tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72078199713319845272024-03-05T20:35:33.499-08:00Tanuj's chess chroniclesTanuj's dad, Tarun, will write this blog in Tanuj's perspective. This blog shares Tanuj's experiences as he embarks in pursuit of passion for chess.Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-42320182228343858322009-12-15T20:26:00.000-08:002009-12-17T13:29:57.548-08:006'o clock CBS5 Eyewitness News on 12/15<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Did you all watch the 6'o clock CBS5 news today?<br />
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</div>If not, check <a href="http://cbs5.com/video/?id=59303@kpix.dayport.com">this</a> out. If you have seen it, look at it again :)<br />
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</div><div>Well here is my experience and inside version. CBS Eyewitness team of Anthony Catchatoorian, the producer and Greg with camera who usually covers football games came over to our home on Dec 1st. They just called my dad and asked what time would I be available and came with a big camera and some equipment within an hour. They even had a teeny weenie microphone that they pinned to my collar. It was actually quite cool.<br />
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</div><div>Since this my first time in an interview I had no idea what to expect. They were nice and asked me simple questions about my achievements, what I study, etc. The entire session was about an hour long. I even played a blitz game for them to record me in action. The final video is 1 minute and 37 seconds. Today when Anthony sent us an email, my dad informed all the friends and family to tune in their TVs.<br />
</div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-4236090884654242902009-11-22T17:10:00.000-08:002009-11-22T17:10:41.362-08:00Silver medal at World Youth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0z9p0lmaw8pJaDJyUUbSmWT1gbVD3JDHJFVutQePGBwp9bdhevmqevAJw9AfUj4iy2EzINYRQ6RelgD4_glfC6WZUTX7xIKEpwCiJoKXq_tSd23W4Jva5N0XKV8xsyLy5m4sJR5ofy8/s1600/img_8760.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0z9p0lmaw8pJaDJyUUbSmWT1gbVD3JDHJFVutQePGBwp9bdhevmqevAJw9AfUj4iy2EzINYRQ6RelgD4_glfC6WZUTX7xIKEpwCiJoKXq_tSd23W4Jva5N0XKV8xsyLy5m4sJR5ofy8/s400/img_8760.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-13596559735282854632009-11-21T21:23:00.000-08:002009-11-21T21:23:05.619-08:00Day 12 Antalya: Round 10Round 10, I played with Saydaliev Saidakbar from Uzbekistan. It was a crazy game that followed a wild see-saw. In the end, I was able to get half point making up for the heartfelt loss the day before.<br />
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</div>Tomorrow will be the finishing scene of this battle of the best players from all over the world with round 11. <span style="color: red;">Watch it </span><a href="http://web1.tsf.org.tr/"><span style="color: red;"><b>live</b></span></a><span style="color: red;"> beginning at 10am local time.</span><br />
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</div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-39097650582328850812009-11-21T04:27:00.000-08:002009-11-21T04:29:54.677-08:00Day 11 Antalya: Round 9I played with Aryan Gholami from Iran. That was my fourth Iranian opponent in 9 rounds. It was a good game until I blundered and lost. I was offered draws several times during the game but I declined.<br />
See the game <a href="http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9863/562/">here</a>.<br />
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</div>Anyway I think I have good chances with two more rounds to go. Round 10 will be available live on the official tournament website.Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-234505368584772332009-11-19T19:09:00.000-08:002009-11-19T22:22:32.451-08:00Day 10 Antalya: Round 8I played with Shi Yuan Zhao from China. It was a tiring day with a long game. With this win I have 7 out of 8.<br />
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Watch the game 9 live tomorrow at 3pm local time.<br />
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</div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-67851386108389482582009-11-18T20:53:00.000-08:002009-11-18T21:09:03.656-08:00Round 7 WYCC 2009, AntalyaIn round 7, I played with Evgenios Ioannidis from Greece. We were on board 2, it was shown live on tournament website.<br />
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I am currently at 6 out of 7 with four more rounds to go. My next game would be shown live as well.<br />
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Go to Live Games <a href="http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/content/view/10/11/lang,turkish/">http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/content/view/10/11/lang,turkish/</a><br />
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</div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-25434081860018878542009-11-18T20:31:00.000-08:002009-11-19T00:15:46.282-08:00Things we did on free dayWe took a trip to Antalya city for a day of fun. Samritha's dad took the initiative to arrange a small bus tour. On the trip we had parents and my fellow teammates: Samritha, Alisha, Winston, Sai (Samritha's younger brother), Annie and Alec Getz.<br />
