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5 Chess Blogs and Resources Every Beginner Should Follow

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5 Chess Blogs and Resources Every Beginner Should Follow

They say practice and perseverance make a person perfect. True that is and if you are venturing out to develop a new skill, you need more than these two attributes to consistently get better at what you intend to do. Precisely, you need the right exposure, mentorship and information about your interest to stay updated about it, learn trivia, interesting things only people within the circle of your interest would know, tips and tricks and what not! This specifically holds true for a game like chess, which cannot be confined to a book.

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Congratulations to the Manasvi & Jesslyn for 2nd place in Girls Category of the TBSA Rapid Chess Tournament

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Congratulations to the Manasvi & Jesslyn for 2nd place in Girls Category of the TBSA Rapid Chess Tournament

We're extremely thrilled to see our top performing students - Manasvi & Jesslyn score well in today's TBSA Rapid Chess Tournament. Jesslyn secured 2nd place in Girls category of U8 with a score of 5/7 Rounds, while Manasvi secured 6/7 in her U10 Category, securing 2nd place as well. Congratulations to both students in today's tournament performance and we wish them the best successes in their future chess tournaments.

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Have you Read Knights and Horses from Mind Mentorz Yet?

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Have you Read Knights and Horses from Mind Mentorz Yet?

At Mind Mentorz, we have always been channelizing our energy on walking you through the positive impact chess can bring in to your life. Be it through our classes, conversations or blog posts, we have emphasized the importance of training your mind with chess for the development of analytical and strategic skills that will complement your goals and aspirations.

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Manasvi Secures 1st Place in the Girls Category of the 15th BNCF Monthly Chess Tournament - U10 Category

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Manasvi Secures 1st Place in the Girls Category of the 15th BNCF Monthly Chess Tournament - U10 Category

There were a total of 62 Participants in the 15th BNCF Chess Tournament that took place in BEL Officers Club, Bangalore. After a total of 7 Rounds, Manasvi managed to secure the 1st place in her category (U10)  after she successfully managed to secure a 5.5/7 Rounds. The team at Mind Mentorz would like to congratulate Manasvi on a remarkable performance and wish her the best for her future chess tournaments.

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Basic Chess Terms & Definitions Every Beginner Should Know

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Basic Chess Terms & Definitions Every Beginner Should Know

If you are a beginner and chess aspirant, chances are high that you are doing all that takes to get better at your games. From reading about chess basics and strategies to watching videos and going through expert tutorials online, you are indulging in all aspects of training in chess.

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Types of Checkmates Every Chess Player Should Know

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Types of Checkmates Every Chess Player Should Know

As chess players, we all yearn for that perfect moment we can trap our opponents, strangle them with pieces and watch them slowly give up to their helplessness. Ah, what a sight! However, reaching up to that  point is not easy and sometimes, we tend to make a few minor miscalculations or give into carelessness that backfires our strategies for a perfect checkmate.

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The Greatest Chess Games of All Times

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The Greatest Chess Games of All Times

Over the last few decades, mankind has been fortunate to witness some really intense moments that have earned a permanent name for themselves in history. There have been some great moments in the history of chess, where one masterstroke have turned players into legends and tournaments into historic milestones. Be it the games involving Anderssen and Dufresene, Kasparov, Vishwanathan Anand or Deep Blue, there are some greatest games in chess that looked back in awe in the decades to come.

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Jesslyn Jinisha placest 1st in U7 Category of the IIFL Wealth Regional Qualifying U13 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament

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Jesslyn Jinisha placest 1st in U7 Category of the IIFL Wealth Regional Qualifying U13 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament

Jesslyn Jinisha - student of Mind secured a score of 5/9 Rounds in the FIDE Rated Chess tournament that concluded on Dec 16th, 2017. She managed to win against two rated opponents and also secure a draw against another rated opponent for the very first time in a single tournament. She not only finished in the first place of the U7 category, but also confirms a new FIDE Rating for herself. The team at Mind Mentorz are very proud of her new achievement and wish her all the best in her future successes with chess tournaments.

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6 Tips to get Better at Chess

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6 Tips to get Better at Chess

Like any other game, you can become better at chess by constant practicing. This is an evolutionary game, where you not just learn newer ways of winning a game but evolve after every match as well. If winning in chess teaches you about your opponent’s mistake, losing can teach you yours. With literally several thousands of probabilities to the game, you cannot just come up with a pattern and device algorithms to tackle chess and win using a textbook approach. It takes constant development of skills including strategizing, consequential analysis, manipulation, grabbing the right opportunity at the right time and foreseeing actions to get better at chess.

