Priyadarshan Banjan
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I sell stuff like companies and tea | working for @nihalsarin | previously: @akshayakalpa @chessbase @ChessbaseIndia @aicfchess
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Hi
@VBkramnik
, please name the player in question and maybe play him in a f2f esport format match to satisfy your curiosity. I can sponsor the prize fund on the condition that the winner gets 100% of the prize money. cc
@chesscom
Following my new video and chesscom report on completely regular "upsets" there, hope would not upset researchers with this peace of statistics
Some player has played since beginning of the year 35 games against top ten FIDE players, 3min without increment. Opponents were 👇
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When I was younger I wanted to play chess really badly.
And after years of dedicated efforts and countless hours of practice, I can now play chess really badly.
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Happy birthday
@vishy64theking
!
Here is an article with some rare photos from childhood and lots of interesting tactics:
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Work never finishes. You can keep finding ideas to work on. At some point you have to just stop. -
@NihalSarin
, Sept. 2021
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It is an honour to work for
@NihalSarin
. Great boss. Kind person. Insanely gifted.
#Akshayakalpa
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On this day in 2015, I visited
@NihalSarin
's house for the first time. Life changing moment.
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On this day in 2017,
@vishy64theking
became the World Rapid Chess Champion silencing many a journalists and chess experts who gave negative comments never quite understandomg what made the man a legend in the first place.
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Mostly the journey is pain and suffering. Sometimes, just sometimes, it all feels worth it. Frikkin worth it. Congrats
@NihalSarin
!
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Is it safe to say 100K+ people watched LIVE across streams as
@NihalSarin
took on MVL in the
#SpeedChess
Match in 3 hours in English, Hindi, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German?
#Akshayakalpa
@chesscom_in
@chesscom
@ChessbaseIndia
@chess24com
@nsrinath69
@GM_Hess
@DanielRensch
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Well I guess it's normal for
@NihalSarin
to beat World No 7 in a three hour
#SpeedChess
match and be indifferent about it.
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To those flaying Nepo, note that the first time Kasparov played a World Championship match, he was 5 games down to nothing at some point.
#CarlsenNepo
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I am sure i will die early with all the stress.
@nihalsarin
@ChessbaseIndia
@nsrinath69
#Akshayakalpa
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This incident described by
@sagarchess1
is very real. I knew I would live a life but on this day I figured out why.
@NihalSarin
@ChessbaseIndia
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Honest question to
@chesscom
@chess24com
@FIDE_chess
- the Online Olympiad, Jr Speed Chess Chp, Polgar+Kramnik tour, and the Magnus tour clash in the same period. All these clash with Opens and other big events OTB.
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So it's
#FathersDay
today. Probably a good time to tell this story of
@NihalSarin
's father - Dr Sarin.
In 2013, there was a World Youth in Al Ain in December 2013. The last date to pay the fees and register was somewhere around September 2013.
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What a talent. She needs to be nurtured.
Divya Deshmukh becomes the 22nd Woman Grandmaster of India
Final WGM and second IM-norm in her comeback tournament
➡️
📷
@amrutamokal
#Chess
#ChessBaseIndia
#WomanGrandmaster
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Honestly not caring about elo and ranking and whatever, but I'm just happy that he is playing at a good level. And if future is going to be better than this... boy what a player he will become.
@NihalSarin
@chess24com
@ChessbaseIndia
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He is blessed with insane talent, sure, but it is also a very deliberate, diligent focus on learning intuitively that makes
@NihalSarin
so good. This is by design, not mere coincidence.
@chesscom
@chesscom_in
#Akshayakalpa
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It's an honor to know that my favourite chess teacher online and the highest rated Paul Morphy fan on the planet
@ben_finegold
is a fan of
@NihalSarin
.
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He tends to level up when the chips are down.
@NihalSarin
of
@indian_yogis
doing a Dhoni yesterday in
@PROChessLeague
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So I just came across this masterpiece drawn by
@NihalSarin
and his sister from 2016 trying to describe my love for eating chicken.
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You don't actually miss the place you leave behind. You actually miss the people you had experienced that place with.
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This is Deepak Ade. He was my first chess coach and taught me for free. These people have no idea how they casually change lives - butterfly effect maybe?
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If you keep trying stuff without giving up, with a general goal in mind, things tend to work out! Excited to see the next one-two months of
@NihalSarin
's chess tournaments!
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I think Chess benefits if all stakeholders plan a common schedule with even an off season part of it, no?
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And ok, younger players can manage for a while but how long - last year
@NihalSarin
already played the Asian Teams in the first half and Cap d'Agde after midnight. It's not good if we divide the viewership without a plan. It's someone's job to build a common schedule?
