CHESS TOURNAMENTS OF APRIL 2011!

4th Jugal Kishore Newatia Memorial Open FIDE Rating Tournament!
From 1st to 7th April, in Assam!


All India FIDE Rated Chess Tournament!
From 2nd to 7th April, at Calicut, Kerala!


FIRST Master Mind All India FIDE Rating Tournament!
(Below 1900 ELO)
From 8th to 11th April, in Kerala!


FIRST All India Bhola Infratech Rating School Chess Tournament!
From 8th to 12th April, at Bhubaneswar, Orissa!


CHESS GM PROJECT TOURNAMENT FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN - UNDER 17!
From 14th to 17th April, at Trissur, Kerala!


GOA Vidyaprasarak Mandal's Centennial All India Open FIDE Rating Tournament - 2011!
From 24th to 30th April, at Ponda, Goa!

Levon Aronian Wins Third Amber in the Farewell Edition -2011!

Levon Aronian of Armenia won, in style, The Twentieth and Final Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament. Following his earlier wins in 2008 and 2009 this is the third time the Armenian grandmaster claimed the first prize. Going into the final day, Aronian was leading Carlsen by 1 full point with 2 games to go. When Aronian drew the Blindfold game with Karjakin & Carlsen lost the blindfold game to Gelfand, he clinched the Amber overall title. Aronian also won the blindfold competition. The rapid section of the competition was won by Magnus Carlsen of Norway.

India's World Champion & World Number 1 Vishy Anand took the second spot in the Blindfold Section, behind Aronian with 7 points & the third place in the Rapid Section, behind Carlsen & Aronian - in that order - with 6points!Overall, Anand stood third with 13points, behind Aronian (15½) & Carlsen (14½). In the final round, Anand blanked Anish Giri of Netherlands 2-0 to have a creditable finish in the Farewell Edition -2011!!

ROUND - 11
Tournament: Amber 2011; Round: 11-Blind
White: Anish Giri (2690)
Black: Vishy Anand (2817)
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011; Result: 0-1
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. f4 Rb8 14. Kf2 b5 15. Qb3 a5 16. Rac1 a4 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Rc2 Bd6 19. Rhc1 b4 20. Qc4 Qa7 21. e3 Ba6 22. Qc6 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Rc3 Bb7 25. Qc4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qa2 27. R1c2 Qa8+ 0-1


Tournament: Amber 2011; Round: 11-Rapid
White: Vishy Anand (2817)
Black: Anish Giri (2690)
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011; Result: 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Re8 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 b6 18.Rab1 Qd8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Rxb6 Bg4 21. Rb7 Bxf3 22. gxf3 h6 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Qxa7 Qc8 25. Kg2 Qc6 26. Qb8+ Kh7 27. Qb1+ Kg8 28. Qf5 Qc4 29. a4 Qxa4 30. Qxd5 Qa6 31. Qe4 Qc4 32. d5 Qxc3 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qxf7 Qe5 35. h4 h5 36. Qe6 Qxe6 37. dxe6 Kg6 38. f4 1-0

Thursday 24 March Round XI - The Final Round Result!

12.30 Blind
Ivanchuk-Topalov ½-½
Gashimov-Grischuk ½-½
Giri-Anand 0-1

14.00 Blind
Carlsen-Gelfand 0-1
Nakamura-Kramnik 0-1
Aronian-Karjakin ½-½

15.45 Rapid
Topalov-Ivanchuk 1-0
Grischuk-Gashimov ½-½
Anand-Giri 1-0

17.15 Rapid
Gelfand-Carlsen 0-1
Kramnik-Nakamura 0-1
Karjakin-Aronian ½-½


Final standings of the Farewell Edition -2011!

