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Junior World ChampionshipsThe 43rd World Junior and 21st World Junior Girls Championship start at Casino Hotel, Cochin, India on Thursday , 18th November 2004 at 12 Noon, and will last till 1st December 2004. This world mega event will be a 13 Round affair. Already 108 players from different countries confirmed their participation. All arrangements have been made for the successful conduct of the event. |
Yes, the venue. Chess tournaments are always enhanced by being staged in nice places, in surroundings which the participants and the spectators can enjoy, during and between the games. And Cochin in the southern Indian state of Kerala, certainly fulfils these conditions.
Cochin on the southwest coast of India. Vishy comes from the Other Side
(Chennai)
The name Cochin comes from the Malayalam word "Kochazhi" meaning
small lagoon, which is what the southwest coast of India is full of. The language
of Kerala is Malayalam, which is one of the 17 official languages of India
and is spoken by around 30 million people. It belongs to the family of Dravidian
languages and has less in common with the majority language of India, Hindi,
than English or French have with Hindi. Malayalam is closely related to Tamil,
which Anand and Sasikiran speak with their parents. A person who speaks Malayalam
is called a "Malayalee" and rarely, a "Keralite". Malayalam
has a script of its own and is the only language name which is a palindrome
(can be read in either direction). This is what the Malayalam alphabet looks
like:
അ ആ ഇ ഈ ഉ ഊ ഋഎഌ
ഏ ഐ ഒ ഓ ഔ
Cochin is regarded as the "Queen of the Arabian Sea", and is a cluster of islands dotting on the magnificent emerald lakes which in turn open to the sea, making the city one of the finest natural harbors in the world. It is a prime tourist destination of Kerala State, famous for its extensive emerald backwaters, lined with palm trees, and local villages which use these courseways as their mode of travel and transportation. The weather is naturally hot – the city lies within the tropic of Cancer – but as our correspondent Manisha Mohite writes: "Right now it is then best time to be in Kerala, which is God's own country."
The Casino Hotel, where the event will take place, is located on Willingdon Island, a man-made legacy of the Raj era. As you drive to the hotel, you pass the massive dockyards of this ancient port, omnipresent coconut trees and stretches of glittering Arabian Sea.
The Hotel greets you in a traditional 'varvelpu', or welcome, a garland,
the aarti and coconut water.
After that you are guided you to your room, where simplicity and elegance
are the lietmotifs. The floors in the room are a distinctive touch and you
can luxuriate with bubble bath and shampoo from the little clay pots in your
spacious bathroom.
The recreation area contains pool and card tables, and of course chess.
From the hotel you can take a boat and sail into Cochin
Boats and barges are often the most convenient form of transportation
Towering Chinese fishing nets line the harbour
The dining room, where you can taste some of the world's greatest food
Or you can dine on the terrace with a view over the harbour
Have we driven you to a frenzy with these pictures, taken from the hotel web site? Anyone capable of a snap decision can make arrangements at the following address:
Casino Building, Willingdon Island
Cochin, Kerala, India - 682 003
Tel: 91-484-2668221, 2666821
Fax: 91-484-2668001
eMail:contact@cghearth.com
Full information, results, games and standings may be found at the official web site.
