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We take immense pride and joy in informing you that we are organizing the first ever Chess Carnival in India Cademic Chess Carnival from 22nd April to 1st May 2023. In this event, four international FIDE rated chess tournaments are organized back to back in four different time formats covering Classical open, Below, Rapid and Blitz events.

Cademic Chess Carnival will take place from 22nd April to 1st May 2023

As a chess parent, I have been to many tournaments across the country, and even outside India. While many tournaments lacked quality, many good events were at the higher end when it comes to affordability.

Entry fee structure for all four events

We took upon a mission to conduct quality tournaments at an affordable cost. The first tournament was conducted in Aug 2022, that gave opportunity for 470 players from eleven Indian states and five federations to see first-hand, what we have to offer. Here is a link to our earlier event on ChessBase India.

While there were several learnings for us, as an organizing team, the event was a success in terms of its real intention a good quality event at an affordable cost. Many positive feedbacks from players and parents made us believe, yes, we are on the right path to follow. One of the catchy comments from a parent was Players were treated with patience and parents were treated with respect.

The Rapid Rating event will take place on 22nd and 23rd April 2023

As the next step in this series, we are aiming higher than last time - the first ever Chess Carnival in India Cademic Chess Carnival from 22nd April to 1st May 2023. It is a ten day mega event with a total prize fund of 12,99,999/-

Totalprize fund for the Rapid Rating event - 300000

In order to make this ten day carnival really memorable for you, we have chosen the best venue possible - a beautiful beach front location. A venue very close to the Veli Tourist village in Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala.

The Blitz Rating Open will take place onSunday 23rd April 2023

In this Carnival, we are bringing to you a lot more events through the days to celebrate Chess. These are meant to engage you all players, parents and other chess enthusiasts together.

Total prize fund for the Rapid Rating event - 99999

So, once again, we cordially invite you to spend a good 10 days during this summer holidays in the capital city of Kerala, Trivandrum along the beautiful and serine beach front. We really hope, this will be a trip that you will cherish for a long time.

The Classical RatingOpen will take place from 24th to 28th April 2023

Several titled players have already registered for the event. What are you waiting for?

GM Vishnu Prasanna V |Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Jubin Jimmy | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy | Photo: Himank Ghosh

IM Srihari L R |Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Nitin S | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM P D S Girinath |Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Ratnakaran K | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Laxman R R |Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM D V Prasad | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Total prize fund for the Classical Rating Open - 500000

The Below 1600 Rating tournament will take place from 29th April to 1st May 2023

Total prize fund for the Below 1600 Rating - 400000

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There will be a total of four tournaments. Rapid - 22nd and 23rd April, Blitz - 23rd April, Classical Rating Open - 24th to 28th April and Below 1600 - 29th April to 1st May 2023.

Event summary of thecarnival and contact details

For registration: Click here.

For Enquiries:

97474 86494

99003 02302

99477 54122

89435 04084

99940 29796

90749 07893

In addition to the several feedback we received from the players and parents through the course of the event, we received 100+ written feedbacks. Its our pleasure, to share a few below:

Congratulations Cademic team, for your efficient, professional approach in planning, executing the very 1st event. We witnessed great commitment and passion from the team. Kudos to all organizers, arbiters. Thank you and we wish many such events from Cademic.

Thanks for efficiently conducting this event- tournament fee, food - both were economical. Tournament started on time for all rounds, kids were treated with patience. Parents are treated with respect. Enough seating as well. All our questions were answered, without changing the group to admin only. Thanks again and looking forward for more tournaments from the organisers.

Very well organised. Thanks for giving such an opportunity. Looking forward for more successful endeavour from the same team...

Very well organised tournament.. Very good venue and arrangements.. Congratulations to the whole team. Best tournament played so far. Looking forward to such tournaments in the future .

Well organised tournament. Venue, timing, food everything super. Congrats to team worked behind. You set a mark. Thank you

I got a lot of energy and inspiration through this tournament. Again I say a wonderful organising and a great atmosphere. Lucky to be part of this great event

Well organized tournament

Always punctual

Nice venue for a chess tournament

Rectified the mistakes quickly that pointed out in the reviews

Soft handling with kids and parents

Good team performance

Kudos guys... Keep it up

Yes, team did a great job!! Highly appreciate your proactive communication on arrangements and action on inputs!!!