Blindfold:
1. Aronian 8½
2. Anand 7
3. Gashimov 6
Gelfand 6
Grischuk 6
4. Karjakin 5½
5. Carlsen 5
Ivanchuk 5
Nakamura 5
6. Topalov 4½
7. Kramnik 4
8. Giri 3½

Rapid:
1. Carlsen 9½
2. Aronian 7
3. Anand 6
Ivanchuk 6
Topalov 6
4. Nakamura 5½
5. Grischuk 5
6. Gashimov 4½
Gelfand 4½
Karjakin 4½
7. Kramnik 4
8. Giri 3½

Combined:
1. Aronian 15½
2. Carlsen 14½
3. Anand 13
4. Grischuk 11
Ivanchuk 11
5. Gashimov 10½
Gelfand 10½
Nakamura 10½
Topalov 10½
6. Karjakin 10
7. Kramnik 8
8. Giri 7

VISHY ANAND WINS THE FIRST ROUND AGAINST TOPALOV @ AMBER!

VISHY ANAND WINS THE FIRST ROUND AGAINST TOPALOV @ AMBER!
The rate of play is 25 minutes per game per player. With every move made in the blindfold games 20 seconds is added to the clock, with every move made in the rapid games 10 seconds is added.

Tournament: Amber 2011; Round: 01-Rapid
White: Topalov
Black: Anand
Date: Sat Mar 12 2011; Result: ½-½
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Qf6 16. d5 Ne7 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Bf3 Ng6 19. Nxg6 Bxg6 20.Qb3 b6 21. Re3 Bf5 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. h3 Bd7 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 b5 26. Re5 Rab8 27. R1e3 c4 28. Qc2 b4 29. cxb4
Qxb4 30. g3 Qb1+ 31. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Rc8 Rxd5 36. Rxc4 ½-½
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Tournament: Amber 2011; Round: 01-Blind
White: Anand
Black: Topalov
Date: Sat Mar 12 2011; Result: 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Be7 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Kh2 h5 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Nc5 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Bc8 20. b4 h4 21. Rd3 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. g4 hxg3+ 24. Kxg3 b6 25. Nd3 Be6 26. a3 Bd5 27. Nd4 Ke7 28.Nf5+ Kf8 29. f4 Be4 30. Kg4 f6 31. exf6 gxf6 32. h4 Nh8 33. Ng3 Bh7 34. f5 Nf7 35. Kf4 Nd6 36. Nf2 Bg8 37. Nfe4 Ne8 38. h5 Kg7 39. Nf2 Ba2 40. Ng4 Bb1 41. h6+ Kh7 42. c3 Nd6 43. Nxf6+ Kxh6 44. Ng4+ Kg7 45. Ne5 Kf6 46. Nh5+ Ke7 47. Nxc6+ Kf8 48. Ng3 Nb5 49. Ne2 Bd3 50. a4 Bxe2 51. axb5 Bxb5 52. Nxa7 Bd7 53. c4 Ke7 54. Ke5 Be8 55.Nb5 c6 56. f6+ Kd7 57. Nd6 Bg6 58. c5 bxc5 59. bxc5 Bb1 60. Nc4 Ba2 61. Nb6+ Ke8 62. Kd6 Kf7 63. Kxc6 Kxf6 64.Kd6 Bb1 65. c6 Bd3? 66. Nd7+ Kg7 67. Nc5 1-0


Round 1 results

14.30 Blind
Nakamura-Carlsen ½

Aronian-Giri 1-0

Ivanchuk-Gashimov 0-1

16.00 Blind
Karjakin-Gelfand 0-1

Grischuk-Kramnik 1-0

Anand-Topalov 1-0

17.45 Rapid
Carlsen-Nakamura 1-0

Giri-Aronian 0-1

Gashimov-Ivanchuk 1-0

19.15 Rapid
Gelfand-Karjakin 1-0

Kramnik-Grischuk 0-1

Topalov-Anand ½

Official website: http://www.amberchess20.com

Amber Returns to Monaco for Farewell Jubilee Edition!

The first Amber tournament was held in Roquebrune, France, in 1992 to celebrate the birth of Mr and Mrs Van Oosterom's daughter Melody Amber. That first tournament was a rapid event won by Vasily Ivanchuk, the only player to have taken part in all Amber tournaments (and the shared winner, together with Magnus Carlsen, of last year's edition!). In the tournament of 1993 the formula was introduced that made 'Amber' unique in the chess world: a double round-robin in which the grandmasters play both a rapid and a blindfold game against each other. The 1993 tournament took place in Monaco, which would become the home of 'Amber' till it moved to Nice in 2008. For historical reasons Mr and Mrs Van Oosterom and the Association Max Euwe have chosen to return to Monaco for the farewell edition of this unique chess spectacle. The Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort will be an appropriate venue for a tournament that has been the favourite meeting place for the chess elite over the past two decades.

