As I promised, today, I am going to share with you, more information and photos from my past seminars in Vellore and Chennai.
My first-ever lecture session for a large audience and the first-ever seminar about chess in Vellore took place on 17 October. Chess players, not only from Tamil Nadu, but also from other southern states of India like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, and Karnataka took part in this seminar.
Also, I came to know that this was the first time that a chess Grandmaster is visiting Vellore.
Additionally, you can read the news articles published in “
The Hindu” newspaper and
AICF (All India Chess Federation) Blog. Below is a part of the article published in “The Hindu”:
“GM Igor Smirnov said that a player should plan for the next move when the opponent is taking a long time pondering over his/her next move. He recalled that Viswanathan Anand won the world championship match against Veselin Topalov in 2010 by this strategy of planning his next move when the latter was pondering. 
Realising this, Topalov played fast without giving time for Anand to think, and in the process committed mistakes, which facilitated a win by Anand, he said. This again was a strategy of Anand, he said, bringing peals of laughter from the audience.”
Now let me share some interesting photos with you.
I really liked this card and I also thank everyone who wished me a happy birthday!
NOTE: Seats are limited, and only the first 150 registrants are allowed to play in the simul.