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First we went to see waterfalls and caves. I found caves very interesting and we climbed high and deeper inside them. One of the cave was behind the water fall. Felt like a scene from Indian Jones movie. We also met Michael Brown and David Adelberg there. Michael and I were ahead of the pack in climbing to the top. Some pictures:<br />
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</div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-55041100095028883032009-11-16T21:30:00.000-08:002009-11-16T21:30:48.486-08:00Half way through at WYCC 2009, AntalyaRounds 3, 4 and 6 I played Nima Fendereski, Mohammad Amin Tabatabaei and Borna Derakhshani all from Iran. It is definitely a very strong contingent. Round 5 was with Anton Smirnov from Australia. Overall I have 5 out of 6 points and still in the hunt.<br />
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Our delegation had only two passes until yesterday so it was difficult to get in within first 10 minutes to take pictures. Now we have four so it should be easier to save some memories and share them.<br />
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Round 3 with Nima:<br />
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Free day could not have come at a better time. I am looking forward to do some sight seeing and try some alternate food (maybe a Mcdonald's).<br />
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I also took some time to go for a refreshing walk on the beach and around the hotel. Some pictures...<br />
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</div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-92211497687314044662009-11-14T04:12:00.000-08:002009-11-14T04:30:48.096-08:00Day 4 Round 2 WYCC 2009, AntalyaIt was a crazy day with unstable Internet service and change of procedures. They did not allow anyone but the players to enter the playing hall until after the rounds started. The new zero tolerance rule by FIDE is being enforced. I am being cautious and get there 15 minutes before the round start time.<br />
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I played Dachi Donghvani from Georgia in round 2. It was nice game and I was able to trap his queen making it a short game. Below is the only picture we could get.<br />
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Round 3, I will be black against an Iranian player.<br />
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</div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-18651663020886856292009-11-12T18:28:00.000-08:002009-11-12T18:38:09.849-08:00Day 3 Round 1 WYCC 2009, AntalyaIn round 1 I played with Bora Gecer from the host country. I had an okay game and advanced to second round in about an hour and a half. In general, US team had a good first round. Winston (U-8) and Simone(U-10G) both won.<br />
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Team meeting earlier in the day.<br />
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</div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-38166712813312023542009-11-10T13:16:00.000-08:002009-11-10T13:22:40.580-08:00Exciting first day at AntalyaI arrived on Monday afternoon and the day was over too quickly as I slept immediately. My body clock and sleep pattern is totally messed up. Slept at 6pm and woke up at 12midnight and could not sleep after that. Hopefully we can bring it under control within the next two days.<br />
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I am staying at <a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/aytrn-renaissance-antalya-beach-resort-and-spa/">Renaissance Antalya Beach Resort & Spa</a>. It is not one of the WYCC listed hotels but my dad got it for reward points. It is very very nice and we got upgrade to family suite. Our hotel has its own beach. It is not a sandy beach but with many colorful stones. The hotel is located between hills and the mediterranean sea.<br />
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Our suite has a living room, bedroom, walk-in closet and two bathrooms (one with shower, other with a nice big bath tub).<br />
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Next was HUGE breakfast. It was the largest breakfast I have ever seen. They had 18 varieties of Jam! Check out pictures here:<br />
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</div>Then we went for a stroll on the beach. It was drizzling earlier but temperature was just nice. No winter clothes needed. I am wearing a thin jacket for rain.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the afternoon, we went for a swim in indoor pool and then to "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_bath">Hamam</a>", a turkish bath. Dinner was at a chinese restaurant called <a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-information/restaurant/aytrn-renaissance-antalya-beach-resort-and-spa/">Lotus</a>.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After dinner we went to the game room for an hour of foos ball and Wii sports. Tomorrow we move to <a href="http://www.limakhotels.com/limra/en/index.html">Hotel Limra</a>. Chess starts on 12th Thursday:)<br />