The 20th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament will take place at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort in Monaco, from March 11 to 24, 2011.

The tournament is organized by the Association Max Euwe of chess maecenas Joop van Oosterom, which is based in Monaco.

This 20th Amber Tournament will be the final edition of an event unparalleled in the history of chess!

In this final jubilee edition the following grandmasters will take part:-

World Champion Viswanathan Anand (India) - (2817)
Magnus Carlsen (Norway) - (2815)
Levon Aronian (Armenia) - (2808)
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) - (2785)
Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - (2779)
Sergey Karjakin (Russia) - (2776)
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) - (2775)
Hikaru Nakamura (United States) - (2774)
Alexander Grischuk (Russia) - (2747)
Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) - (2746)
Boris Gelfand (Israel) - (2733)
and Anish Giri (The Netherlands) - (2690)

The total prize-fund is € 227,000.

Excellent Show By Humpy - Wins The Women's Grand Prix!

Koneru Humpy of India perrformed well beyond one's expectations in the final round of the Qatar Women's Grand Prix, with black pieces, to score an emphatic win over Zhu Chen of Qatar to win the tournament in a nail-biting finish! After trailing
Armenian GM Elina Danielian, who had a dream of a tournament, for the entire tournament, Koneru Humpy scored 5.5 out of 6 after the break to win the 2011 Doha Grand Prix on tiebreaks!

Round eleven had all the thrills an action movie has!. After two peaceful draws between Nana Dzagnidze-Maia Chiburdanidze and Elina Danielian-Antoaneta Stefanova, all the attention turned to the games which would identify the winner of the Grand Prix in Qatar and also decide the other participant of the match with the reigning World Champion Yifan Hou of China.

A very important game that had a significant bearing on the final standings was played between Marie Sebag of France and Bathkhuyag Munguntuul of Mongolia. The French player also needed a win to share the first place. In that case, Nana Dzagnidze would get a ticket to the World Title Match with Yifan Hou as Koneru Humpy would not get enough points in overall series of Women Grand Prix. But, after almost 5 hours of fighting Marie Sebag was defeated by the Mongolian player and Koneru Humpy scored a crucial point, making her the Qatar Grad Prix winner on better tie-break & the player to fight for the World Crown against the Chinees prodigy & the reigning World Champion Yifan Hou!

INDIA TOP 30 - MARCH 2011!

WORLD CHESS CHAMPION VISHY ANAND headed the list of India's TOP 30 chess players! As he is the HIGHEST RATED CHESS PLAYER ON THE PLANET NOW with the career best 2817, there is no one in India to challenge his superiority anywhere near!

The second positioned Sasikiran, who lost some ELO points from his previous rating is 135 ELO points behind him. Though it was expected that Sasikiran would cross the 2700 mark again in the March rating list, it didn't happen as his perfomance was not enough to push him over into the 2700 group and he actually lost some precious ELO points too. 7 players including Sasikiran are in the 2600-2685 ELO bracket with the last placed GN Gopal coming back to the 2600 group.

The only female in 'the INDIAN TOP 10' Humpy's deteriorating form contributed into the reduction of her ELOs & it is a serious concern that she could not perform well in the tournaments she participated. She could not do well in the World Championship & in the Doha WGP she is not performing well justifying her highest rating in the event. Harika just lost '1' ELO point from her previous rating, maintaining the consistency she has been showing for some time now!

