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BHUBANESWAR: KIIT and KISS will be the first-ever educational institution in the country to introduce Chess in the school curriculum. The All India Chess Federation (AICF) in association with the All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA) has decided to introduce this in the school curriculum.According to the policy of the International Chess Federations' (FIDE), Chess should be included in school level study curriculum. It is implemented in different countries across the world. AICF and AOCA have chosen Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) as the first school for introducing Chess in its academic curriculum.AICF secretary Bhagat Singh Chouhan, AICF president Sanjay Kapoor, Ranjan Mohanty, president of AOCA, and Debabrata Bhatta, secretary of AOCA, announced this here on Saturday that the KISS will be the maiden venture in including Chess in its study curriculum.

"This programme will be managed by the International Chess Federation, while KIIT and KISS will provide the required infrastructure. FIDE and AICF will extend all sorts of cooperation," said official sources.

KIIT and KISS founder Achyuta Samanta said this initiative will enable many Chess players of KISS along with players from Odisha to get international exposure. "Students will get immense help from this programme. We will see many tribal students will become Chess players in the future. Besides, this game will help students in their mental growth," he added.

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According to stats tracking websites TwitchTracker and SullyGnome, chess is now bigger in viewership than several AAA titles, including Overwatch, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Black Ops, and Rainbow Six: Siege. SullyGnome ranks Chess 22nd in its leaderboards, while TwitchTracker puts it at 20th place, with an estimated daily average viewership of 22-23K.

The chart above shows the viewership growth of chess since January 2020, with the purple line representing peak viewership and the red line representing average. The steady growth is visible, and nowadays, Chess has seen peaks as high as 370,000. These peaks were recorded during the PogChamps 3 tournament an event that pits various popular streamers, such asFlix "xQc" Lengyel, Imane "Pokimane" Anys, and more (our list of top 7 streamers playing chess available here). Netflix's show Queen's Gambit has also been credited with the huge popularization of chess on Twitch and a lot of the biggest streamers on the platform regularly broadcast the millennia-old game. Chess veterans, in turn, have also been exploring the streaming life (read our top 5 list of chess masters to watch on Twitch), following the example of Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, who has now become the face of chess for the gaming audience.

Chess being bigger than some esports titles is also due to the lull in competition in those titles. The 2021 season of the Overwatch League is not due for another month and there's nothing big happening in Rainbow Six either. What the numbers trend shows, however, is that chess a healthier streaming audience on a daily basis

If chess keeps growing and it probably will, seeing how there's a PogChamps 4 tournament on the horizon it's poised to overtake other big titles on Twitch. Hearthstone and PUBG are ahead by only 2k daily average and if it beats them, chess will be close to a top 15 game on Twitch.

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Over the past week or so, its been a real pleasure to watch and sometimes stream the Magnus Carlsen Invitational. During lockdown, weve become accustomed to almost constant top class internet chess, and after a hiatus it was great to have it back.

Of course there are idiosyncrasies to internet chess which are different from normal over-the-board practice. Under a system in which fully half of the players in the preliminary all-play-all progressed to the knockout phase, quick draws made sense and the fact that they were banned as such didnt deter the players from halving out when they wanted. Indeed, with a small twist in move order (you can play Nxd4 and then d5 or d5 and then Nxd4) there were no fewer than eight games, five of them involving Hikaru Nakamura, which ended in a repetition on move 14.

I also doubt whether in an over-the-board tournament the world champion and one of his greatest rivals would, even with nothing to play for, have indulged in the Double Bong Cloud variation.

It aint chessbut, of course, the Bong Cloud is actually a very macho gesture. Will you try to take advantage of my posturing and fire first in the gunfight?

Streamer extraordinaire Hikaru Nakamura

Chess is a highly emotional game, and it requires huge emotional strength to keep yourself together, especially in the final moments when the result is irrevocably determined. Sometimes things go wrong and rather than the fat lady singing truly, she hits the wrong notes: and while it is over it aint in the way it ought to have been.

There have been at least a couple of instances of this during the Carlsen Invitational (Im writing on Friday morning, so there may have been more instances in the final days).

One was the horrible blunder Jorden Van Foreest made at the end of his game with Levon Aronian. Yes, it was awful, but Aronian had really worked to make if difficult for Van Foresst. Luckily for the Dutchman, itwas the last game of the day, so he had time to recover before re-entering battle on the final day,when he immediately beat Daniil Dubov and finished with four draws.

