fm avari viraf Member since Sep-19-06 · Last seen Nov-19-09 I won the World Amateur Chess Championship Title & a Gold Medal for my country India at Hastings, England,in 1998. I won the Gujarat State Chess Championship Title five consecutive times without losing a single game. A State Record. I won the All India Open Chess Championship Title winning all the games through, which is an unsurpassable National Record. Represented the Gujarat State Chess Team in the National Chess Championship for more than a decade & got the most coveted National 'A' Grade. Participated in almost all the major Chess Tournaments in India & abroad & emerged as the Prize Winner. For nine consecutive years participated in the Chess Congress Tournaments at Hastings, England & won many Prizes. Also participated in the Commonwealth Chess Championship number of times. Apart from Chess, I was a Gujarat State Wrestling Champion, an athlete & played almost all the disciplines of Sports.During my Golden Era spanning from childhood to adulthood I won more than half a thousand Prizes in variegated disciplines of sports. A phenomenal feat by any criterion. First ever Chess player to be honoured & felicitated by the Gujarat State Government with the most prestigious " Gujarat State Eklavya Award " for being the best Sortsman of the year. I was felicitated by the Attorney General of India with the most distinquished "National Federation Excellence Award". I was also felicitated & honoured with numerous prestigious Awards such as "World Zoroastrian Organisation Award" "All India Sports Foundation Award" "Late P.D.Chinnoy Memorial Award" "The Pride Of Gujarat State Award" to name a few. On the 56th Republic Day Of India, I was felicitated & honoured with the most prestigious "Gujarat State Award" by the Hon'ble Governor & Chief Minister of Gujarat State for my unparallel services to the society in the firmament of Chess. For more than thirty-five years I have been rendering my services to the South Gujarat University Chess Team as a Chief Coach, Arbiter & Selector. I run my "Avari Chess Academy" in a small town of Valsad, Gujarat State, India, wherein my beloved wife Roshan & her dear sister Mrs Farida Ratansha Avari teach & promote Chess.

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Nov-18-09 V Belov vs S Knott, 2004    fm avari viraf: Indeed, a very thrilling & complex game till the very end. The pun is lovely!      Nov-03-09 Carlos Torre vs M Schapiro, 1924    fm avari viraf: A very entertaining game with lots of pyrotechnics!      Oct-30-09 H Munoz vs J Salazar, 1990    fm avari viraf: BLACK has a problem like win with 55...d3 56.cxd3 [ if 56.Kxe4 dxc2 ] 56...Rc4! 57.bxc4 c2 marching for coronation & Her New Majesty will spell disaster in White's feeble kingdom.      Oct-26-09 G Schnider vs A Wieser, 1994   fm avari viraf: Sometimes, the combinations flow by it self like a fountain. Here, White is simply crushed to dust after 15...Rxh3+ 16.gxh3 Qxh3+ 17.Kg1 Bf3 & mate next move.      Oct-26-09 R Itkelwar vs S Gujjelwar, 2008   fm avari viraf: To know Chess is not so important but to participate in such prestigious events is more important. Nowadays, it has become a fashion with many neophytes!      Oct-26-09 W Fuller vs L Basin, 1992    fm avari viraf: When you think, you are totally lost then you must try for a stalemate but you will be cursed by your adversary if you succeed as in this game.      Oct-26-09 G Garcia vs J Szmetan, 2001   fm avari viraf: Black's 14...Bc5 turns out to be a blunder since 15.Nh4 traps Her Majesty. Hence 14...Be7 looks fine.      Oct-26-09 L B Hoyos-Millan vs G Garcia, 1986   fm avari viraf: A highly tactical game with lots of sparkling pyrotechnics.      Oct-24-09 Salwe vs Chigorin, 1903   fm avari viraf: Instead of 16.Nd2 I think, Nh2 would be better giving his King some shelter.      Oct-23-09 G Kluger vs A Gunsberger, 1963   fm avari viraf: White is on a rampage, giving no respite to Black.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing > Aug-31-07    Marmot PFL: You have a very keen tactical sense for someone who did not learn the game until age 24 (at least your puzzle comments are usually right on the money). Most players who start at that age soon become frustrated at losing to players half their age and often quit. Nov-15-07    willyfly: Good luck to you on your venture. I will miss the contributions you make to the puzzle forum. I always read your comments. Look forward to your return. Sep-06-08    Artar1: <We need your vote in our Battle of the Brains2 game. Can you vote right now? The team needs you. Thanks!> Jan-24-09    Stonehenge: Happy birthday! Jul-12-09    YoungEd: Dear FM Avari Viraf, Thank you for your many posts on cg, which I enjoy. I hope you will forgive a question--to what do you attribute your high level of success despite having learned the moves at a comparatively late age? Offhand, I can't think of anyone else who attained a master level but did not learn to play as a child. Best wishes, YoungEd Sep-30-09    hedgeh0g: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph... Sep-30-09    ILikeFruits: hello mr... hedgehog... Sep-30-09    hedgeh0g: Fruits! good to... see you... Sep-30-09    ILikeFruits: indeed... Sep-30-09    I Like Fish: hello everybody... all is a riddle... and the key to a riddle... is another riddle... Oct-01-09    ILikeFruits: hello fish... what is... the riddle... Oct-02-09    I Like Fish: hello fruits... it is everything to someone... and nothing to everyone else... what is it... Oct-02-09    hedgeh0g: is it... someone?... Oct-03-09    I Like Fish: hello hedge... nice try... but no... Oct-03-09    hedgeh0g: is it... one's mind?... Oct-03-09    I Like Fish: yes indeed... it certainly is... Oct-03-09    hedgeh0g: i have to admit something... i cheated... by searching on google... fish... can you... forgive me?... Oct-04-09    I Like Fish: hedge... my memory stick... is only onetwoeight bit... so what... was your question... Oct-04-09    hedgeh0g: i... don't know... Oct-04-09    ILikeFruits: neither do... i but... perhaps if... i do... some ganja... i may get... a vision... of the... answer... Oct-05-09    hedgeh0g: you may also... get... very hungry... Oct-08-09    I Like Fish: hedge... are you... from hungarry... or noway... Oct-08-09    ILikeFruits: very... hungry... that i... am... Oct-08-09    hedgeh0g: i get... her on... the top... she drop it... like it's hot... and when... i'm on the bottom... she hillary rodham... Oct-08-09    ILikeFruits: hillary... why not... michelle... yes you... can... i love... speed... i have the... need for... speed... shifty... >:D >:D < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing >		New in Chess Yearbook

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