INDIA TOP 30 - FIDE MARCH 2011!
Viswanathan Anand - M - g - 2817
Krishnan Sasikiran - M - g - 2682
Harikrishna, P. ------ M - g - 2665
Surya Shekhar Ganguly - M - g - 2643
Sandipan Chanda -- M - g - 2638
Parimarjan Negi --- M - g - 2618
Koneru Humpy ----- F - g - 2607
G.N.Gopal -------- M - g - 2604
Abhijeet Gupta ---- M - g - 2580
Deep Sengupta ----- M - g - 2564
B.Adhiban --------- M - g - 2543
P.Magesh Chandran - M - g - 2542
Tejas Bakre ------- M - g - 2530
S.P.Sethuraman ---- M - g - 2527
Abhijit Kunte ------- M - g - 2526
Dronavalli Harika --- F - m - 2524
Arun Prasad, S. ---- M - g - 2496
Sahaj Grover ------ M - m - 2495
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi - M - m - 2495
Lalith, Babu M.R. --- M - m - 2491
Deepan Chakkravarthy J.- M - g - 2484
Arghyadip Das ----- M - m - 2478
R.B. Ramesh ------- M - g - 2472
Dibyendu Barua ---- M - g - 2468
Sundararajan Kidambi - M - g - 2467
R.R. Laxman ------- M - g - 2462
Praveen M Thipsay -- M - g - 2461
Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury - M - m - 2459
S. Satyapragyan ---- M - m - 2459
M. S. Thejkumar --- M - m - 2458
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INDIA TOP 12 WOMEN - FIDE MARCH 2011!
Koneru Humpy ------------ g - 2607
Dronavalli Harika ---------- m - 2524
Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman - m - 2431
Tania Sachdev ------------- m -2407
Soumya Swaminathan ---- wg - 2368
Padmini Rout ------------- wg - 2342
Bhakti Kulkarni ----------- c - 2339
Ann Mary Gomes --------- wg - 2334
Eesha Karavade ---------- m - 2330
Nisha Mohota ----------- m - 2324
Meenakshi Subbaraman --- wg - 2323
Swathi Ghate -------------- wg - 2307

ANAND BACK @ WORLD NUMBER 1!

World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India recaptured the World Number 1 position from the Norweigien Magnus Carlsen on the March 2011 FIDE list, which he lost to Carlsen in the January 2011 FIDE list! Vishy is on top with 2817 points after gaining 7 points during the recent Tata Steel Chess. This is Anand's Best & Highest ELO Rating Ever, excluding the Live Rating he had on 30-01-11, which was 2819.4!

Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian also maintained themselves above 2800 ELO, gaining 1 and 3 points respectively from the same event, Tata Steel Chess 2011. Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Topalov, Nakamura, Mamedyarov, and Grischuk are the rest of the players in the Top 10.

Judith Polagar is keeping her place as the top woman chess player on the planet, while Humpy Koneru of India and World Champion Yifan Hou of China are the other players above 2600. Fabiano Caruana is the top junior, followed by Anish Giri, Le
Quang Liem, and Wesley So. Top girls are Yifan Hou, Harika Dronavalli, and Ju Wenjun.

FIDE Top 100 March!

