Aim each move in chess for better results: Nebolsina
V.V. Subrahmanyam
World Junior Chess Champion coaches select players in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: World junior chess champion Vera Nebolsina of Russia arrived in India, without her baggage, from Russia via Qatar, thanks to the indifference of the airlines. But, the articulate chess prodigy was not short of interest while giving valuable tips to select players at the Cyber Chess Academy in the city on Thursday.
Within hours on arrival, Nebolsina was engaged in simultaneous chess with whom she strongly believes to be future champions, given the talent in them. Unlike many of her Russian counterparts, she is fluent in English. “Well, I was in China for two years to pursue my University studies before going back home. I am a student of International Relations in Novosibirsk State Technical University in my hometown,” she said.
Interestingly, Nebolsina is happy to be in the State from where World No.2 Koneru Humpy hails. “I rate her as the strongest woman player, and [she] will win the world championship very soon. She is an exceptional player with great skills in positional and strategic play,” she said.
What made this Russian champion to come to the city? “Well, two years ago, during a tournament in Portugal, IM Lanka Ravi mooted this idea,” says the world junior champion. “Coaching is not new to me, having watched my mother run the Academy for quite some time now,” says Nebolsina, who will fly back to Delhi for an international tournament next month.
“Every player should remember that each piece on the chess board has its own value and every move should only enhance that for better results,” is Nebolsina’s philosophy. “I was taken by surprise by some of the moves these young kids came up against me. They just need to put in hard work and more exposure to be much better players,” she said. “Essentially, they should dream big, work hard to achieve the goals,” signed off the Russian before another round of simultaneous chess.
Lanka Ravi, the first International Master from Andhra Pradesh who runs the Academy, hopes that this wonderful camp by Nebolsina will only see him produce many more champions.
Source: http://www.hindu.com
She’s hot
This young chess player has a new fan in me! Her talking about Koneru’s chess acuity is not forgotten, thankfully even given her loss at the world championship.
Go Koneru! Go Vera Nebolsina!
I have high hopes for Koneru, Nakamura, Anand for the year 2011.
P.S. New Vid is up about Koneru’s chess and beauty!
Happy New Year!
From that angle she looks like Dakota Fanning.
This is an old photo taken in China 2005 or 2006.
“From that angle she looks like Dakota Fanning.”
What, 12 years old?
Sorry, the photo was taken in 2005 at the “3 Arrows Cup 2005”, a World Ladies Tournament held in Jinan, China.
See what reporter, Ali Nihat Yazici, from Turkey, said about Hou Yifan at the time, “As a journalist, president and chess person I must draw your attention to this young lady, Miss Hou Yifan. Take a good look at her – we are introducing you to a future women’s world champion. Hou is just eleven years old, and her official rating is 2158. But her performance in Jinan was 2400. She is a great talent and I predict that she may soon become the youngest GM in the world. Not WGM, but GM!”
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2346
He is really a prophet!! She became the youngest GM in 2008, and now, a women’s world champion!