It is very wonderful tournament with excellent coordination and well organized. We expect same types of tournaments in future in Trivandrum city

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Cademic Chess Carnival 2023 offers a prize fund of 1299999 ... - ChessBase India

One of the worlds greatest chess minds who, when seated across the board, could see well into the future is consumed by a nagging fear that, from behind the microphone, hed miss something obvious that everyone in the world can see.

My fear, says Viswanathan Anand, is Im sitting there rambling and then they play something (else) Id be slightly embarrassed. Thats the danger of not having a computer. One of the things I tried in Dubai (during the 2021 World Championship) and I stuck to here was almost never consulting a computer.

These fears, as it turns out, have proven unfounded. In fact, the five-time world champion almost flawlessly predicts moves and foresees the breakdown of thoughts of champions and challengers alike with his quick-witted analysis, typical self-effacing humour, and without any help from the supercomputers.

There might not be any direct Indian interest in the ongoing World Chess Championship match between Chinas Ding Liren and Russias Ian Nepomniachtchi. But Anand continues to be the link as a commentator. I enjoy commentary these days, says the 53-year-old, talking to Express. Ive also done commentary for the World Team Championships, and Ive done it in other places. So Im happy to continue doing that.

Its the little things he likes about commentary for instance, the idea of enjoying everything about chess without any tension. Its very nice to go into a World Championship without the tension of preparing, Anand says. When I play tournaments, thats a different kind of joy. But attending a big chess event, you know, its the most natural feeling in life and (when) you dont have the associated tension, thats kind of fine as well.

Anand knows a thing or two about the stress of a World Championship, having competed in 10 of them since 1995. Through this period, hes obsessed endlessly over openings and spaces and lines; and found himself huddled in tiny rooms with a team of seconds, whom hed sometimes ask after a match, did any of the commentators find anything interesting? And if they said, yes, this one found a very good move here or position there, thats actually useful and nice to have, Anand says.

Thats his guiding principle as a commentator. He is careful not to slip into Grandmaster talk, speaks with refreshing candour and regales the audience with delightful anecdotes, which are laced with humour. Hopefully, it comes across naturally, he says.

This one time, when he was commentating during the 2021 World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi, Anand recalled how he made Anatoly Karpov wait during a World Championship match in 1998 after the Russian made a habit of turning up late for every game, among the many mind games chess players resort to during big matches. For the first two minutes, the only people who were there were FIDE (world chess body) officials and some invited guests and the players had disappeared, he laughed.

In a sport where the action is often subtle, the consequences of a move might not be immediate and there could be long, dreary pauses during a match, so stories such as these can keep the audience hooked. But Anand is also mindful of not slipping into the personal stories of the players.

As long as Im not crossing some private line if a player tells me something in confidence, obviously, Im going to keep it in confidence, that sort of thing. My general thing is what is publicly known, you cannot expect something unreasonable there. But I would never say something that might embarrass them.

As has been the case with his playing career, where hes had to unlearn and learn different aspects with the increasing use of technology, this too has taken some time getting used to, given there wasnt a lot of live commentary when he played in the World Championships certainly not on a scale as big as it is now.

Anand marvels at the mind-boggling growth in chess due to the exponential rise in the number of devices and internet connectivity. But in a crowded space, where GMs have made alternate careers as streamers by merely sitting in front of a web camera and behind a microphone, Anand says he keeps asking himself a basic question: What are the questions the audience will have?

Foreseeing moves

In these times when commentators are often accused of being too indulgent, loud and over the top, thats not a bad place to begin. I see my key role is to bridge the gap between what anybody can see on their computer screen and what a player experiences at the table because I think very few people actually know that side, he says.

And so, Anand who does not take help from computers in reading match situations often takes the audience through his thought process by putting himself in a situation a player finds himself in. In the ongoing championship, Anand could flag Nepomniachtchis meltdown when he blundered in Game 4, which the Russian eventually lost.