</div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-1945888607657048482009-11-06T20:04:00.000-08:002009-11-06T20:04:46.726-08:00Getting ready for World Youth, Kemer-Antalya, Turkey<div style="color: #5b4c4d; font: 15.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">World Youth Chess Championship 2009 will be held at Kemer-Antalya, Turkey. It is the highest level of competition with age restrictions. I already feel proud to be competing at that level and nothing about my result can take it away from me. That being said I have been preparing to put up the best performance I can.</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #5b4c4d; font: 15.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">My preparation for this event is similar to Pan-Am couple of months ago but with lesser available time and tighter schedule. Now that the school is in full swing I am getting about 1-2 hours a day for chess studies on week days. Physical training is already making a good impact in my overall fitness. I run couple of laps after school every day at my local park. It is helping me play better soccer too:)</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #5b4c4d; font: 15.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">As my first experience at the big stage I am eagerly looking forward to it. I hope I can play with players from as many countries as possible and make new friends along the way. The new team jacket and shirt is really cool.</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #5b4c4d; font: 15.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I leave for Antalya on 8th from San Francisco. My dad will tweet regularly and I’ll try to blog occasionally from the event. Other prominent chess websites will also be covering the event.</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #5b4c4d; font: 15.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Best wishes and encouragement from my friends and family would be my strength.</span><br />
</div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-33161174371876890222009-10-31T03:29:00.000-07:002009-11-12T18:40:22.298-08:00Youngest FIDE Master in the world !<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAXI3mRD6T_cQDGCy6efF3npn6U9u_T-Ik3aJKTuEM5IWqQ2_az1uRzEiiw1LHV8A_AzfhWCFN_2MCbvKFaImlimph-iusJsJTF3QBq-jXwitr-WSsS-fi6k-9MavBaT13VeFVJKpI0s/s1600-h/FM+Tanuj.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAXI3mRD6T_cQDGCy6efF3npn6U9u_T-Ik3aJKTuEM5IWqQ2_az1uRzEiiw1LHV8A_AzfhWCFN_2MCbvKFaImlimph-iusJsJTF3QBq-jXwitr-WSsS-fi6k-9MavBaT13VeFVJKpI0s/s400/FM+Tanuj.png" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>FIDE Master (FM)</b> is a title awarded by the world chess governing body, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE). Introduced in 1978, FM ranks below the titles of International Master and International Grandmaster, but ahead of Candidate Master. The most usual way for a player to qualify for the FIDE Master title is by achieving a FIDE Rating of 2300 or more. The title is open to both men and women who play in international chess competitions. Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titles">Link</a>.<br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I checked the Fide <a href="http://ratings.fide.com/advaction.phtml?idcode=&name=&title=f&other_title=&country=%25&sex=&srating=0&erating=3000&birthday=2001&radio=name&line=asc">site</a> and there is no other younger Fide Master.<br />
</div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-1306737337307724212009-10-28T14:24:00.000-07:002009-11-12T18:41:02.886-08:00FM Tanuj Vasudeva now<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div style="color: #59371a; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Chalkboard; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I just received word from Mr Brown at USCF that FIDE (World Chess Federation) has awarded me the coveted FIDE Master title based on my win at Pan-American Youth, Mar Del Plata.</span><br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Chalkboard; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #59371a;">Check out my FIDE profile page:</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #59371a; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Chalkboard; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">It might be a record at 8 years 2 month and 3 days.</span><br />
</div></span>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-55430971757085542162009-10-06T19:31:00.000-07:002009-10-06T19:31:52.040-07:00I am on the cover of Chess Life 4 Kids as Mr. Perfect!!It was amazing to see myself on the cover of the magazine. Thanks to Chess Life 4 Kids Editor, Glenn for the new moniker. I like the sound of "Mr. Perfect", I hope I can continue to build on my success at Pan-am.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To see the full magazine please go to uschess.org (membership required). Members get a magazine by mail too.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The article also has my favorite game that I played long time ago in Sept'07. It is a very simple game which follows the rules I learned from Mr. Shorman. After the opening every move is based on some kind of attack or to bring a new piece into attack.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have played a few tournaments after my return from Argentina. At labor day, I lost couple of games from winning positions. After that I played at Santa Rosa, which was okay but I played either very strong or very weak players.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have started preparing again however it is not at the same level as Pan-Am. Now that school has started I get less time for chess. On my way back from school I run at a park near our home. Then I eat and do my home work. After that I study chess for about 1-1.5 hours every day. Then I play with my sister Tashi before dinner and going to bed.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Less than 5 weeks to go for WYCC 2009, Antalya, Turkey:)<br />