1 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2817
2 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2815
3 Aronian, Levon ARM 2808
4 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2785
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2779
6 Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2776
7 Topalov, Veselin BUL 2775
8 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2774
9 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2772
10 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2747
11 Gashimov, Vugar AZE 2746
12 Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2744
13 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2743
14 Wang, Yue CHN 2734
15 Kamsky, Gata USA 2733
16 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2733
17 Svidler, Peter RUS 2730
18 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2729
19 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2728
20 Wang, Hao CHN 2728
21 Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2724
22 Navara, David CZE 2722
23 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2720
24 Almasi, Zoltan HUN 2719
25 Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2718
26 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2718
27 Leko, Peter HUN 2717
28 Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2716
29 Movsesian, Sergei ARM 2716
30 Adams, Michael ENG 2716
31 Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB 2716
32 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS 2714
33 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2711
34 Efimenko, Zahar UKR 2708
35 Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2707
36 Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS 2707
37 Jobava, Baadur GEO 2707
38 Shirov, Alexei ESP 2701
39 Dreev, Aleksey RUS 2697
40 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2694
41 Fressinet, Laurent FRA 2693
42 Sutovsky, Emil ISR 2692
43 Giri, Anish NED 2690
44 Le, Quang Liem VIE 2689
45 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2688
46 Laznicka, Viktor CZE 2688
47 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR 2687
48 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2687
49 Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2686
50 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB 2686
51 Polgar, Judit HUN 2686
52 Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 2684
53 McShane, Luke J ENG 2683
54 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2682
55 Zhigalko, Sergei BLR 2680
56 Riazantsev, Alexander RUS 2679
57 Onischuk, Alexander USA 2678
58 Berkes, Ferenc HUN 2678
59 Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2678
60 Van Wely, Loek NED 2677
61 Motylev, Alexander RUS 2677
62 Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2677
63 Bu, Xiangzhi CHN 2677
64 Short, Nigel D ENG 2676
65 Sargissian, Gabriel ARM 2676
66 Grachev, Boris RUS 2675
67 Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2675
68 Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS 2674
69 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2673
70 Moiseenko, Alexander UKR 2673
71 Kobalia, Mikhail RUS 2672
72 Bologan, Viktor MDA 2671
73 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij UKR 2670
74 Nielsen, Peter Heine DEN 2670
75 Meier, Georg GER 2669
76 So, Wesley PHI 2667
77 Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2667
78 Georgiev, Kiril BUL 2666
79 Timofeev, Artyom RUS 2665
80 Harikrishna, P. IND 2665
81 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2664
82 Zvjaginsev, Vadim RUS 2663
83 Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2663
84 Khismatullin, Denis RUS 2662
85 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. UKR 2662
86 Fridman, Daniel GER 2661
87 Roiz, Michael ISR 2661
88 Socko, Bartosz POL 2660
89 Smeets, Jan NED 2660
90 Zhou, Jianchao CHN 2660
91 Smirin, Ilia ISR 2658
92 Feller, Sebastien FRA 2657
93 Nyback, Tomi FIN 2656
94 Kurnosov, Igor RUS 2653
95 Potkin, Vladimir RUS 2653
96 Milov, Vadim SUI 2653
97 Yu, Yangyi CHN 2652
98 Gharamian, Tigran FRA 2650
99 Korobov, Anton UKR 2647
100 Gustafsson, Jan GER 2647
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FIDE Top 50 Women - March 2011!

1 Polgar, Judit HUN 2686
2 Koneru, Humpy IND 2607
3 Hou, Yifan CHN 2602
4 Dzagnidze, Nana GEO 2567
5 Kosintseva, Nadezhda RUS 2567
6 Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS 2559
7 Lahno, Kateryna UKR 2531
8 Muzychuk, Anna SLO 2528
9 Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU 2526
10 Harika, Dronavalli IND 2524
11 Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL 2523
12 Ju, Wenjun CHN 2519
13 Zhu, Chen QAT 2506
14 Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS 2503
15 Chiburdanidze, Maia GEO 2502
16 Zatonskih, Anna USA 2499
17 Galliamova, Alisa RUS 2497
18 Zhao, Xue CHN 2495
19 Socko, Monika POL 2495
20 Sebag, Marie FRA 2489
21 Cramling, Pia SWE 2484
22 Xu, Yuhua CHN 2484
23 Ruan, Lufei CHN 2480
24 Muzychuk, Mariya UKR 2476
25 Danielian, Elina ARM 2475
26 Mkrtchian, Lilit ARM 2475
27 Krush, Irina USA 2472
28 Gunina, Valentina RUS 2472
29 Khotenashvili, Bela GEO 2465
30 Paehtz, Elisabeth GER 2464
31 Melia, Salome GEO 2462
32 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan SCO 2458
33 Skripchenko, Almira FRA 2458
34 Dembo, Yelena GRE 2457
35 Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2456
36 Hunt, Harriet V ENG 2454
37 Ushenina, Anna UKR 2454
38 Polgar, Sofia HUN 2450
39 Pogonina, Natalija RUS 2446
40 Rajlich, Iweta POL 2446
41 Repkova, Eva SVK 2446
42 Atalik, Ekaterina TUR 2444
43 Zhukova, Natalia UKR 2443
44 Shen, Yang CHN 2443
45 Javakhishvili, Lela GEO 2437
46 Khurtsidze, Nino GEO 2436
47 Gaponenko, Inna UKR 2435
48 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag MGL 2434
49 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman IND 2431
50 Turova, Irina RUS 2428
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FIDE Top 21 Juniors - March 2011!

