C V Raman Chess Competition
Finally the day came when Rekha and me took 6 kids from Gurappanpalya to a all Bangalore Chess Competition( on 12th April ). We asked the kids to be ready and come out to the main road by 8.30, so that we could pick them up and take them to the competition.
8.30 - 8.45 - 8.50 - 8.55 .. no signs of the children.. calls to their home reveal that they are coming to the main road via a short cut.. God DAmn ! which shortcut.. we know this area for 2-3 years now.. I dont know the short cut that the mother is speaking about.. we take two full rounds on the bannergatta road, checking and rechecking where could we have missed the children..
9.00 am , we see a bunch of neatly dressed children.. with black shoes.. polished and shining et all.. the excitement on their faces was infectious .. and we soon forgot our anger about them meeting us on time..
The following children in the order of their age were there for the competition ..
Nishant ( 8 year old )-- Played under 10 category Vignesh ( 12 year old )-- Played under 14 category Renuka ( 12 year old )-- Played under 14 category Vinod ( 13 year old )-- Played under 14 category Prabhu ( 14 year old ) -- Played in the open category ( above 18 )Saraswati ( 18 year old ) -- Played in the open category ( above 18 )
Each of the children played 5 matches each..
None of them won any, but I was proud to see that Saraswati and Vinod came close to winning 2-3 matches..
Stupid Nishant , needs to mature a little more.. he would lose his games in 3-4 moves.. lol... it was real funny and frustrating to see that.. the funny part is, this guy is so sharp, that he remembered the matches where he lost - and the next week, when we were playing in the slum, he used the same moves to defeat the other kids in the slum.. !.. but its really difficult to get him to concentrate.. !.. he will want to go the temple, and to play with other kids in the middle of the game..
The best part of the competition was that the kids got an exposure to how the chess competitions are .. and the seriousness they need to get into their practice.. And the defeat didnt put the children or us down..
In fact, we are sure, that in the next monthly competition, we will be one of the top playing teams here.. !
Special thanks to Rekha's Coach ( Rekha - sorry I dont know his name ) , who organises this competition , and his wife Jayanti , who sponsored the children for the competition.
posted by Veena at 2:50 PM
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