</div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-77455032651148165322009-08-29T23:12:00.000-07:002009-08-31T09:06:36.071-07:00A Chesspunks partyAll the <a href="http://www.calchess.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=125000">chesspunks</a> got together to celebrate the Pan-Am Youth gold medal at Santana Row, San Jose.<br />
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Q. What do chess punks do for fun?<br />
A. Play chess:)<br />
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Had mediterranean lunch at Thea while playing blind chess and then we played some more over the board blitz games. We found a couple of good players at the "big board" and a 2200+ master.<br />
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See some pictures below:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHuflIsXVDh2fYTMCphS8C3ugzBWBCX8N7Cllsj8H36gJJPR0C-E1t7djfgeG7lIzqphssQuyecgOdpeYz8vsrjWKdG0gLFyH_yYHroXbojFu-VsMz7aRNyvCvAFk91zj1ziLwsYyA7k/s1600-h/Lunch+at+Thea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHuflIsXVDh2fYTMCphS8C3ugzBWBCX8N7Cllsj8H36gJJPR0C-E1t7djfgeG7lIzqphssQuyecgOdpeYz8vsrjWKdG0gLFyH_yYHroXbojFu-VsMz7aRNyvCvAFk91zj1ziLwsYyA7k/s320/Lunch+at+Thea.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lunch at Thea</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5u5vvkcgBGQ-gdACjD4gj3AR_I9c1YoSF-0KeaAkBoX-sM0f5wKwjnRFXK56Kq8GUt0AxH8GN0xXPELXsjkM8wArp56vl-NBmlo5dqnnfutqu_QxW67eefnYilKA_qzj4AWwPNJljAuA/s1600-h/Tanuj+plays+Vignesh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5u5vvkcgBGQ-gdACjD4gj3AR_I9c1YoSF-0KeaAkBoX-sM0f5wKwjnRFXK56Kq8GUt0AxH8GN0xXPELXsjkM8wArp56vl-NBmlo5dqnnfutqu_QxW67eefnYilKA_qzj4AWwPNJljAuA/s320/Tanuj+plays+Vignesh.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I play a blitz game with Vignesh</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-oKdFMFFIlZr0wcqoC2zIH_CIn-sQpMPpUTtD9VWWkQcb9m4DAycEkwlzIODy7AqA0Gh0-coF_9tPDlBiM-NZw5CIKyWWc0fR6WqFaLqWLilJfNwwsuLEkAU0s0-nzyT6mUZCsUP2SA/s1600-h/On+a+roll+here.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-oKdFMFFIlZr0wcqoC2zIH_CIn-sQpMPpUTtD9VWWkQcb9m4DAycEkwlzIODy7AqA0Gh0-coF_9tPDlBiM-NZw5CIKyWWc0fR6WqFaLqWLilJfNwwsuLEkAU0s0-nzyT6mUZCsUP2SA/s320/On+a+roll+here.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">On a roll here, this time its Kesav</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpJuO_LM1fGcOWU-YDDuEaAvYoOvN1VxHeTf_u8E9mrFoirfhaj6bXVr9cGfx2zEDb9IHLdS3O5gSkLH7nZjCOxE6CwFfGO2WGO7yQzMHF-FV73Kk4iKgVXdtV6Y6C7XCucYCOA93tWU/s1600-h/Tashi+and+Mom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpJuO_LM1fGcOWU-YDDuEaAvYoOvN1VxHeTf_u8E9mrFoirfhaj6bXVr9cGfx2zEDb9IHLdS3O5gSkLH7nZjCOxE6CwFfGO2WGO7yQzMHF-FV73Kk4iKgVXdtV6Y6C7XCucYCOA93tWU/s320/Tashi+and+Mom.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tashi and Mom</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">For more pictures see the <a href="http://gallery.me.com/tvasudeva#100165&view=carouseljs&sel=0">album</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-31697641039839402802009-08-29T10:27:00.000-07:002009-08-29T10:27:11.635-07:00Party at my dad's officeWe had a party celebrating the Pan Am gold medal at my dad's office. There we had cake and played a simul match. Below are some pictures:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnZn_1zPiDB6K2DTP2LFw6_noDgwv0VYeE-1AnRRdnXU7ru6Qzrfi_uwo_VYZZwrqmCFPQK8x59D1BV4SRmbcH_35lzEHVVCFdC5qGlDsg1ELfrjndMs2fj-M_IVfJ8I8B1hjXZ86DLI/s1600-h/Yummy+cake+with+my+name!.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnZn_1zPiDB6K2DTP2LFw6_noDgwv0VYeE-1AnRRdnXU7ru6Qzrfi_uwo_VYZZwrqmCFPQK8x59D1BV4SRmbcH_35lzEHVVCFdC5qGlDsg1ELfrjndMs2fj-M_IVfJ8I8B1hjXZ86DLI/s320/Yummy+cake+with+my+name!.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yummy cake with my name</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhci5Zvny9gCkF0litrnZmtSRLgxPVQZEKOuZLYBrdgslq9tX_S0mgF0eYUHG9F5gLzo1qWBQvK5VIpnDeMjCcC152GwikIHjpTh2YlOLlCaO33fGIUCYWH6zcC5H9SYFc2jzLmHjlomlY/s1600-h/A+simul+with+6+players.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhci5Zvny9gCkF0litrnZmtSRLgxPVQZEKOuZLYBrdgslq9tX_S0mgF0eYUHG9F5gLzo1qWBQvK5VIpnDeMjCcC152GwikIHjpTh2YlOLlCaO33fGIUCYWH6zcC5H9SYFc2jzLmHjlomlY/s320/A+simul+with+6+players.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Simul with 6 players</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-TCuSzGqHMOhyphenhyphenba5s0BsM6EdPK-2EHzLSqSQDMCd_ldWXXSz69cmCPdAVZaH70nepVUIdzV-Cpd_stQuz1X0eei5C-ZylD_2TlfQ0zvJ7H5XohXARpSWVijNAiPZhhyphenhyphenth6XQJEGOWIQ/s1600-h/At+board+with+Richard.+We+had+a+session+earlier+and+he+used+it+in+the+game.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-TCuSzGqHMOhyphenhyphenba5s0BsM6EdPK-2EHzLSqSQDMCd_ldWXXSz69cmCPdAVZaH70nepVUIdzV-Cpd_stQuz1X0eei5C-ZylD_2TlfQ0zvJ7H5XohXARpSWVijNAiPZhhyphenhyphenth6XQJEGOWIQ/s320/At+board+with+Richard.+We+had+a+session+earlier+and+he+used+it+in+the+game.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">At board with Richard. We had a session earlier and he used it in the game. Good going.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxZBq9249a4ehituh87nkLKodZzeWzKGST7y17w_tP9SgNA65xxCZEqZTh3MwbyzhRpwt4m_RbpyFRbmBaPC7ldEfm7GM9s0aluJGz48XnQ2s9wtkJBegRJ-t3Zrjz8bEzfcLvtJzylE/s1600-h/Last+man+standing+is+Shiva.