There, I could see inside of the player. I could see a breakdown of Nepos thoughts. Its unpleasant because you are losing control and you are the one person who doesnt realise. I could see it happening because it has happened to me, so I was able to say it, Anand says.

Once before, during the Carlsen- Nepomniachtchi World Championship match 2021, Anand put himself in the shoes of Carlsen, who had been pondering a move for a while in a tight situation. He suggested a routine Knight move so the Norwegian world champion could preserve energy for making critical decisions in the later stages of a match. Five minutes later, when Carlsen played that exact move, Anand rejoiced in the commentary box. Yes! Thats my boy, he exclaimed.

Quite often, he says now, I will be talking about something well before it happens. And when it finally happens, I feel good about myself.

For a man consumed with fear of missing the obvious, Anand can still see well into the future even from behind the microphone.

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My role to bridge gap between computer screen and what a player experiences at the table: Viswanathan Anand - The Indian Express

Fide Master Subrota Biswas took solo lead in the Marcel International Rating Chess Tournament securing 5.5 points after the 6th and penultimate round matches held at Manhas Castle Hall-Room in Green Road on Wednesday.

Five players are sharing the second position with 5 points each. They are Anata Choudhury, FM Mohammad Javed, Sharif Hossain, Md Abzid Rahman, and Feroz Ahmed.

Another five players shared the third position with 4.5 points each.

They are IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, FM Khandekar Aminul Islam, Tutul Dhar, Mukitul Islam Ripon, and Md. Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan.

In the day's 6th round, FM Subrota Biswas beat IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, Anata Choudhury drew with CM Md. Sharif Hossain, and FM Mohammad Javed beat Md. Azmaeen Parvez Sayor, Md. Abzid Rahman beat Md,. Masum Hossain, Feroz Ahmed beat CM Sohel Chowdhury, FM Khandekar Aminul Islam beat Abdul Momin, Jabed Al Azad drew with Sk. Rashedul Hasan, Tutul Dhar beat AB Bappi, Md. Nasim Hossain Bhuiyan got a walk-over against Md. Sagor, and Mukitul Islam Ripon beat Din Mohammad.

The 7th and last round matches will be held on Thursday from 10:30 am at the same venue.

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Int'l Rating Chess: FM Subrota Biswas takes solo lead - United News of Bangladesh - UNB

Kids from throughout Orange County and beyond rolled up their sleeves and let their imaginations soar this weekend, as the OC Fair & Event Center hosted its annual Imaginology where children are encouraged to explore, experiment and play.

Thousands of families flocked to the O.C. fairgrounds in Costa Mesa for the free festival Saturday and Sunday, which featured live entertainment and more than 100 exhibitors leading participants in fun hands-on projects, crafts and demonstrations centered around science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM).

Alex Deleon, Euan Cousar, and Leon Vay, instructors from Irvine Coder School, assist kids on computers during Imaginology at the O.C. fairgrounds on Saturday.

(Susan Hoffman)

Because the fairgrounds are the center of operations for the states 32nd Agricultural Assn., and home to a year-round working farm, some of the activities offered at Imaginology had an agricultural or outdoor twist.

Representatives from Californias Department of Fish & Wildlife, for example, taught young attendees how to fish and cast lines, while volunteers at the fairgrounds Centennial Farm milked a goat and visitors to the sites equestrian center rode horses, some for the first time ever.

Inside two exhibitor buildings, some kids tried their hand at computer coding while others watched robots in action and still others tried on a blubber glove in frigid water to see how marine mammals maintain body heat in the ocean.

Kids create clay fossils as part of Art Steps section during Imaginology at the OC Fair & Events Center Saturday.

(Susan Hoffman)

OCFEC Executive Director Michele Richards said in a recent interview the event which began in 1989 as a Youth Expo where kids competed in fair-like competitions now aims to inspire young students to explore different STEAM-related fields as possible courses of study or careers in the future.

As such, exhibitors seeking to attend Imaginology were given one simple instruction, according to Richards.