Another instance was the draw that Ian Nepomniachtchi acceded to against Nakamura in a position which turned out to be winning. Watching with an engine, this may have looked like an egregious error, but it absolutely wasnt obvious to me at the time that White can separate his king and pawn with Kc8 and pawn c5 and then win, and while Id have hoped to have seen this in a classical game, in rapid play I suspect Id have made the same mistake as Nepo.

After watching the games I sometimes riff on them later, and the finish of the first day of the semi-final between Carlsen and Nepo led to a thought process which saw Carlsen getting the minor piece ending he wanted but then getting his knight trapped after he took on g3.

Ian Nepomniachtchi during the 2020 Candidates Tournament | Photo: Lennart Ootes

It was a ridiculous scenario but led to something a little interesting when I started wondering whether with White having the wrong rooks pawn the ending of White having king, bishop andpawns on e4 andh4 versus Black having king and pawns on e5, f4, g4 and h5 would be winning.

I believe that, as long as the bishop cant get to e8 and the white king cant reach d5, then it is a draw.But a little more riffing led to an attempted stalemate defence which doesnt work and so cant be used as the finish of a probably rather slight study.

There have been examples throughout chess history of people agreeing draws or indeed resigning when they were winning/drawing. I covered a couple of these more than four years ago at the end of 2016, and I am repeating them. The first is Van Popiel v Marco, a very famous example in which Black resigned since he failed to see a winning tactic.The second is the winner of the best blunder competition in Murray Chandlers famous spoof Not the BCM in 1984.

To finish, a very famous example in which Garry Kasparov no less resigned in a drawn position against IBMsmonster Deep Blue.

Later,there was a row after Kasparov alleged that the move 37.Be4! in particular was too sophisticated for machines at the time and must have required human intervention. At the end, he not-unreasonably trusted the monster, but it had succumbed to its own horizon and in fact Black can draw.

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What was the market growth rate, growth momentum, or market acceleration during the forecast period?What are the main drivers of the chess market?How big is the emerging chess market by value in 2021?How big is the emerging chess market in 2025?Which region is expected to have the largest market share in the chess market?What are the trends, challenges, and barriers that will affect the development and size of the global chess market?What is the sales volume, turnover, and price analysis of the major manufacturers of the chess market?What are the chess market opportunities and threats facing suppliers in the global chess industry?

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1 Overview of the report1.1 Study area1.2 Major Market Sectors1.3 Organizational scenario by region / country1.4 The investment scenario in the market is strategic1.5 Marketanales for each type1.6 Market On Demand1.7 In Chess Trends In Industry Development Under The COVID-19 Outbreak

2. Global market growth trends2.1 Trends in the sector2.4 Industry trends in the shadow of COVID-19

3 The value chain in Market Shack3.1 State of the value chain3.2 In chess analysis of cost structure of production3.3 Sales and Marketing Model Analysis3.4 Analysis of key downstream customers (per region)3.5 Value Chain Status Under COVID-194 player profiles4.1 Sysmex Corporation4.2 The Hologic Corporation4.3 Roche Diagnostics

5 worldwide in chess market analysis by region5.1 Worldwide in Chess Sales, Turnover and Market Share by Region5.2 North America in Chess Sales Growth (2015-2021)5.3 Europe in Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)5.4 Asia-Pacific Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)5.5 Middle East and Africa in Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)5.6 South America in chess sales growth rate (2015-2021)

6 North America in Chess Market Analysis by Country6.1 North America in Chess Sales, Revenue, and Market Share by Country6.2 U.S. Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)6.3 Canada in Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)6.4 Mexicos Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)

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7 Europe in chess market analysis by country7.1 Europe in Chess Sales, Turnover, and Market Share by Country7.2 Germany in Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)7.3 UK Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)7.4 France in chess sales and growth rate (2015-2021)7.5 Italy in Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)7.6 Spain in chess sales and growth rate (2015-2021)7.7 Russia in Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)

8 Asia-Pacific Chess Market Analysis by Country8.1 Asia-Pacific region in chess sales, revenue, and market share by country8.2 China in Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)8.3 Japan in Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)8.4 South Koreas Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)8.5 Australia in Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)8.6 Chess Sales and Growth Rate in India (2015-2021)8.7 Southeast Asia in chess sales and growth rate (2015-2021)