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxZBq9249a4ehituh87nkLKodZzeWzKGST7y17w_tP9SgNA65xxCZEqZTh3MwbyzhRpwt4m_RbpyFRbmBaPC7ldEfm7GM9s0aluJGz48XnQ2s9wtkJBegRJ-t3Zrjz8bEzfcLvtJzylE/s320/Last+man+standing+is+Shiva.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last board to finish with Shiva</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxHTOuESIVd-W8S15nYg5p2Vv-0zgJgF5dofFi-6LiC5yXqDbjYsUexhd_2hMTxHB7eiPGR703L7WjtYZGxJ06w7lI_2gk120z3CpMM5OQ2S3sGPfRa5QedVm_KkKyqE1B_SN45h5gFA/s1600-h/Having+fun+with+Amish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxHTOuESIVd-W8S15nYg5p2Vv-0zgJgF5dofFi-6LiC5yXqDbjYsUexhd_2hMTxHB7eiPGR703L7WjtYZGxJ06w7lI_2gk120z3CpMM5OQ2S3sGPfRa5QedVm_KkKyqE1B_SN45h5gFA/s320/Having+fun+with+Amish.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Having fun with Amish</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Many more pictures <a href="http://gallery.me.com/tvasudeva#100157">here</a></div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-56676323286797455902009-08-21T19:48:00.000-07:002009-08-21T20:27:25.556-07:00Pan Am 2009 Closing Ceremony<div style="text-align: left;">I got my gold medal. The closing ceremony was pretty simple. US team got overall third place. US team received the most gold medals (5) though.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are some pictures:<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATq6Vi9Ld3enF7OszH-Ul64v9Yl7oQESyHFDNMO90ra8S3W6CvH6yZqP-jqo7Wa2VcbKxEcd5LDNJD23MgbRz46N40QAKRj3SSk_-LEfojAgZ5bRs3tChhn4DWxXjfMqGheNcb2d7Y1I/s1600-h/IMG_1060.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0dQd51HxLLErAXXLOsYQFeyhxOt3on94mp8MG6ghtZggkdR7Yr3yodBsHmj6z4UwCgOWUkUJ-oF5NSHbQrUfwd6zYVVc8uipJQsSdDHZH6vEe8kngAbukMm0vCJHuBJNSzxj3621F-Y/s1600-h/IMG_1058.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0dQd51HxLLErAXXLOsYQFeyhxOt3on94mp8MG6ghtZggkdR7Yr3yodBsHmj6z4UwCgOWUkUJ-oF5NSHbQrUfwd6zYVVc8uipJQsSdDHZH6vEe8kngAbukMm0vCJHuBJNSzxj3621F-Y/s320/IMG_1058.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372615230281888866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's me shaking hands with President of Argentina Chess Federation.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATq6Vi9Ld3enF7OszH-Ul64v9Yl7oQESyHFDNMO90ra8S3W6CvH6yZqP-jqo7Wa2VcbKxEcd5LDNJD23MgbRz46N40QAKRj3SSk_-LEfojAgZ5bRs3tChhn4DWxXjfMqGheNcb2d7Y1I/s320/IMG_1060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372615239948430594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Medal winners of Under-8 Open section From Left: Tanuj (Gold), Jorian (Bronze), Carlos (Silver)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQjY6z93KFag3xIKkFx_rNyAxF9ZodZxxFsIyyCzgA-lJ1wqFXVmHlh0uYRIL47ybaWosWB0jnQNj-LeKUBNN02xVAMBdHeUORrUI0WwHh5qNlRpq13cT-6zDMGYfWRYYpjvQOG_BFoU/s320/IMG_1070.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372616382653856690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">US Team Medal winners. From top left: Victor, Andrew, Daniel and Arthur</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Bottom left:Tommy, Simone, Tanuj and Annie</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2S3HOCNkCZnD6azazzeeXy5eJth-O7wdVCVW31Q4GvkLlCxLRsojPKL08VKbxSDHkl1KWKNz4FoKD9XsWR1BmeLiC2mCzWKE6QAguD4wh8NRr1sFmVdsQwVt227jganDJg_t8v4lwb-Y/s320/IMG_1074.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372617377038924306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">US Team Medal winners with coaches</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDI593TIMA21UfyX2fuY9NI5BwskghmHnj-RsLD4wvYFd37aFPJ4AXSUg6dmhW7u9YsWXI8R114QnZ88Xy5vVJmh4tU6HsToGn6h5PPboyAXFgFO2R5JIfb9Jd1-AD4nHCSfr0FSd3FQ/s320/IMG_1079.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372617787752599186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Thats me with my Gold Medal</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9655/544/">USCF Website</a> has another nice article about US team @ Pan Am.</div><div style="text-align: left;">We leave tomorrow morning for Buenos Aires by bus.</div></div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-15569005734226462722009-08-21T13:38:00.000-07:002009-08-21T13:58:12.867-07:00Having fun after the tournament<div style="text-align: left;">I won the last round with Ivan Gonzalez from Argentina. I was playing white and it turned out to be another short and simple game.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here it is for all to see:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://chess.maribelajar.com/chesspublisher/viewgame.php?id=1250887404" width="300" height="380" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /></div><div>Here are some pictures:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirz-hKgtnsxkKlbskx9_eJ7-Gdgwzt6qguiN_RaXgqQ2kG7X92r5uWRYa8kiGcNoQ_W9WI01A88H7s9528gNtNFVCiMeyRPRI1HJek7M6KkrESST4WJsG0g_VvHsOthyphenhyphen8JztmZD0ms40/s320/IMG_0987.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372522135827072258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Round 9 I played against Ivan Gonzalez with white.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SLyBHERpfkdQwlRTbzMWq6TyapnduHWAodxMImoCTnezVPbzao8BrQhA70uimJ5D9RgjKeiS0Nen_cl6O65MpCtVdLGfN3rjM38i89v1u0kRFFw7_1S6-B-E4PMUpI6J_1hTtOp83uQ/s1600-h/IMG_0985.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SLyBHERpfkdQwlRTbzMWq6TyapnduHWAodxMImoCTnezVPbzao8BrQhA70uimJ5D9RgjKeiS0Nen_cl6O65MpCtVdLGfN3rjM38i89v1u0kRFFw7_1S6-B-E4PMUpI6J_1hTtOp83uQ/s320/IMG_0985.