1 Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2716
2 Giri, Anish NED 2690
3 Le, Quang Liem VIE 2689
4 So, Wesley PHI 2667
5 Feller, Sebastien FRA 2657
6 Yu, Yangyi CHN 2652
7 Sjugirov, Sanan RUS 2643
8 Ding, Liren CHN 2637
9 Salgado Lopez, Ivan ESP 2630
10 Kovalyov, Anton ARG 2629
11 Safarli, Eltaj AZE 2628
12 Matlakov, Maxim RUS 2625
13 Negi, Parimarjan IND 2618
14 Hou, Yifan CHN 2602
15 Nabaty, Tamir ISR 2581
16 Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel ARM 2575
17 Hess, Robert L USA 2565
18 Nyzhnyk, Illya UKR 2563
19 Cordova, Emilio PER 2562
20 Zherebukh, Yaroslav UKR 2560
21 Hovhannisyan, Robert ARM 2560
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FIDE Top 20 Girls - March 2011!

1 Hou, Yifan CHN 2602
2 Harika, Dronavalli IND 2524
3 Ju, Wenjun CHN 2519
4 Muzychuk, Mariya UKR 2476
5 Tan, Zhongyi CHN 2428
6 Paikidze, Nazi GEO 2425
7 Girya, Olga RUS 2425
8 Bodnaruk, Anastasia RUS 2423
9 Cori T., Deysi PER 2386
10 Savina, Anastasia RUS 2383
11 Ding, Yixin CHN 2376
12 Sukandar, Irine Kharisma INA 2354
13 Padmini, Rout IND 2342
14 Bhakti, Kulkarni IND 2339
15 Guramishvili, Sopiko GEO 2334
16 Pustovoitova, Daria RUS 2333
17 Guo, Qi CHN 2331
18 Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung VIE 2320
19 Kashlinskaya, Alina RUS 2320
20 Soloviova, Liza UKR 2318

CHESS GM PROJECT!

The CHESS GM PROJECT, which was inaugurated on 14-06-10, in Bangalore, has been moving ahead with great enthusiasm since then, with scores of chess players & chess lovers getting involved in the project!

This is the project which is going to change the chess-scene completely, in the near future, with a very large number of Chess GMs emanating from India & conquering the International Chess Scenario!

The CHESS GM PROJECT is supposed to have achieved its full purpose within a very short time span of 24 months or 2 years. It is planned in such a way that those people who participate & go along the CHESS GM PROJECT are going to have a sea change in their thinking style & standard of living, as well! "The Man Who Thinks Lives!” is the basic thing about all the human existences; hence, thinking analytically becomes all the more important for the real existence!

No other game other than CHESS nurtures Analytical, Logical, Responsible & Quality thinking as its prime objective! World organisations such has W.H.O have recommended CHESS as something which has to be taught to the children in order to build & develop an ever growing army of quality human beings who think! Ofcourse, it is no small matter that such organisations recommend CHESS for children!

It is wonderful to know that CHESS teaches its students a million quality things including perfect calculation, planning, logical reasoning, responsible thinking & by the way responsible living! A human life - including that of any growing person - will not become wholesome without having the above said qualities in one's life; hence CHESS becomes integral to anything human! And, life without CHESS becomes something less worth living!

And, it is also interesting to know that this great game originated in India (BHARATH!) thousands of years ago! We should not forget to remember that the oldest of the civilisations grew here in India (BHARATH!), almost 7000 years ago. The same nation which gave MATHEMATICS, ASTRONOMY & YOGA to the world has given this great game too to the world to develop the human kind! And, to crown it all, the reigning world champion of CHESS too is an Indian (BHARATIYA!) named Viswanathan Anand, who has been keeping the world title under his belt for the last 3 years continuously; and he is the only World CHESS Champion who has won the World CHESS Crown in 3 different formats of World Championship, i.e. Tournament, Knock-out & Match!


It is the time for India (BHARATH!) to emerge big time on the world stage.......! Hence, it has become ominous that such a great thing as CHESS GM PROJECT happens in India (BHARATH!) & leads the nation & world to THE ULTIMATE PLATFORM OF HUMAN EXISTANCE! Great Days Ahead........!!!
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http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community?cmm=108138250 IS A COMMUNITY IN ‘ORKUT’ FOR “CHESS GM PROJECT”!