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It feels like a lifetime has passed working for
@NihalSarin
. And the fun part is that he is only 17 yet.
When we set out, this screenshot was a distant dream. I didn't know a penny's worth of PR, forget PR that makes one an adjective.
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Happy birthday
@vishy64theking
. Not just for your games but also for making multiple players’ careers and building a chess economy!
An article from an old series:
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Also note that Vishy -- after losing 2013 match by minus 3 -- went on to win the 2014 Candidates.
Let's give Nepo some respect.
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Did you know that singer SP Balasubramaniam had pitched in with last min sponsorship for the Madras Colts team to play in the 1983 Indian Team Chess Championships. On board 1 was a teenage
@vishy64theking
who then went on to beat an IM for the first time. And the rest is history.
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Hope
@NihalSarin
does well today! Too stressful for me so I think I will just try and get some sleep.
#SpeedChess
#Akshayakalpa
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India's approach to sports is funny. Big talks by people who have the power to pay our athletes, bu no action by them. Don't pay athletes with your words. They need money. To play, to train, to live a decent life. Stop paying them with words and SM posts.
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Sometimes I find it unbelievable that most of the big wins I was lucky to be part of started with a simple email written with hope.
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Just earned my ice cream
Off to Serbia. Will play Silver Lake Open, and Serbian Open before heading to Russia for the 2021 World Cup.
#Akshayakalpa
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Just awesome and a very proud moment. Already part of the Grand Prix but don't you stop
@viditchess
! Go for the big one!
By advancing to the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Cup, Vidit Gujrathi 🇮🇳 and Sam Shankland 🇺🇸 booked their places in the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix Series.
But if they reach the
#FIDEWorldCup
final, then instead of the Grand Prix they'll qualify directly for the Candidates!
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Had I not done this, I guess wouldn't have even come close to getting the opportunities I got...
@ChessBase
,
@ChessbaseIndia
, being there doing that when
@akshayakalpa
scaled to become a subscription GIANT. And then that day in 2015 when i visited the house of
@NihalSarin
...
@sahilypatel
I ran away from my home in 2013 dropping out of college and CA. First job- labourer for a caterer for 100 bucks a day. Got some money and bought a shirt and pant for 30 bucks. Second job was cold calling and selling health insurance in a BPO in Hyderabad. Life can only get better
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My default choice to watch matches on Hotstar is English but today I discovered that Hindi commentary has Ashish Nehra and
@cricketaakash
... Now Hindi is my default. Fan request - Bring VVS Laxman as well
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After 2020, one really has no choice but actually wish for a happy new year.
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Hiring - Graphic Designers, Content Writers, Digital Marketers. Multiple positions open. Remote. Email with portfolio to hello
@tal64
.com (portfolio compulsory or no reply).
@tal64media
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@sahilypatel
I ran away from my home in 2013 dropping out of college and CA. First job- labourer for a caterer for 100 bucks a day. Got some money and bought a shirt and pant for 30 bucks. Second job was cold calling and selling health insurance in a BPO in Hyderabad. Life can only get better
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Almost 6 years I have been working with him and we have had countless arguments and fights but it always, ALWAYS, ends with a smile and take care.
I don't think we have ever been angry at each other for more than 5 minutes.
What a father!
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I was there to conduct an interview for a website we made public the next day:
@ChessbaseIndia
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I don't know how folks enjoy get togethers online. I am meeting many of my friends f2f after ages here in Chennai at the
#ChessOlympiad
and I just can't imagine this quality of fun online.
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And that's how he learns and improves. Very simple. Yet not that simple. Takes hours, years of moving the flywheel to eventually gain momentum.
.
@NihalSarin
~ I fell for this idea in an online Blitz game.
Thanks to my team
@nsrinath69
and others for this idea that won me the semi-final game in the
@FIDE_chess
World Rapid Championship.
Watch Live ➡️
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Looking to hire generalist content writers (can dabble between copywriting, blog posts, etc.). Works based on Saas clients as well as young DTC brands selling globally. Lot of room to learn and grow into much bigger roles. Remote work.
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Parham Maghsoodloo after losing the last round at the 2016 World Junior Championships in India.
Today he becomes the World Junior Champion after a long wait in Gebze, Turkey. How strong has he become in the last two years!
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So he decided to use up all the funds he had to make the Al Ain trip and paid the fees. This was September 2013. The plan was to just go and enjoy without any pressure or expectations. Have fun.
He is still having fun.
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Hiring graphic designers and content writers. Multiple positions open across multiple projects. Chess players/fans preferred.