9 Middle East and Africa in chess market analysis by country9.3 Growth rate of chess sales in the UAE (2015-2021)9.4 Egypt in Chess Sales Growth Rate (2015-2021)Nigeria in Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)9.6 South Africa in Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)

10 South America in chess market analysis by country10.1 South America in chess sales, revenue, and market share by country10.2 Brazil in Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)10.2.1 Brazil in chess market under COVID-1910.3 Argentina in Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)10.4 Colombia in Chess Sales and Growth Rate (2015-2021)10.5 Chile in chess sales and growth rate (2015-2021)

11th largest global chess market divided by type11.1 Worldwide in Chess Sales, Turnover, and Market Share by Type (2015-2021)11.2 Sales and Prices of Reagents and Kits (2015-2021)11.3 Sale and Price of Instruments (2015-2021)11.4 Sales and Prices of Services (2015-2021)11.5 Sales and Prices of Data Management Software (2015-2021)

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Due to the popularity of my previous article on Help Desk Geek entitled 99 ways to make your computer blazingly fast, Ive decided to write another list post with 99 items, but this time on Windows freeware programs that you may have not heard of.

If you search for best freeware programs or top freeware apps, youll get lots of lists, but mostly with programs everyone has already heard of: AVG anti-virus, 7-zip, Firefox, OpenOffice, etc., etc.

Thats all nice and fine, but what about all those little gems programs that work great, but dont get all the headlines? In this article, I will try my best to mention as many small name freeware programs as I can that can help make you more productive! Its a long list, so feel free to bookmark it and refer to it later on.

These are written in no particular order! Again, Im sure there are hundreds of programs that I wont mention, so if you feel Ive really missed a great program, mention the name of the app and what it does in the comments!

Additionally, some of the programs I mention have free versions that have a few restrictions or are limited in some way. I tried not to mention any programs that are just free trials.

Note: Lastly, it should be noted that I have gone through the entire list and run every executable file through VirusTotal (as of Feb 2018) to ensure that the programs do not have malware or spyware.

1. Weve all heard of 7-zip, WinRAR, and WinZip, but what about other great zipping programs like ZIP Archiver orPeaZip?

2. Whats the best Notepad replacement out there? Notepad++ right? We all know that! Here are nine more free text editors for Windows.

3. If you use Windows, then you know and love the Windows registry! CCleaner may be the most popular system maintenance tool out there, but what aboutwell, actually thats the only one I recommend.

4. Ever accidentally delete a file that you really needed? You can try a program called Pandora Recovery to recover lost or deleted files or Recuva, a useful file recovery app. But thats not all! Ever heard of TestDisk?

5. Speaking of file recovery, ever accidentally delete all the pictures off your memory card!? It happens more often than you would think. In those cases, check out my list of 5 photo recovery apps.

6. Ever forget your Outlook password? Or your password for a WiFi? If so, you can use some cool programs to reveal passwords and account details for various programs in Windows. You can also use these 10 programs to recover a lost PST password.

7. Speaking of passwords, have you ever needed to remove a password on an Office document like an Excel spreadsheet? There a program for that.

8. OK, so you have heard of Audacity, but its the best free audio editing program out there, so deal with it.

9. Speaking of audio, if you are into music, you can use LMMS to create your own music tracks.

10. Have an ISO image and older version of Windows that cant mount ISO images? Check out WinCDEmu and create an unlimited number of virtual drives.

11. With all this password talk, ever thought about using a free password manager? Ever heard of KeePass or RoboForm?

12. Enough about passwords, lets talk media players! Weve all heard of VLC media player and Windows Media Player, but what about Kodi and Media Monkey? Both are great media players for Windows. Also, GOM Player is good too.

13. If you have to stare at your screen at night for a long time, its probably a good idea to use a program like f.lux to change the display color to something warmer.

14. If you take a lot of home videos, you probably need to edit and stitch them together right? Dont worry about Adobe Premiere, you can use other free programs like Windows Movie Maker, a product from Microsoft. If not that, you can also check out LightWorks and HitFilm Express, two free professional-grade video editing programs.

15. Speaking of videos, there are many times when you need to convert from one format to another. The best video transcoder out there IMHO is HandBrake.

16. Is there a Windows process that is causing spikes in your CPU or other problems. Use Process Explorer and Process Monitor to help diagnose the issue.