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372522153155035058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A lot of people were asking me for picture with them. I gave them all a happy smile.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4gHA_VH3HC0LfDVko-_gtuZsUd2XB89gcI5Oii-5syOnLJ12TK4PoB1df6Gcfkf78Z8nRE_dyx6ru6cIpWNTBv6SMhqmlNPKE0vn9mv28ewbLEZrudqgdieZaGpHPoA7AL6WbhwA-l8/s1600-h/IMG_0984.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4gHA_VH3HC0LfDVko-_gtuZsUd2XB89gcI5Oii-5syOnLJ12TK4PoB1df6Gcfkf78Z8nRE_dyx6ru6cIpWNTBv6SMhqmlNPKE0vn9mv28ewbLEZrudqgdieZaGpHPoA7AL6WbhwA-l8/s320/IMG_0984.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372522145759941970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A beaming smile.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7khCbgLmmoA2zvI6-aDNaKCD6ojZxEgr5YsezqOrhoC6G9paMCYk_iZJ9G-tldzdgYqkTJOiDXTOYd2G-Ih1n8YG_mhkHaYdwuzbHCkoahyphenhypheni4G8VyAPhXKzGGVX2S9Z6m59oJ1GhuDk/s1600-h/IMG_0986.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7khCbgLmmoA2zvI6-aDNaKCD6ojZxEgr5YsezqOrhoC6G9paMCYk_iZJ9G-tldzdgYqkTJOiDXTOYd2G-Ih1n8YG_mhkHaYdwuzbHCkoahyphenhypheni4G8VyAPhXKzGGVX2S9Z6m59oJ1GhuDk/s320/IMG_0986.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372522136766528578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our only picture together.</div></div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-53554651014626444682009-08-20T18:30:00.000-07:002009-08-30T08:44:02.562-07:00Gold at Pan-Am with a round to spare<div style="text-align: left;">I am going for complete shutout now having secured gold medal with 8 out of 8. It has been a great tournament for me. I feel all the hard work I put in my preparation is being rewarded. </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Once again many thanks to all the friends and family that have supported me, encouraged and sent their wishes.</div><div></div><div>It is exciting that we are about to get more gold medals. Following are leading or in the hunt for Gold. I wish they all win tomorrow and win gold.</div><div><b></b></div><blockquote><div><b>Annie Wang:</b> U-8 Girls: Leading by tie-breaks. She is only 7(corrected) years and plays amazingly good.</div><div><b>Simone Liao: </b>U-10 Girls: Leading by 1 point. Last year's silver medalist. I have known her longest and she will definitely win gold. </div><div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Jarod Pamatmat/ Arthur Shen</b>: U-12 Boys: I wish for them to get Gold and Silver tomorrow.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span>Daniel Rozovsky:</b> U-14 Boys: Half point behind the leader. He beat the only other 7/7 player at the tournament. </div><div><b>Victor Shen:</b> U-16 Boys: Leading by tie breaks. Undefeated so far in the tournament.</div></blockquote><div></div><div>Good luck to all the other US team members.</div><div></div><div>Some pictures from earlier today...</div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372231763126950290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGyuhD0o0_-Xumf4poEgMw5d1dF3wwp7cVz6GmtgiL3OegUb-IOH5MYiz0jtzKbn8FRFbnpKJGhrDzg_vZ6OBBbwFoTWxBPAURz4LKwwF8f9UnYiMssJuPRNzGPBTlSJip4XMQmnh0Vg/s320/IMG_0970.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="color: black;">Round 8: With Alejandro Santillan from Argentina. He was not smiling after a few moves.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMob0ZrhS-qE5EndmGRfDaob1TZ25Adbo18WDM6B1fIZ1VU1_9cteGZfpEXJrBHTKb92KOqVxF7v8uBZDTkr3I1-VRCXB_6aJJUpaEvWv3_TazraTQFFchh5UsChEg-C-q5nWiBcGKAY/s1600-h/IMG_0974.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372231772319532610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMob0ZrhS-qE5EndmGRfDaob1TZ25Adbo18WDM6B1fIZ1VU1_9cteGZfpEXJrBHTKb92KOqVxF7v8uBZDTkr3I1-VRCXB_6aJJUpaEvWv3_TazraTQFFchh5UsChEg-C-q5nWiBcGKAY/s320/IMG_0974.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">With Coach Armen and coach Aviv after round 8. I was working with coach Armen during this tournament.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372234136861234562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEo-H7d0i8WThIdVlGVJZPuPo03YbL0S-iJx07ejxi-EynTzGwqiQHlASkCF1mWiRzAvMsrukC4mzjx0cbpu8Gal2qrFvPLKZnLdxTHB6QADIhCJcGzTImV2XNS0JV_wdBRYGyg9z5Ig/s320/IMG_0969.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Getting ready before Round 8</div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-17539748261106658482009-08-20T09:58:00.000-07:002009-08-20T10:24:27.457-07:00With 7 points and two more rounds to goJust had lunch with Shyam and his dad at my favorite place, Retro cafe. Trying to figure out spanish words is becoming interesting now. Por Favor means please. But they say it so fast it sounds like "porpapor".<div><br /></div><div>I won round 7 against Carlos Avila from Bolivia. It was a simple game I won a pawn early and just took him to end game promoted and won.</div><div><br /></div><div>Next I play Alejandro Santillan from Argentina. This is my second black in a row but first Argentinian.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some pictures:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioKp9i7oPgzJZ_C1meHf9r7a8XqXtwfAAp3nJLBWwTc2sbe4LApOZiglBbKkyTnxENkDJxmi07kZC7bEDeT3K6goWFo2xS7OJia90xH2XXBtr33CDwuql3qX0lnGqiM06lrB5YE6Byto/s1600-h/IMG_0964.jpg"><br /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8V3bnAP76xpf_JjTMC_NaEsynu8V9bYeMCnYCD9UZseVCZ7qMXMBZGRRPX6xddoYIg9ejdEi27U2Jl3KBOW0rTtFTyO-Ko7wyWjt2QJ2NOujvgNYt1KThXiOVokwdlDDu0nlYNaSdDM/s1600-h/IMG_0960.