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What is one of the biggest attractions at this year's World Youth (under-16) Olympiad 2017? Two of India's biggest talents Praggnanandhaa. R. and Nihal Sarin will be sitting side by side and seen in action, representing team India at the event.
Two of the brightest young talents of Indian and world chess: IM Nihal Sarin and IM R. Praggnanandhaa | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Apart from Praggnanandhaa and Nihal, the team consists of GM Aryan Chopra on board one who became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years and 9 months, P. Iniyan who is a talented International Master and WIM R. Vaishali who recently finished third at the super strong Chigorin blitz and is one of the most upcoming female players in the country. It is compulsory to have at least one girl playin on a team.
Apart from the hosts who would be fielding more than one team, the following countries have confirmed their participation:
(1) Argentina (2) Canada (3) Belarus (4) Armenia (5) Malaysia (6) Mongolia (7) Israel (8) Irish (9) Russia (10) Uzbekistan (11) Kyrgyz Republic (12) Australia (13) Indonesia (14) Sri Lanka (15) Turkey (16) Uganda (17) Kazakhstan
The event will take place from the 10th to the 19th of December 2017. Last date of entry is 25th November 2017
The tournament will be held at the Golden Glory Hall in Karnavati Club. The Karnavati Club is supposed to be the best club in the whole of Gujarat.
All the players would be given accommodation at the five star luxury accommodation in Hotel Aloft.
The State of Gujarat has some of the best chess infrastructure in the country of India with having an entire college dedicated to chess.
What's this? This is an image of the Guinness World record created back in 2010 where we had highest number of people playing chess at a single location. There were nearly 20,000 people playing at the same time. And this event was organized by the then Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi along with Gujarat State Chess Association.
Just a day ago Narendra Modi met the Prince of Bhutan and gifted him a chess set. This just shows his love towards the game of chess!
Under the able guidance of president Ajay Patel and Secretary Bhavesh Patel and the All India Chess Federation backing the event, it goes without saying that the World Youth Olympiad 2017 will be organized in the best possible manner!
The team of Gujarat State Chess Association
Gujarat is the land where Mahatma Gandhi was born. The Sabarmati Ashram (above) was one of the residences of Gandhi, who lived there for about twelve years along with his wife, Kasturba Gandhi
Akshardham is a famous temple in India and at the center of the 23-acre complex is the Akshardham mandir, built from 6,000 metric tons of pink sandstone from Rajasthan
The Ahmedabad river front is a great place to spend a relaxed evening!
Gir is home to the Asiatic Lions and as per the 2015 census there are 523 lions in the sanctuary
The last date of registration for the event has been extended until 25th of November 2017. If you are interested to send your team to the event, here are the contacts:
The Fashionable Caro-Kann Vol.1 and 2
The Caro Kann is a very tricky opening. Black’s play is based on controlling and fighting for key light squares. It is a line which was very fashionable in late 90s and early 2000s due to the successes of greats like Karpov, Anand, Dreev etc. Recently due to strong engines lot of key developments have been made and some new lines have been introduced, while others have been refuted altogether. I have analyzed the new trends carefully and found some new ideas for Black.