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5 Best Endgame Tactics Every Beginner Should Know

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5 Best Endgame Tactics Every Beginner Should Know

So, you’ve played or opening game really well. You had strategies in place and worked on implementing them. You had even managed manipulate your opponent into tricking a few moves to your advantage and took a significant leave. But then, things seemed like getting rattled. With just a few pieces left for both of you, somewhere you feel you can’t win because you are not sure how to tactically move your remaining pieces towards victory and the opponent is starting to gain an upper hand.

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Manasvi secures 1st place in U7 Category of the 9th BRDCA FIDE Rated Chess Tournament

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Manasvi secures 1st place in U7 Category of the 9th BRDCA FIDE Rated Chess Tournament

here were a total of 234 Participants in the 9th BRDCA FIDE Rated chess tournament that took place in Virginia Mall, Whitefield, Bangalore. After a total of 8 Rounds over 5 days, Manasvi managed to secure the 1st place in her category (U7) and possibly achieving her brand new FIDE Rating after she successfully managed to secure a win and draw against two FIDE Rated opponents. Meanwhile, our coaches from Mind Mentorz - Praveen & Pradeep also participated in this event and finished with scores of 5.5 pts and 5 pts.

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Why your kids should start playing chess and you should too!

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Why your kids should start playing chess and you should too!

Over the last couple of posts, we’ve been emphasizing the importance of training your mind with chess. We brought up personal experiences, discussed how it could help you understand and approach the stock market and more. However, today, we would love to shed light on how chess could have a positive influence in our daily lives especially for kids. Today’s kids are far more matured and advance than how we were. The amount of exposure they have to information and content is incredible and by the time they’re seven, they know what they’re talking about.

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Chess: Why it isn't just a game!

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Chess: Why it isn't just a game!

There are two approaches to life – either life teaches you lessons or we act proactively, sense things, think a couple of steps in advance and learn from things that could happen. This is called interpretation and it plays a crucial role in shaping our intellect and traits. While an egoistic mind shuns every possible opportunity to learn, a wise mind creates opportunities to evolve from within.

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Student at Mind Mentorz - Jesslyn Jinisha places 1st in the U7 Category of the 2nd RK Chess Club's Chess Championship

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Student at Mind Mentorz - Jesslyn Jinisha places 1st in the U7 Category of the 2nd RK Chess Club's Chess Championship

Jesslyn Jinisha secured 1st place in the FIDE Rated Chess tournament with a score of 4.5 pts. It was a wonderful exposure for her as she got the opportunity to play against many FIDE Rated players and as well as a WCM (Titled Player) in the last round. Her performance rating ended at 1082, with an overall standing of 126th place out of 265 participants.

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Chess and Trading - What chess can teach you about investments and calculated returns

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Chess and Trading - What chess can teach you about investments and calculated returns

It has made the lives of millions of people out there and has managed to bring down the economies of some of the most promising countries as well. Stock markets are perhaps some of the most volatile things man has ever managed to come up with. While many people know the tactics of how to play along and make money, there are thousands out there who are yet to understand the basics of stock market and the intricacies therein.On this blog post, we will shed some light on how the game of chess can actually open your eyes to the logic and the abstract behind stock market and prepare you mentally to take the concept to your advantage. This blog is not on trading or how to trade using chess but the preparation and understanding behind it.

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Children's Chess Tournament @ Mind Mentorz (Nov 26th)

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Children's Chess Tournament @ Mind Mentorz (Nov 26th)

We are hosting our 2nd Chess Tournament at Mind Mentorz for our students this month on November 26th (Sunday). As the capacity of the academy is limited, registrations are available on a first-come first serve basis. We encourage you to enroll your child for the tournament which will be a very good format for him/her to practice tournament etiquette and follow FIDE chess rules correctly. We look forward to a healthy competition at Mind Mentorz

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A Game that shows Why AI can Never Dominate Humans

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A Game that shows Why AI can Never Dominate Humans

The Terminator franchise, The Matrix, I, Robot, Ex Machina, Transformers and more, mankind has always been fascinated by the thought of machines taking over humans. While man has always intended to feel God if not become one, there has always been an intention running parallel in our minds to develop something beyond the understanding of the human mind; to develop intuition, emotions, and intelligence on machines – artificially.

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6 Life Lessons I’ve Learned from Chess

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6 Life Lessons I’ve Learned from Chess

64 squares and 32 pieces – it was all that it took for me to learn some of the most priceless lessons on life. They say anything could jus probable walk into your life and teach you some lessons that you will carry forward to eternity. For some it was humans in the form of relationships, money for a few, jobs and work for others, and books and experiences for the rest. But for me, it was the game of Chess. No institution, school or college has ever taught me things that I learnt from playing the game. Playing either alone or with an opponent, there have been innumerable epiphanies over matches and I made sure I wrote them down and interpreted them in a way that would help me evolve as a player and as a person.

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