17. Work with PDF files a lot? Looking for a good PDF reader? My favorites are Foxit, Nitro PDF Reader, and PDF-XChange Editor.

18. If you want to create PDFs fast, there are a bunch of programs like CutePDF, PrimoPDF, Bullzip, PDF Creator, and lots more!

19. Switching topics, Im sure you back up your computer regularly right? If not, you should check out Easeus Todo Backup, a free program that lets you backup and clone your hard drives. Another program is Paragon Backup.

20. If you just want to backup your data and not image your entire hard drive, you can use Google Backup and Sync to backup files and folders to your Google Drive storage.

21. Whether you know it or not, you probably have a bunch of duplicate files on your computer! It just happens. You can use Duplicate Cleaner to find and remove those duplicate files.

22. If you want to save more hard drive space, you should look into a program that will analyze hard disk space usage, like TreeSize. Other programs include Space Snifferand WinDirStat.

23. Want to see every possible program or driver that loads when Windows starts? Check out Autoruns, which is a free tool from Microsoft.

24. Been looking for a good free photo editor lately? Check out GIMP, PhotoScape, Paint.NET, or Fotor! If you prefer an online photo editor, checkout Pixlr and BeFunky.

25. Looking for detailed information about the hardware on your computer. Look no further than HWiNFO. It can also analyze and monitor your system too.

26. If youre not running Windows 10 or dont like their default Mail app, you can check out Mozilla Thunderbird, which is still updated regularly.

27. Ever had to send a large file to someone, but your email client wouldnt allow more than 10 to 20 MBs? You can share large files (up to 2GB for free) with friends and family using a program called WeTransfer. Other programs include DropSend and pCloud.

28. The popular notes app we all know is Evernote, but there are other great options like SimpleNote, Google Keep, and Notebook.

29. If you have an FTP server or a website, you will probably need a good FTP client program like WinSCP, the most popular these days. Other good options include FileZilla and CyberDuck.

30. If youre paranoid about your data, you might want to encrypt it with a program like VeraCrypt or AxCrypt.

31. Are you a web developer or coder? Looking for a good HTML editor? There are quite a few: CoffeeCup, Visual Studio Express, Atom, Sublime Text, etc.

32. Want to learn more about the WiFi networks around you? Download WiFi Inspector or Acrylic WiFi Analyzer.

33. Ever wanted to create a family tree? Legacy is a free genealogy that you can use to keep track of family and relatives. Another good app is ScionPC.

34. If you constantly use the same programs over and over, it might be a good idea to download a quick program launcher. One of my favorites is Find and Run Robot.

35. OpenOffice is the most popular free Office suite, but there are other good ones like LibreOfficeand WPS Office Free.

36. Ever wanted to automate a certain task in Windows? Maybe you want to have your computer turn off every day at 10pm? Or certain keystrokes you want to record and repeat over and over again? Whatever the case, AutoHotKey is an awesome program for automating many tasks in Windows.

37. I mentioned HWiNFO in #25, but if you want detailed info about your CPU and about the motherboard, then CPU-Z is a better option.

38. If youre planning to overclock your CPU, then you should download Prime95 to make sure your system is stable. If youre overclocking a GPU, check out MSI Afterburner.

39. Looking to secure your browsing traffic with a VPN? The best free VPN currently is TunnelBear, which restricts you to 500 MB of bandwidth.

40. In #14, I mentioned two professional and free movie editing programs, but they are quite complex. If youre looking to create movies without such a learning curve, check out Shotcut, VSDC Free Video editor, and Avidemux.

41. Got kids? Need some parental control software? The best options are QustodioandKidlogger. Free versions are limited obviously. Also, read my post on the different ways to childproof a computer.

42. If you have a lot of music, you might want to consider a music management program like Media Monkey. Another good program is MusicBee.

43. I talked about a VPN for secure browsing in #39, but you can also use a different browser like Tor to hide your identify.

44. If youve recently bought a new computer, you can use a program called PC Decrapifier to get rid of all those useless programs that can come bundled with the PC and slow everything down.

45. After you have a computer for a while, there are always going to be programs that you dont use anymore and that can be uninstalled. Revo Uninstaller will get rid of any program whether it wants to or not.

46. If you want to play some free games that arent Solitaire, download Steam. They have a whole free games section.

47. If you have sensitive data on your computer that you want to permanently and securely delete from your hard drive, I would suggest using a program called dBan.