@tal64media
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At that time Dr Sarin used to think that World Youth is some kind of a final level -- he had no clue about GM norms, IM norms, international tournaments, etc. He used to think those things are mere dreams for Nihal.
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Nihal will enter the June list with 2606. That should make him India No. 9, World No. 215 (approx). He is already 2654 in Blitz, making him India No. 3 and World No. 84 there. It has been a long journey, but very small and insignificant compared to what lies ahead.
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The cost was amounting to almost Rs 1.5 lakhs and back then that is all Dr Sarin had in hand. He thought well, we never know if Nihal will ever get a chance to play in a professional tournament abroad.
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A big congratulations to the ferocious Alireza Firouzja for becoming a Grandmaster! His playing style is reminiscent of
@vishy64theking
of the yore.
@chesscom
@chess24com
@ChessBase
@TarjeiJS
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All cultural revolutions begin with a set of people deciding to take matters into their own hands.
@sagarchess1
@amrutamokal
@nikchess
Congratulations
@ChessbaseIndia
on completing 5 years. Thanks for the support you provided me with tools and software especially when I needed it. Starting from making stuff available to Indian players at affordable prices to backing players in need. Keep powering chess in India.
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Magnus is GOAT. There is so much to learn for us mortals by just thinking about how he plays... on how to approach your own work. Incredible.
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Hiring young and hungry folks willing to learn marketing practically. If you want to learn how to build a float driven business from scratch for our inhouse brands, working alongside a quality growth team, DM your portfolio and let's get chatting!
@tal64media
#tal64
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It's also a good moment to thank the folks who support him.
@tatatrusts
from 2015 to 2018, and
@akshayakalpa
from 2019, continuing.
Actions speak louder than words.
The wider world doesn't know him yet. That will change very soon.
@FIDE_chess
@ChessbaseIndia
@chesscom_in
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If i remember correct I took this picture in Bhubaneswar. They were around 2350-2400 back then.
We will now have 8 players at the FIDE World Cup 2021.
@FIDE_chess
president
@advorkovich
awards wild cards to two of India's best talents
@NihalSarin
and
@rpragchess
for the World Cup 2021 to be held in Sochi, Russia from 10th of July to 3rd of August.
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6-year-old
@vishy64theking
! Mumma's boy at heart. Vishy is a testimony to the power of mother's love.
@ChessbaseIndia
@chesscom_in
@chesscom
@chess24
@ChessBase
@venkatachalamk1
@OlimpiuUrcan
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Quite proud of my boy
@NihalSarin
! But okay, he has only begun.
@ChessbaseIndia
@chess24com
@chesscom_in
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The 'former' prodigy is on fire.
@NihalSarin
's trainer
@nsrinath69
wins his 2nd tournament in 2 months! Wins Faroes Open 2018 for the second successive year! This happens a couple of months after winning Kolkata Open. Live rating: 2565.
@ChessbaseIndia
@scroll_in
@chesscom_in
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But when you keep persevering, magic does begin to happen.
There is a long way to go. It is a dream to see him become a household name a la the cricket icons. And to make that happen is one of my personal inspirations for starting
@tal64media
.
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First time ever in a Gym. I regret every minute of it already. This better be useful.
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The quality of performance marketing talent available in the market is depressing. Is anyone with a consumer marketing background interested in learning it end to end with me? Won't waste your time. And salary and perks will be good.
@tal64media
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Looking for a Performance Marketing Exec/Intern. Have been at it for 3+ years. Focus areas: FB ads, Google Ads, Landing Pages, SEO, ASO, writing Ad copies, Messaging tools like Moengage, WhatsApp. Fun to be had while building a new market (Chennai) from scratch.
@akshayakalpa
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Stuck in traffic at Silk Board and a person on a scooty goes, 'Hey Siri, call George.' It still continues to amaze me how far we have come.
@peakbengaluru
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Re-reading this classic to understand food business better. Building an enterprise is no different from building a sports team. Love the mental preparation that goes behind starting new ones.
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.
@akshayakalpa
has been using chess as a medium to communicate its message to the younger generation for some years now. In this picture from 2018, a child is solving a puzzle from the game of
@vishy64theking
in a tournament organized by us.
#Akshayakalpa
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People talk.
@sagarchess1
walks the talk.
And a 🔥🔥🔥 October continues Chess super league starts 11th. Incredible lineup, great format, It’s going to be one hell of a week!
@sagarchess1
and
@ReheSamay
giving Improving Chess a whole new meaning!
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There was a bomb scare in Hotel Cosmos, venue of Aeroflot Open 2019 while the games were in progress. All the players were evacuated outside of the hotel immediately after to a nearby school. The situation seems to be in control now, though. 1/2
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