Surya Ganguly - An unmissable interview

by Arne Kaehler
7/23/2024 – Surya Ganguly, the experienced GM from West Bengal, is playing at the Masters Open Tournament in Biel. In an entertaining interview conducted by Arne Kaehler, Surya shares anecdotes from his lengthy chess career and responds to rather unexpected questions. Not to be missed!

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A unique interview

Surya Ganguly's peak rating was as high as 2676 points. Currently, his Elo rating has slid down to 2592, but as they say, form is temporary and class is permanent. The Indian grandmaster is participating at the Masters Open Tournament in Biel and has so far scored 4½/7 points.

In a unique interview, he shares anecdotes from his lengthy chess career and responds to rather unexpected questions.

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Surya Ganguly - Endgame essentials you need to know

In this video course, GM Surya Ganguly joins IM Sagar Shah and, drawing from his colossal experience, shares some uncommon endgame wisdom. The material mostly features positions with rook against rook and a pawn, and starts by covering the fundamentals: Lucena, Philidor, and Vancura. But it quickly enters non-trivial territory, likely to challenge even masters: the slippery theoretical nuances of dealing with doubled pawns and pawns on the f- and h-files.

Surya presents some ingenious "rules of thumb" to tackle these knotty endings, and at the same time, underscores the importance of actual calculation and understanding, so as not to fall into some crude reductionist trap.

Through this course, he promises something no instructor would ordinarily promise: uncertainty! His aim is not knowing everything - which is a chimera that can only stem from naivety - but realising one can never know enough and, thus, being watchfully comfortable in the uncertainty this realisation affords.

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In this video course, GM Surya Ganguly joins IM Sagar Shah and drawing from his colossal experience, shares some uncommon endgame wisdom. The material mostly features positions with rook against rook and a pawn, and starts by covering the fundamentals.

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Topics: Biel Chess Festival 2024, Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Arne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.
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