The Chess Corner
Welcome to the first publication of The Chess Corner @ Georgia Tech!
About the Publication: The Chess Corner is your one-stop shop for all things chess at Georgia Tech. Drama, news, events ― you can find it all here.
About Me: I’m Ryan Rodriguez, founder and president of Cloudman Chess Club, a large beginner chess club on campus. If you’re involved in chess or interested and want to get started, I would highly recommend checking us out!
With the introductions out of the way, on to…
Drama
In a shocking blunder that left commentators dumbfounded this Friday, GM Fabiano Caruana (2792) struggled against underdog Anish Giri (2772) before blundering Rb6?? in the sixth round of the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Masters tournament.
Despite his win, Giri expressed disappointment in his performance after the game, remarking in the post-game press conference, “If I look at my games after the game, they’re so bad. Today … [my performance] was just such a disaster”.
Memes about Caruana’s blunder have flooded chess forums, and it appears like Caruana won’t be living his mistake down anytime soon. Nobody, not even grandmasters, are immune to mistakes.
News
Cloudman Chess opened the semester with their Spring Kickoff Tournament, a smaller, relaxed tournament capped at 15 participants. Players Reid Cabe and Anish Kanduri topped the beginner and intermediate categories respectively, with indicators of 3 and 2.5.
Fun was had by all, and beginner Shyam Pillai remarked that he “enjoyed the casual setting”. Information on future tournaments can be found on the Cloudman Chess site.
Events
GT Chess is hosting their first tournament of the semester this Friday at their regular meeting hours and location (Klaus 1456 @ 5 PM). More information can be found on the GT Chess site.
Cloudman Chess hosts their first workshop this Saturday (1/29 @ 2 PM on the Culc floor 3 landing) and the next tournament two Sundays from now (2/6).