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8V3bnAP76xpf_JjTMC_NaEsynu8V9bYeMCnYCD9UZseVCZ7qMXMBZGRRPX6xddoYIg9ejdEi27U2Jl3KBOW0rTtFTyO-Ko7wyWjt2QJ2NOujvgNYt1KThXiOVokwdlDDu0nlYNaSdDM/s320/IMG_0960.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372093497768394930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Round 7 I was black against Carlos Avila from Bolivia</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiuxMOrvSzUc0O4AkmHr3z0YqNwWLVA0ZP9tfTJPT2SP1yg9s8EfIsJh_rMjSlvObzuLPRcmY_o0inGE3zd1wjIULQT-kA4YDNF-UxRpK1HYVzEwWJOxq4VhfINatV2IEI0szw2n7Zh4/s1600-h/IMG_0959.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiuxMOrvSzUc0O4AkmHr3z0YqNwWLVA0ZP9tfTJPT2SP1yg9s8EfIsJh_rMjSlvObzuLPRcmY_o0inGE3zd1wjIULQT-kA4YDNF-UxRpK1HYVzEwWJOxq4VhfINatV2IEI0szw2n7Zh4/s320/IMG_0959.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372093491635094818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Coach Aviv wishing me good luck before round 7</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Update:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Just saw my picture at <a href="http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9652/544/">USCF website</a>. Thanks to Jennifer.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-15527090791700929582009-08-19T17:30:00.000-07:002009-08-19T18:14:59.307-07:005 days, 6 rounds and 6 points<div style="text-align: left;">I am very happy with my performance and results so far. However there are three rounds still to go and I hope to keep going.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>It is a wonderful experience to have played kids from different countries such as Peru, Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia. Tomorrow I will play another kid from Bolivia.<br /><div><br /></div><div>My round 6 was a comfortable win in about 45 minutes. It was against Felipe from Brazil.</div></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEDlMsmNxyWBKVCU3Ww3R-fpuefsJf2QVF_Lrmv7hJnozGMFfWRbSEMgCRwTLR5rXS508h_OOnAzBkCEg6uj6oKNPkEpQgsZZ_97MFI9buDeqCDUwT7pnd-Iq0whjXyweoyO05j9uH_o/s1600-h/IMG_0949.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;text-decoration: underline; "><br /></div></a><div style="text-align: center;text-decoration: underline; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEDlMsmNxyWBKVCU3Ww3R-fpuefsJf2QVF_Lrmv7hJnozGMFfWRbSEMgCRwTLR5rXS508h_OOnAzBkCEg6uj6oKNPkEpQgsZZ_97MFI9buDeqCDUwT7pnd-Iq0whjXyweoyO05j9uH_o/s1600-h/IMG_0949.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79NsWwmipG8Z7cuuYufv9aQud-c0OjAhG8_SPsfiE6RmC3fF3jR1ictqBKa-xQr1up23GYxw-cJykB0xB2F-5ysu_-SngPpx0VwAIwjHNSW2fUE2AciRPJTJBhLHb4e2k-D7VavviQ-k/s1600-h/IMG_0951.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79NsWwmipG8Z7cuuYufv9aQud-c0OjAhG8_SPsfiE6RmC3fF3jR1ictqBKa-xQr1up23GYxw-cJykB0xB2F-5ysu_-SngPpx0VwAIwjHNSW2fUE2AciRPJTJBhLHb4e2k-D7VavviQ-k/s320/IMG_0951.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371847797118539090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Round 6 with Felipe Alves Da Silva from Brazil.</div><div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://chess.maribelajar.com/chesspublisher/viewgame.php?id=1250730092" width="300" height="380" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-12562685845858377592009-08-19T06:26:00.001-07:002009-08-19T08:09:30.277-07:004 days, 4 rounds and 4 pointsRound 4 was a good game. It was easily the longest game I played so far. Carlos had only about 6 minutes left. He resigned after blundering a rook in a worse position (down 2 pawns). Last time I played him was two years ago at North American Youth 2007, Aguacalientes, Mexico.<div><br /></div><div><div>Round 5 was an interesting game. I secured an advantage in the middle game by pinning his bishop and eventually won a pawn then an exchange. It was easy conversion after that.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here are a couple more pictures from Round 4 and 5:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK84ua_JSXdU2MmvRfgRZWWS77CNpBGI_Y_ZhisPl8L78Wt2jKir6690lUJhXN_Ix5iGwuLaYgjVyQb8GkPe5kEf5FgUm_rS_cAA1d0Zgackd6YEglTGq-XCDJzQ7upsIt6llGZwJY7dU/s320/IMG_0939.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371666129727824146" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Round 4 with Carlos Mercado Sandoval from Mexico</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-l5b_1sqj5dEryZ1GrOWSoHYFuA2_TfYjkoAbzoQH2OLt7XazxGzLgAqOoxLzYfquPXwxq1-R1B-L87wdxHGm3SBMX_DcQ0py57_F3vCUA3jgFkkw9h9fWyrPC1iIZBijjuBH6PbbWHc/s1600-h/IMG_0946.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-l5b_1sqj5dEryZ1GrOWSoHYFuA2_TfYjkoAbzoQH2OLt7XazxGzLgAqOoxLzYfquPXwxq1-R1B-L87wdxHGm3SBMX_DcQ0py57_F3vCUA3jgFkkw9h9fWyrPC1iIZBijjuBH6PbbWHc/s320/IMG_0946.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371666135153993074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Round 5 with Montes Gherson Rivera from Peru</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-18258684862353527152009-08-18T10:34:00.000-07:002009-08-18T11:49:18.780-07:00Mar Del Plata is fun<div style="text-align: left;">I want to start by saying thank you to all the people supporting me and for sending their kind wishes. I will need it. Thanks again.