fm avari viraf Member since Sep-19-06 · Last seen May-22-13 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. I was also First = in the ALL INDIA OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP without losing a single game! I represented the Gujarat State Chess Team in the National Chess Championship for more than a decade & got the most coveted National 'A' Grade. I participated in almost all the major Chess Tournaments in India & abroad & emerged as the Prize Winner. For nine consecutive years, I participated in the Chess Congress Tournaments at Hastings, England & won many Prizes. I also participated in the Commonwealth Chess Championship number of times. Apart from Chess, I was a Gujarat State Wrestling Champion, an athlete, weightlifter & 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 Sportsman 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 "Gujarat Gaurav Award""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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May-13-13 G Reid vs V Avari, 1998    fm avari viraf: Thanks Chessgames for refreshing my sweet memories. This was the final decisive game for me.A draw means a tie for the World Title & a win would mean clearly winning the World Title with half a point ahead of my nearest rival. Anyway, "A tryst with destiny!" Thanks to all for      May-07-13 J Negro vs Manuelli, 1983    fm avari viraf: A quick glance reveals that Black's King is in jeopardy. After 32.Qh4 Black's fate is sealed & the coffin is ready for funeral.      May-04-13 I Lesnik vs Joze Siska, 1948    fm avari viraf: Siska massacres Lesnik with his Dragon Fist with some spectacular combos!      May-03-13 E Safarli vs M Kobalia, 2005   fm avari viraf: Safarli was just 13 years old while playing this game where he blundered a piece like a novice. But he has many great successes in international tournaments.      May-03-13 Kasparov vs P Nikolic, 1992    fm avari viraf: Maybe I have seen this game before as I could find the answer so easily.      Apr-23-13 Ding Liren vs Aronian, 2013    fm avari viraf: My pun is "Ding Dong Oh baby Levon sing a song."      Apr-18-13 J Rowson vs C Steevensz, 2012    fm avari viraf: What a mess dude!?      Apr-18-13 J Rowson vs D Floor, 2000   fm avari viraf: Rowson floored Floor with ease!      Apr-18-13 M Brodsky vs J Rowson, 1996   fm avari viraf: Na5! is a move of a gem that annihilates Black's defence.      Apr-04-13 Jha Sriram   fm avari viraf: Sriram is a very good friend of mine. He is a very good gentleman & a good natured GM. 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Gennadi Kuzmin    Jan-06-12 A Das vs P Marusenko, 2011    Dec-23-11 D Sermek vs M Varini, 1999    Dec-11-11 McShane vs Kramnik, 2011     Dec-10-11 A Artidiello vs D Freeman, 2001     Dec-09-11 Akobian vs The World, 2011     Nov-28-11 Kiril Georgiev vs M Al Sayed, 2011    Nov-23-11 Yifan Hou vs Koneru, 2011     Oct-30-11 Anand vs Vaganian, 1995    Oct-29-11 D A Holmes vs Hebden, 1989     Oct-27-11 Dibyendu Barua     Oct-19-11 Y Gusev vs Averbakh, 1946     Oct-13-11 V Laznicka vs Negi, 2011     Oct-03-11 Bosboom-Lanchava vs M Kursova, 2007     Sep-30-11 Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2011     Sep-28-11 Anand vs Ivanchuk, 2011     Aug-21-11 Eston vs Barbero, 1990    Aug-04-11 E Scholl vs Portisch, 1971     Jul-28-11 A Stefanova vs C Peptan, 1994     Jul-21-11 Bangijew vs V Malaniuk, 1984    Jul-18-11 Morozevich vs Korchnoi, 2004     Jul-15-11 Znosko-Borovsky vs J A Seitz, 1931     Jun-18-11 P Velikov vs Sax, 1971     Jun-15-11 B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971     Jun-13-11 Paul Motwani     Jun-05-11 I 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   Jan-21-08 Koltanowski vs NN, 1960     Jan-20-08 S Smagin vs N Monin, 1986

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> 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 Apr-22-10    Domdaniel: <Avari Viraf> Greetings: I'm afraid I only just noticed that your forum was open. I've liked and appreciated your kibitzes and game comments for some time now. I see, too, that you've had some feedback on the appropriate age for learning chess, and the possibility of improvement. If I was younger, I'd be heartened by your experience and comments. But I'm almost 52: at that age any increase in experience or positional understanding seems to be offset by a tendency to blunder, weaker powers of calculation, etc. Still, though, I think what you've said is important. Age helps, but is by no means the only factor. At an absurdly young age, still in my 20s, I thought I was 'past it'. I'd learned to play chess relatively late, at 17 or so -- and then when I began to play competitively I shot up through the ratings quite quickly. Something like 1650 - 1870 - 1980 - 2000, in my first couple of years as a rated player. This was in Ireland, which had no GMs or IMs at the time, in the 1970s & 80s. There was a small group of players (B.Kernan, the Delaney brothers, Philip Short, Paul Wallace) who would have reached at least IM strength in countries with a larger population or stronger chess tradition. All had been playing for longer than I had, at least since their early teens. I had occasional wins against them, but most of the time they were able to beat me. At the same time, my rating stopped climbing. The growth spurt hit a plateau at around 2000. I maintained this level for most of the 1980s, but couldn't consistently get higher. Foolishly, I deduced that this was a fact of life. I thought my late start meant I had no hope of keeping up with my rivals, who all reached the 2250-2450 range. Around the year 1990, I gave up chess, and didn't play competitively again until 2006. This was silly of me. Even if ratings were the main issue (they aren't) then, with some work, I could easily have reached 2200-2300. Several of my peers, also 'late' starters, did so. More to the point, I deprived myself of 17 years of chess. When I made my comeback four years ago, I was assigned a rating of 1900. It went up a little, then fell to an unprecedented 1700, then rose again ... and I finally understood that it didn't matter. In some ways, I know I'm a better player than before. And worse in other ways: slower to react, tactically careless, etc. But I think I now have a more mature understanding of chess and its deepest values. It's not really about winning a few games to acquire a better rating. It's about striving to paint your own *Mona Lisa*, as Gufeld said. Thanks for the inspiration. May your brush never waver. < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing>		Take the Premium Membership Tour

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