Amateurish musings

My first post on Chess.
Statutory warning :    I am an avowed amateur player !

I played this game almost three yrs ago, in my 10th grade. Although the game ( or the opponent ) may not seem ( why ‘may’, it IS NOT ) that mature, but I love this match to rewind again and again for two reasons. First, this is my first victory against any chess program. Second, the wisdom of this game has helped me win many matches on this line. Now I start my every game as white by 1 e4 ( the Polgar style ).
This game is played against a monotonous chess program called ‘KChess’. It knows only to attack. The interface even doesn’t have the option to flip the board ! I scrapped it long ago. Now I play in Chessmaster 9000. To an amateur like me, it’s ‘gola’ ( ISI lingo ! ).
Anyway, the match.

White : Subha (me), Black : KChess.
Opening : French-ish.

1 e4 e6 2 e5 Nc6 3 d4 Bb4+
Why on earth? Fianchettoing it is maybe a good option.

4 c3 Ba5 5 b4 Bb6 6 b5 Nce7 7 Nf3 c6 8 Ng5 f6
Black is trying hard, and my play violates the basic opening principles.

9 Ne4 Bc7
Otherwise the Kt was headed for d6.

10 f4 fxe5 11 fxe5 cxb5 12 Bxb5 a6 13 Bd3
Maintains the advanced pawn and gives white light bishop a good outpost. Typical of the French.

13 … Nd5 14 O-O
Taking control of the dangerously open f-file.

14 … g6
Inexplicable. The program should’ve figured out the oncoming assault.

15 Bg5 Nge7 16 Nf6+ Nxf6 17 exf6 O-O 18 fxe7 Rxf1 19 Qxf1 Qe8 20 Qf6 Bd6
Only line that gives black ‘less’ loss. A mini-zugzwang !

21 Nd2 Bxe7 22 Qxe7 Qxe7 23 Bxe7 1-0
Of course these chess programs don’t resign and it dragged along the game. But it is not worth to mention anymore.

A feel-good day …

Midsems.

Although  cannot term it ‘excellent’, it went well, the comp exam of sem 2 ( actually, better call it the numerical analysis exam ). Feeling good after the last exam, which didn’t go as i’d have wished. Actually, to be frank, took it lightly, and didn’t solve much problems for it.

Meanwhile, knew today that have got the KVPY SB stream scholarship, alongwith 3 other guys in our class. It’s a good stat from the insti, considering that our batch has only ten students, and 8 among them sat for the written test, and importantly, all four who qualified for the interview finally got selected.

 It means am now sitting pretty on three of UG scholarships, the NTS and JBNSTS being the others ( my long cherished dream ). Obviosly, have to choose one, and surely I’ll go for KVPY. The NTS is too much toil for too little, and I’ll continue to participate in other programs of JBNSTS, like projects et al.

Prob exam comes next, friday.

( Um, the  ‘encompassing all’ thing of this blog is not holding up lately. Maybe writing too much on myself and around. Should write on some general topic very soon. )

Happy Bhalentine’s Day !

That’s how it’s been called in our BHOS ( Boys’ hostel, for muggles ) this yr.

This day for me, as usual. No nagging feelings anymore, as it had been last yr, or the yr before, for not having a ‘valentine’. There has been someone, for some 3-4 yrs, but, um … she’s more of an idealized feeling now. One fine winter morn it started, it made me impatient, but now I don’t complain anymore. I know she is just a couple of phone calls away, but … let it be so forever.

Princess, I don’t know what i’ll do if I meet you sometime in future. You needn’t be mine, you’re free.  But, I’ll remain yours, ever.

Back !

It’s been long since my last post. The week has been pretty hectic.

1. Only a week remains between me and midsem. This time i know i am more than ready for it, but yet, again, other commitments are keeping me away from studies. Must, must make everything ready in next week. Positively.

2. Chess tourney match organized by the R.S. hostel here coming up. My first competitive chess match. More than excited. At present i deserve to get a rating around 1800. Yet, those unexplicable moments which i forever despise, and which lose me the game.

3. My T.T. performance was becoming pretty ordinary. Started  to play with the chinese penhold grip just yesterday, and by today i can hit smashes quite well ( only speed is less, but i have the topspin ), and the backspin chops are working as well. What suffered is backhand. Only blocks and pushes now. I intend to shift back to european grip later, after my game develops a bit more.

P.S. Beside other subjects, you’ll see posts on chess in this blog now on.