</div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>Mar Del Plata is a nice place. Our hotel is near a plaza and there is a lot of activity and people. Strange thing is that the dinner places don't even open before 8 or 8:30pm. Therefore we end up eating at a pizza/pasta cafe instead. Retro Cafe is our favorite and the owner speaks English too. Thanks to coach Aviv for getting the dinner moved up by an hour to 8:30 pm.</div><div><br /></div><div>At the beginning of every round in under-8 section parents take pictures of their kids in many many poses and with many cameras. This goes on for 10 minutes before and after the round start time. Some players just stall for first 5 - 10 minutes for distractions to settle down. I have being playing extra slow during that time taking up to 10 minutes for first 3-4 moves.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Some Pictures...</div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yr_Y6lhZQah-OOCzc7vn3uHhVNr0Izb_wTO5hamd_Rh2R2xAJOS_hhD49Y19_gHNnHjKyDt1IRbR3rnfs-bWXVxYnapruOE-4vsrK4cqju43HaONLn8s2HqhH1rgyxCsmGp_AJz2Syw/s320/Under-8+section.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371373919234424706" /><div style="text-align: center;">Round#1 Under-8 boys section</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWZT0n7jV7q3N1tXfx_6z8kZT77PPuRT-vHneWAX8DY10DzYulvTfYq1voaqs2QQlPJLONIWOx4qUNOre-54Omopq-1H4yaXhJP-D7nDIbtjilAmZRpJlNTXLNJWzdiydz-id9M71rTg/s1600-h/A+street+puppet+show.jpg"></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWZT0n7jV7q3N1tXfx_6z8kZT77PPuRT-vHneWAX8DY10DzYulvTfYq1voaqs2QQlPJLONIWOx4qUNOre-54Omopq-1H4yaXhJP-D7nDIbtjilAmZRpJlNTXLNJWzdiydz-id9M71rTg/s1600-h/A+street+puppet+show.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWZT0n7jV7q3N1tXfx_6z8kZT77PPuRT-vHneWAX8DY10DzYulvTfYq1voaqs2QQlPJLONIWOx4qUNOre-54Omopq-1H4yaXhJP-D7nDIbtjilAmZRpJlNTXLNJWzdiydz-id9M71rTg/s320/A+street+puppet+show.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371373919692465842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A street puppet show. This puppet was dancing to Michael Jackson songs.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tdvY_IvWFZAzY5GYZAZ4T1JB0j6Lq7h1W8ocoBBTEIQvEFy86wORQrW4_bzVymeyCGowxICrQE3DO42x0pN2NjoXI3GTOkPSMv4y-brcRXOl5vim-TxKjFUIY13ISCu6fwcz-5eKohg/s320/With+Sebastian+Diaz+Donozo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371373910240296930" /><div style="text-align: center;">Round #1 I was white against Sebastian Diaz Donozo from Chile</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4wbLq0N2gWlaJlHvjjonFANSUrWyUAvvQWe6rAQpQ38bRkiYKyYK9OriUwUR8f57sxVTfshIhxQ8XV_fbnvEe0DMhLJGAlup0STaHNRVLX4bVsW5Jzy9j8wq-EftFFvQGP6CUldlPz5I/s320/IMG_0930.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371375863120747538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Round #2 playing with black against Cesar Ramirez from Peru</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38MjFTRRq5Rq9RLq5s9ZG1uHwcmW-S9M_UNk14kyvTSkAa5aMsaQv20kDSiUWZzJmqmWvShFii1CF6lYGZqyw2hrNtV2Y0z9UzKJ35YjoMsDFnjA95Yd2Qulg7x945eZMTnj5LcXHpUY/s320/IMG_0932.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371376388270052690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Round#3 I am white against Jorian Jared Acosta from Colombia</div><div><br /></div><div>Round#4 starts in at 1pm PST today. Bye.</div></div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207819971331984527.post-85937045884452456002009-08-17T19:39:00.000-07:002009-08-18T11:20:57.768-07:003 days, 3 rounds and 3 pointsJust completed 3 days in Mar Del Plata and with three points in three rounds, so far so good. With only 21 players in this section there are only two players with 3 points and I am playing the other in round#4.<div><br /></div><div>In general, US team has been doing pretty well with following players leading their sections:<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "></span><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">Tanuj Vasudeva, Under 8 Open</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">Tommy He, Under 10 Open</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">Arthur Shen, Under 12 Open</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">Vincent Huang, Under 16 Open</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">Annie Wang, Under 8 Girls</span></blockquote></div><div><div><div><div>My games are getting increasingly competitive with every round. Round#1 was against an opponent from Chile. It turned out to be a short 16 move game and I was happy to be out in about 30 minutes. He dropped a bishop then a knight and then resigned when I had a mate in two. Round#1 game is below.</div><br /><iframe src="http://chess.maribelajar.com/chesspublisher/viewgame.php?id=1250568861" width="300" height="380" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><div>I will publish more games later.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some games from this tournaments are now available live at the following site:</div><div><a href="http://201.216.215.172/tableros/XX-PANAM-MDP-2009/index-XX-panam-mdp-09.htm">Pan-Am Youth 2009</a> Click on "Visor De Partidas" and then "VISOR ABSOLUTO" for open section.</div><div><br /></div><div>The results are also being posted at the following site:</div><div><a href="http://chess-results.com/tnr24608.aspx?art=9&lan=1&fed=USA&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000&snr=21">Chess results website</a></div></div></div></div></div>Tanuj Vasudevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06270688933020840231noreply@blogger.com1