48. Do a lot of reading? A great app for reading in Windows is the Kindle app. It will also sync down to your phone or tablet too.

49. Love using Instagram? Want to download a photo, video or story from Instagram? Check out 4K Stogram.

50. Looking for good screen capture software? A really good one is Screenshot Captor. Of course, Windows has a lot of built-in ways to capture screenshots too.

51. Weve all heard of Skype and WhatsApp, but what about Viber? Its another tool you can use to communicate with family and friends worldwide.

52. Ever wanted your computer to speak out what you have written? Its called text-to-speech and there are a couple of good programs that do it: Balabolka, NaturalReader, and Panopreter.

53. Do you have a lot of programs that load when Windows starts? Does it take several minutes for your computer to become useable? If so, check out Startup Delayer, a program that delays the startup of programs so that your computer loads faster.

54. Do you need to create a presentation, but dont have PowerPoint? In addition to the Office suites we mentioned in #35, you can also use Canva and Prezi.

55. Follow a lot of blogs online and still miss Google Reader? RSSOwl is a good alternative.

56. Youve all probably heard of TeamViewer for remotely sharing your desktop, but you can also use Join.me.

57. Are you someone who prefers a supercharged Explorer interface? If so, check out Total Commander, which has been around for decades and works with Windows 10.

58. If you think you might have bad memory installed in your computer, you can check for bad memory using memtest86.

59. Want to record your screen and live stream it too? OBS Studiois a free app that does just that. TinyTake is another decent one, though the free version is limited.

60.Are you a professional photographer that needs tools like Lightroom, but dont want to pay for a subscription? Darktable is an open-source photography workflow application.

61. Speaking of Adobe, are there any good Adobe Illustrator alternatives? Yes! One good one for working with vector graphics is Inkscape. Another good one is Vectr.

62. Are you someone who needs to write something, but gets distracted easily? Check out FocusWriter and write without distractions.

63. One of the worst things that can happen to your computer is for it to become infected with Spyware. HijackThis is an awesome program that you can use to find and remove spyware. However, its no longer active. Another good option is AdwCleaner.

64. On the topic of spyware, there are several other freeware programs likeSUPERAntiSpyware, adaware, and SpyBot.

65. In addition to spyware and malware, there are also separate tools you can use to find rootkits like TDSSKiller, Sophos Rootkit scanner and Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit.

66. Finally, if youre not able to detect anything while in Windows, a good idea is to run an offline virus scan. One good option is Windows Defender Offline.

67. If you ever need a free CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc burning program, check out CDBurnerXP. It also has a portable version you can run off your USB stick. Another good one is AVS Free Disc Creator.

68. If you ever need to burn an ISO image to a CD or DVD, then you should use a free program like ImgBurn.

69. Are you a true nerd and still use IRC? If so, HexChat is an excellent IRC client.

70. Ever run into the problem where you are trying to delete a file in Windows and it says that the file is in use and cannot be deleted? You can use Unlocker to delete any file that is locked by a process.

71. Are you always thinking about stuff? Then you should probably use some free mind-mapping software. Wikipedia also has a big list of mind-mapping software.

72. Need to manage a small project, but need some project management software? Check out GnattProject and Taiga.io.

73. If you want to play around with virtual machines, download the free and excellent VirtualBox from Oracle. Its the safest way to browse and test new software.

74. In #19 and #20, I talked about software to backup your computer, but forgot to mention DriveImage XML, an good program you can use to create an image of your hard drive. Other good disk imaging tools include MacriumReflectand Clonezilla.

75. Need some accounting & finance software, but dont trust the online tools like Mint and Quickbooks? GNUCash is free accounting and finance software.

76. Ever head of Blender? Its a pretty amazing program and its free. It lets you create 3D worlds, 3D animations and 3D games. Check it out.

77. If Blender is too complex for you, another great option for sketching in 3D is SketchUp.

78. While were on the topic, FreeCAD is open-source parametric3D CAD modeler.

79. For space lovers, I always recommend Stellarium, which is basically a planetarium for your computer.

80.Looking for a really good partition manager? Check out GParted, probably the best not-heard-of partition manager out there. Other good options include MiniTool Partition Wizard and EaseUs Partition Master Free.

81. Looking for a file on your computer? Default Windows search sucks? Well, why dont you try outEverything, the best free Windows file search tool.

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