordinary goals.

Lastly, the young chess champion revealed that she intends to attempt another record in the blindfolded category!

We cannot wait to see what record young Punithamalar will break next.

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The 50+ champs! (courtesy Mark Livzhitz/FIDE)

The U.S. Team won the 2023 FIDE World Chess Championship 50+ in Struga, N. Macedonia on the heels of a 40 sweep of Poland in the last round on Thursday, September 28. Full results are available here.

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Final standings for the 50+ section

Team USA was in the driver's seat when we last checked in on Struga, but suffered a 31 setback at the hands of Italy in round seven.

With GMs Jaan Ehlvest and Alex Yermolinsky being held to draws with the white pieces on boards two and four, GMs Alexander Shabalov and Igor Novikov both got into early trouble as Black out of the opening. There's a joke about playing the Sicilian against Italians here somewhere.

Round eight saw a reversal of fortunes, with the U.S. out-rating their opponents from Uruguay by at least 500 points on each board. The team took care of business with a 40 sweep, and got a bonus gift from Iceland, who held Italy to a tie thanks to a nice miniature from their fourth board.

With draws on boards one and three, Italy was able to tie the match thanks to GM Michele Godena setting some serious problems for his opponent in an objectively equal endgame.

The draw was enough to bring the U.S. back into a tie for first headed into the final round. To make things even better, Italy had to face a tough Macdeonian team that held the U.S. to a draw earlier in the tournament. Indeed, Italy suffered the same fate, drawing the match 22.

Before any game finished, Team USA already clinched their match, with GM Gregory Kaidanov winning emphatically:

And Yermolinsky and Shabalov shortly following suit:

Novikov added a fourth win for good measure, and the U.S. are the champions!

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(Left-to-right) Novikov, Ehlvest, Shabalov, Yermolinsky, Kaidanov (courtesy Valeria Kaidanov)

According to the unofficial standings, all five members of the U.S. team earned individual medals as well. Kaidanov, Ehlvest, and Novikov earned gold medals on boards two, three, and four respectively, with Yermolinsky earning a silver on board five and Shabalov a bronze on top board.

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Shabalov (R) earned a bronze medal on top board, behind British GM Michael Adams (gold, center), and Italian GM Alberto David (courtesy Mark Livshitz/FIDE)

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Jaan Ehlvest (board three) was one of three Americans to earn an individual gold medal (courtesy Mark Livshitz/FIDE)

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MUMBAI: Young talents Tvesha Jain and Amogh Desai stole the limelight, scoring shock victories over higher rated players in the second round of the Rs 2.59 lakh prize money Accurate Springs Classical FIDE Rated Chess tournament, organised by Indian Chess School at the Russian Centre for Science and Culture, here, on Sunday. On board 4, 13-year old Amogh Desai (Elo1124) recorded the biggest win of his career by crushing fourth seed Saurabh Lokhande (Elo1689) from the white side of a Scandinavian defense in just 29 moves. A similar result was seen on board 6 where 9-year-old Tvesha Jain (Elo1121) shocked sixth seeded veteran CK Kolambkar (Elo1675) from the white side of the French Tarrasch opening in 35 moves. A minor flutter was seen on board 19 where R Mithun (Elo1083) held the higher rated Deepak Soni (Elo1446) to a draw. On the rest of the top boards, the seeded players won convincingly, including top-seeded IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni, Amardeep Bartakke, Pratik Shenvi. These three players are among 38 players sharing the lead with two points each. They are followed by 11 players with a score of 1.5 each. Key Results (Round 2-points in brackets): IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni (2) bt Raj Yuvan (1); Aaradhay Parte (1) lost to Amardeep Bartakke (2); Pratik Shenvi (2) bt Nilesh Deshpande (1); Amogh Desai (2) bt Saurabh Lokhande (1); Yash Kapadi (2) bt Advay Dhene (1); Tvesha Jain (2) bt C K Kolambkar (1); Arnav Kherdekar (2) bt Prranamya Panagaonkar (1); Sumedh Kamble (1) lost to Om Gada (2); Vishal Parab Ram (2) bt Mitansh Deshmukh (1); Yatharth Jain (1) lost to Sudeep Pillai (2).

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