Chess one of my most favourite hobby, I love learning about it, how much?[I can talk about it for hours] It encourages me to critically think; thinking far ahead, being creative with your moves and knowing how others think as well. It is an amazing game, as mentioned before I try to practice and learn more about chess at least an hour a day. One of my most favourite chess player, Vassily Ivanchuk, ever since I saw how he played, it baffled me how much creativity he has. One of my most favourite games played by Ivanchuk [often called Chuky] was his game against the then World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov. It was an excellent game, it contradicts the rules/guidelines of chess and it is simply phenomenal. In the game Ivanchuk had the white pieces and Kasparov had the black, only several moves in the game Chuky exchanged his bishops for Garry's knights. In the chess world, this can be considered as a huge advantage to give to the World Champion[giving him the bishop pair]. However, as the game progresses the advantage that was thought Kasparov had, was crushed and crumbled to pieces. Quite simply the bishops of Kasparov became quite possibly the worst bishop pair in the history of chess as the bishops were on the last rank of the board while the king was in front. It was an amazing achievement by Vassily Ivanchuk; there are quite a lot of stories about Vassily Ivanchuk more than any chess players as I would say, some say 'One a great day, when Ivanchuk is on his best, he can beat any chessplayers whatever the time format.'
He is a big inspiration and is a big reason why I play chess as much as I do now. For that I thank Ivanchuk along with some of my other favourite chess players; like that of Mikhail Tal, Rashid Nezhmedinov, Maximillian Ujtelky, etc.
I am a student at in Uru MÄnuka. In 2020 I was a year 9 and in 2021 I will be a year 10. This is a place where I will be able to share my learning with you. Please note....some work won't be edited - just my first drafts, so there may be some surface errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas.
Kamusta Axle!
ReplyDeleteWow, I didn't know there were so many interesting things about chess! I can tell through your writing that this is something you are truly passionate about; your excitement comes through the screen! I left a similar comment to Joseph about how I learned to play chess from my Year 4 teacher. I am not a very talented chess player, like you mentioned how you need to think ahead and think critically about the game, I just don't "see" it like some players do, but I enjoy playing just for fun! I am thankful that teacher shared his passion with our class otherwise I might not have learned how to play.
When did you decide to learn chess? What inspired you?
- Miss Birtch
Hello Miss Birtch,
Deletethank you for commenting on my blog post; I have learned to play chess when I was around 5 years of age. My grandfather taught me how to play chess back then. However my real understanding of chess came more than 6 years later, when I was 11 years old. It was more or less a coincidence, being in Hornby Highschool on rainy days, staying inside, I would play chess with some of the people that I know. Slowly and surely I took chess as a passion, joing the chess team previous to this year was an eye opener for me. Since then I began to try and learn more about this sport. It has only been lately [this year] that I began to see more moves ahead and having an extensive knowledge in it; since the last competition/chess tournament I have been more comitted to get better and improve. As mentioned, most of my inspiration came from the great chess players that I have come across in learning of chess, as well as having been inspired to further more pusrsue this sport and become a 'master'and international player in this field.
Kia ora Axle, thank you for responding to my comment! I am very impressed that you have been able to refine your skills and passion in such a short amount of time. It truly shows that commitment and hardwork can pay off! Very well done.
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