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King's Gambit Online Chess School Players Shine in U20 Chess Tournament

By Marlon Bernardino PhilBoxing.com Sun, 30 Jul 2023

Weeks after dominating the GM Eugene Torre Cop Youth Chess Championships, the powerhouse King's Gambit Chess School players of Coach Richard Villaseran once again showed their might claiming 6 of the top 9 places in the 2nd Leg Fide Rated Standard Event for Under 20 years old players held at the Robinson's Metro East, Pasig City over the weekend.

13-year-old National Master Al-Basher "Basty" Buto led the charge for the King's Gambit Chess School scoring 5.5 pts in 6 games to bag 2nd place while Christian Mendoza finished with 5 pts to claim 3rd place.

It could have been a sweep of the top 3 places for Coach Villaseran's wards had Jeremy Marticio won his nerve-wracking final game encounter against eventual champion Joseph Rivera. Marticio finished with 5 points to claim 6th place while fellow King's Gambit Chess School players Gab Paradero, Woman National Master Jersey Marticio, Stephen Quinto and National Master Angele Tenshi Biete all also scored 5 points to rank 7th, 8th, 9th and 11th place.

"I'm so happy with the performances of the players and they have been showing steady progress with their playing strength. We are still far from our target 2 years from now but we are on the right track," said Coach Villaseran.

Other players of King's Gambit Chess School.who competed in the tournament were National Master Karlycris Clarito jr. and Jian Carlo Rivera were among the leaders after 4 rounds with perfect 4 pts and 3.5 pts but lost to fellow King's Gambiteers Jeremy Marticio and NM Biete in the 5th rd to fall in the standings and finished 13th and 20th respectively.

King's Gambit Online Chess School is the home of some of the country's best age-groupers and Coach Villaseran is eyeing to produce at least 5 FIDE Masters and 2 Woman Grandmasters in 2 years.

Other members of the Elite Training Program of the King's Gambit Chess School but did not play on the tournament are Palarong Pambansa-bound Jan Clifford Labog and Pat Ferdolf Macabulos, Woman National Master Tonelle Racasa, Vincent Ryu Dimayuga, Tiv Omangay, National Master John Cyrus Borce, brothers Marcus and LesterParuli.-Marlon Bernardino-

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Grandmaster Vishnu Prasanna, the coach of India no. 2 D. Gukesh ended a long drought of winning a FIDE rated tournament at the 50th year of Sivakasi Chess Club NPSS Rathina Nadar Dr. N. Mahalingam chess tournament with prize money of ten lacs rupees.

Vishnu Prasanna receives the trophy from Dr. M Manickam, President, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association

Vishnu Prasanna, as the champion, received one lakh and twenty thousand rupees. The tournament was held at Sivakasi from 21st to 25th July 2023.266 players from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh and Haryana participated in the nine rounds event.

Irrespective of the final round loss to Vishnu, International Master S Nitin of Railways secured the runner-up spot. Nitin scored 7.5 points from nine games. Nitin received a prize of 80000.

The final round loss to GM Vishnu Prasanna put IM Nitin S on the runner-up spot

IM Ratnakaran K of Railways did a Houdini act, capitalizing a blunder by S Rohith of TN to win the game from a total losing position and the third place went to him. The win helped him to get a cash prize of 65000.

IM Ratnakaran's Houdini act against S Rohith in the final round helped him to get the third place

Winners of the first three places - GM Vishnu Prasanna, IM S Nitin and IM Ratnakaran K with the guests

Dr. M. Manickam, A P Selvarajan and A Tenzing, industrialists and big supporters of chess are adjacent to the winners.

Grandmaster Vishnu Prasanna, the head coach of Hatsun Chess Academy, Sivakasi did not disappoint his local students and scored eight points and the only loss came against his own student I Kirpesh at the Hatsun CA. in the second round. Kirpesh is also a member of the host Sivakasi Chess Club.

GM Vishnu Prasanna scored 8/9, scored seven consecutive wins after losing the second round game

Top seeded GM Vishnu Prasnna lost to his student I Kirpesh of Hatsun Chess Academy/Sivakasi Chess Club in the second round

B Selvamurugan of Tamil Nadu defeated S Gokulakrishna to gain the fourth rank. Gokulakrishna is the biggest beneficiary in terms of gaining 114 rating points in the tournament.

Both B Selvamurugan and S Gokulakrishna had a good tournament. The former won the fourth place and the latter 114 rating points

Experienced N Surendran, a coach rated 2197, defeated youngster G Aakash, a former national under-11 champion, to win the fifth rank. His friend N Lokesh, a good player, trainer and chess administrator, who organised the National Schools 2023, together with Ananthi Chess Academy Madurai won the next rank.

N Surendran defeated youngster G Aakash to win the fifth rank

N Lokesh won the sixth place by beating KP Akash

Vijay Shreeram (right) played well to achieve the seventh rank, He defeated Abel Sajan of Kerala in the final round

Former Tamil Nadu state junior champion SS Manigandan of Golden Knights CA, Madurai got the better of former national under-11 girls champion Anupam M Sreekumar of Kerala, which helped him to finish eighth.

S S Manigandan defeated former national under-11 girls champion Anupam M Sreekumar of Kerala to secure the eighth place

Balkishan A (left) of Karnataka collected the ninth place

Swarna Nihal of Andhra Pradesh, who finished tenth, played a marathon game against Srihari K R in the third round and drew.

Round 3: Swarna Nihal (AP) - Srihari K R (TN): 0.5-0.5

Position after 28...Qa6

White's only defense was 29.Qb6 which is not easy to spot considering his king is in a precarious position. 29.Nf4?? Bf3 ended things in a hurry forIMNitin S (2389). His opponent, GM Vishnu Prasanna(2413) went on to win the gamein another eleven moves.