We had one request for them, she said. You cant just have a booth, you have to have an interactive activity where kids can sit down and create something and learning something they didnt know about before.

Even though the in-person fun ended Sunday evening, several online activities offer videos, games and experiments with a STEAM focus that children and families can do at home, at ocfair.com/imaginology/stem.

Twinkle Time performs Saturday as part of a Dia Del Nino celebration at Imaginology presented by Arts Orange County and Media Arts Santa Ana.

(Susan Hoffman)

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Imaginology brought STEAM fields to life through chess, computers ... - Los Angeles Times

Emalahleni Chess Academy hosted chess players from across the country and beyond the borders. TheEmalahleniAutumn Open Chess tournament was well supported.

The tournament was held at the Lynnville Hall on Saturday, April 15 and hosted over 80 chess players from all regions of Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng and even the Eastern Cape province. Thetournamenteven attracted players from Lesotho and Swaziland.

This was by far the biggest chess event in the province, not only in terms of the prize fund but also in terms of the strength of the players it attracted.

The event was honoured by the presence of some ofGautengstop players which included the Great Jacob Mnguni rated above 2200, accompanied by Mthunzi Brighton and Candidate Master Khanya Mazibuko.

The University of LimpopoChess Clubsent out a convincing team of young stars who were ably led by the young Sello Mahlangu, former University Sports South Africa (USSA) champion. Khulasande Mafanya, aka Koolz the MC was there representing Eastern Cape and his academy ThinkChess Academy.

The hosting province, Mpumalanga, had every region coming out to show the country that we have chess clubs here and they are strong and functional.

Ehlanzeni was represented by the Mbombela Chess Club and the Nkomazi Chess Club with over 20 players having travelled hundreds of kilometres to test theirchesstactics and strategies against some of the top players in the country.

Gert Sibande Region was represented by players from the Embalenhle Chess Club as led by Makhosonke Khuhlase, and Nkangala.

The hosting region was represented by the Emalahleni Chess Academy boosting some of the strongest unrated players such as Ronald Makombore who scored some unexpected yet spectacular wins against some much higher-rated players.

Woza Nabangani BakhoChess Club, also representing the Nkangala region brought some brilliant young players to give them a chance to experience high-level chess played in their background.

We were impressed to witness the joy in the faces of the juniors who took both the wins and losses with grace and stayed on to play all six rounds of the tournament. A special mention to Tshegofatso Chego, a physically challenged young man who, to me, embodied the nature of chess as a mental game which brings positive stimulation to the mind. You had to see the bright light coming out of his eyes and see the joy beaming out of his face to understand the pleasure that comes with chess, said Mr Fortune Macassa, tournament organiser.

He added to say that it gave him such a pleasure to see more than 80 players mentally stimulated in the game of chess coming from all the corners of Mpumalanga and beyond to gather at Lynnville Hall.

According to him, it was not the promise of the prize money, but rather the hope that one might be fortunate enough to play at least one game against a player so good that it challenges one to dig deeper into their chest of creative ideas and meet themselves; because a good game of chess can send one into a deep state of meditation and allow one to understand themselves; because all we are is in our minds.

I have intentionally delayed mentioning Mpumalangas most valuable chess treasure, which is the number one player in the province who always steps up to defend the honour of Mpumalanga chess whenever we have visitors. That of course is Fide Master Banele Mhango, the champion of many chess events in South Africa, and now the champion of the Emalahleni Autumn Open Chess Tournament. Candidate Master Khanya Mazibuko finished second, followed by Jacob Mnguni in third place.

The best female player prize went to Naleli McPherson from Lesotho and the best Junior was Nkhwashu Geraldine from Nkangala. The greatest prize of all was the rejuvenating energy of chess players coming together to catch up with old friends and make new ones. The spirit of oneness amongst chess players from all over makes us all feel that we do actually belong together. The memories we create keep us going strong until the next time we meet again to recharge and remember, we are one big family, added Macassa.

He further thanked the organisers under the leadership of Emalahleni Chess Academy under him, Corridon Masina, the secretary who made this big event a huge success as this would not have been possible without them.

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