Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Preparation for Pan-Am Youth

I have been training pretty hard for the Pan-Am Youth Chess Championships 2009, Mar Del Plata, Argentina. I will be playing in Under-8 section as the official representative from US.

My training included a mix of chess studies, physical exercises and mental preparation. For past five weeks I have been doing 5-6 hours of chess training everyday with very few exceptions.

Running 20-30 minutes every morning to help me increase my stamina. Pan-Am would have two games a day. I hope to keep myself in top shape for the second game of the day.

Chess studies included: solving tactics from book, End games problems, compositions and studying GM games. Self study was a large part of my preparation however I did get plenty of coaching sessions as well.

I will be departing on 14th morning and arriving at Mar del Plata on 15th afternoon.

Some information links for the event Pan -Am:

I hope to keep you all posted.

Wish me luck!

10 comments:

Unknown said...

Go Tanuj!

ASHASV said...

hey Tanuj!!!

Wishing you GOOD LUCK!!

Way to Go KIddo!

Sindhu Aunty

Amod said...

Tanuj . . . Tanuj . . . Tanuj . . .

Hear the noise? Its coming from India :) :)

Go beta! We know you will bring back glory!

Amod, Archana, Arushi

Unknown said...

WAY TO GO TANUJ!! ALL THE BEST AND LOTS OF LOVE Renu Aunty

Anjul Katare said...

Dear Tanuj,

All the best fro whole of CBS family!! May you bag the gold and come!!

Cheers,
Anjul

Unknown said...

Good Luck Tanuj.

Michael Aigner said...

Way to go Tanuj!!!

Michael Aigner said...

You're the top story on my blog now. Best of skill, plus a sprinkling of luck too! :-)

http://fpawn.blogspot.com

Varun Pasapula said...

Hi Tanuj its me varun, Great news we are so happy.I am proud of you.See you soon.

Your Friend
Varun

Anjul Katare said...

Congratulations Tanuj!!!!!

You have done it!!

Cheers!!
Anjul Uncle