GM Vishnu Prasanna outplayed IM Nitin S to lift the crown

In the crucial sixth round encounter, IM Nitin S prevailed over IM Ratnakaran K

Third seeded L Srihari of Ponicherry lost to S Gokulakrishna of TN in the fourth round

A five-year-old boy ended the game inStalemate in a commanding position

A Iyan Adeendren a prominent industrialist in Sivakasi and rated 1258 inaugurated the tournament. He is watching Sathvik Adiga, a former national under 7 silver medalist

The Arbiters' team

R Anantharam, Secretary of Sivakasi Chess Club was the Chief Arbiter, helped by IA Vijayaraghavan V as the Deputy Chief. Member of the Technical Commission, FIDE IA Arasu B was the fair play officer and was also in charge of the 12 live games.

A total of266 players participated from various parts of the Tamil Nadu. The five-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament was heldfrom 21st to 25th July 2023. It was organized by Sivakasi Chess Club at Kammavar Kalyana Mandapam in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. The time control for event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Prof. Rathinam Anantharam is an A-grade international arbiter. Member of FIDE Arbiters Commission, Chairman of Titles Commission in All India Chess Federation, Vice President of Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Chief Arbiter for six world championships, many Asian, International and National Championships.

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Grimes (Claire Elise Boucher) is a thoughtful performer. Shes also the mother of Elon Musks two younger children.

She has some thoughts on how the chess community dealt with artificial intelligence. Its worth a listen.

Grimes is an active poster on Instagram. A few weeks ago on Twitter, now X, she posted a message about how shed been severely disappointed by someone close to her. It was removed soon after.

Oddly her chess video is not embeddable, at this point. You can see it on her Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/p/CvRMSL0KDcb/

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Published: 2023-07-27T05:06:34

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Tyler1 has challenged chess master Levy Rozman to a match, with grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura being challenged as well.

Tyler1 is a lot of things, but being unconfident is not one of them. Throughout his streaming career, his brimming confidence has taken him to the peaks of League of Legends, as he became the second-ever person to hit Challenger in all five roles, all done out of spite.

And it seems that confidence has followed him into PogChamps 5, which is currently ongoing. As the competition grows stronger for Tyler, the commentary team, largely made up of internationally awarded chess players, has critiqued Tylers play.

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This set off a confident rant in which Tyler challenged Levy to a chess match, with Magnus and Hikaru being thrown into the mix as well.

As Levy on the commentary team explained that Tyler could make some improvements on his openings, Tyler replied, shut the f*** up with your backseat gaming.

He continues his rant, Who are you, bro? Put me 1v1 against this guy. Ill put 10 grand that I beat Ill beat this guy first try, whos this guy to say he can beat me in chess? You havent played me bro.

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He goes on to challenge other masters of chess, with Hikaru and Magnus getting challenged. You could put me against that Hikaru guy, or the Magnus Carlsen guy, I will body them, bro.

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Tyler explained his chess skills, I level up to my opponent, by the way. I match the competition. Further explaining that whoever he plays, he would equally perform to their skills.

For context of how good Levy, Hikaru, and Magnus are; Levy is currently ranked 3591 worldwide by FIDE. Although it seems low, he has an International and National Master chess title.

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Hikaru is currently rated by FIDE as the second-best player in the world and is the best American player. Magnus is rated by FIDE as the number one chess player in the world.

So if Tyler really were to body Hikaru or Magnus, or even Levy, it would make Tyler one of the best chess players in the world.

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In a Soulslike looter shooter like Remnant 2, where procedurally generated levels, storylines, and sidequests serve as the crown jewel of its multiversal setting, its safe to say that there are plenty of rare weapons out there waiting for you to find themespecially by way of unconventional methods.

Perhaps a central example of this is the Royal Hunting Bow, which is rewarded exclusively to players who manage to best a strange, reserved NPC at a board game table.

Fear not if puzzles and mini-games arent your thing, however, as this reward is well worth the time investment considering how easy the encounter actually is.

The Postulants chess puzzle can be found in the Postulants Parlor, one of three possible levels that can be rolled with the Beatific Palace in Losomn. At the end of the parlor, you will find the titular Postulant waiting deviously at a small table.

Upon interacting with the Fae, the game begins. This is pretty much a match-three game of tic-tac-toe. On the board, both you and the Postulant each have three pieces and the objective is to simply be the first to line up three in a row. Both of you will take turns moving one piece to a space immediately next to it until this happens. Ultimately, they will eventually make a mistake, and you just need to be ready to strike once that moment arises.

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If you lose, you will get cursed and hopefully have some consumables on hand. If you win, you will receive 300 Scrap and a door behind the Postulant will open.

At this point, make your way back around your defeated enemy to that newly opened room to pick up the Royal Hunting Bow. They dont seem eager at all to move over a bit and let you through. Rude, I know.

Related: All Remnant 2 weapons and how to get them

Heres thedescription, damage, critical hit chance, and other weapon stats of the Royal Hunting Bow inRemnant 2:

Since it is considered a standard Regular Long Gun, the Royal Hunting Bow doesnt have any built-in Weapon Mods and can be upgraded up to 20 times.

Ralston joined Dot Esports as a freelance writer in February 2023, and covers everything from VALORANT, Call of Duty, and Apex Legends, to NBA 2K and trending releases. His all-time favorite video games include NBA 2K11, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) and Halo 3. A class of 2020 alum of California State University, Long Beach, he graduated with a B.A. in Journalism and a minor in Finance.

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