Praful Zaveri

Chess Trainer

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

@ilan_ruby Thank you, @ilan_ruby and the entire Elk and Ruby team for your trust and support. It is an honour to see 'The Chess Course' join the Elk and Ruby catalogue.

I hope this work helps students, trainers, schools, and academies worldwide develop a deeper understanding of chess.

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

@doddaganesha Bombay Duck!

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

@mufaddal_vohra Do you really believe in what he says?

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

@PramodPGhag Please find the link to register. In case you face any difficulty in registering, please do not hesitate to revert back on [phone]

Registration Link: https://t.co/KeiIwGXKqe

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

♟️🔥 ANNOUNCEMENT 🔥♟️

🏆 360 ONE Global Chess Festival – Season 9

📍 World Trade Centre
📅 10–18 June 2026
💰 ₹60 Lakhs Prize Fund

♟️ Masters (2400+)
💰 ₹35L |
⚔️ Challengers
💰 ₹15L |
👑 Junior Masters (U-13)
🌟 Richest for Children in the World
💰 ₹10L |

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

@PramodPGhag https://t.co/KeiIwGXKqe

You can register at CircleChess. For any issue, DM me

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

@jeelujam The prospectus will be ready by 15 April 2026. Thanks and regards

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

@nkurShrivastava It is U08 to U13. I will correct it. Thank you for pointing out

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

@Monalisha_Chess @thegiftofchess @himalayanchess Congratulations!

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

@Dixit__Nikhil Yes, Nikhil. It was originally declared as 2251+ but due to one unforeseen circumstance, i had to downgrade it.

I wrote to aicf, informed of the need to downgrade, got their permission and only then we changed it

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

@Dixit__Nikhil Nikhil, it was 2100 and if you can check the list only foreign players were allowed to fulfill the minimum requirements of 20 players. We had 6 norms from the tournament.

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

@Dixit__Nikhil Yes, Nikhil. All these years i have always followed the cut-off. This year it is 2400 over a period of 2-years from July 2024 to June 2026.

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

On the auspicious occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, we bow to the timeless teachings of Ahimsa (Non-violence), Satya (Truth), and Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness).

May the path of wisdom, patience, and discipline inspire us to live with compassion, clarity, and courage!

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

He could speak 8 languages and they said he could recite all 37 of Shakespeare's plays from memory. An award winning playwright & stage artist and one of Satyajit Ray's favourite actors.
Also one of India's finest comic actors in films like Golmaal, and Hirak Rajar Deshe. The irony is that the marvellous comic roles in Golmaal and other films, what most people outside remember him for, is what he regarded as the least important "I have developed a technique of shutting my mind off, switching it off, rather. I will not be able to tell you even the names of the films I have acted in or even the name of the character I have just finished shooting.”
He was also a brilliant writer & regular theatre reviewer. “Mr.Dutt as Othello was rather a pitiable sight, with his voice gone, his breathing laboured and his bulk enormous.” This was Utpal Dutt reviewing his own stage performance using the pseudonym Iago.
He also loved classical art and there is this wonderful story told by his daughter. "When we went to Italy, it meant we would have to spend at least one day on viewing each sculpture. We had hired the services of a guide. But, we found that Baba knew more about the place than the guide. The next day, the guide asked us if we would be ready to go on our own."
A true renaissance man and a principled one, not scared to go to prison for his views. Utpal Dutt was truly one of our greats.
97th birth anniversary today.

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

@rishibagree The claim of Lalit Modi that he concieved T20 is wrong. He lifted the idea of Kapil Dev - Besharam!

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

When they finally sentenced Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev to death in the Lahore conspiracy case, they were to be hanged on 24 March 1931.
The fear of a public outcry or a last minute rescue attempt made the British authorities bring forward the execution by 11 hours, at 7:30 pm on March 23rd.
No magistrate was willing to supervise Singh's hanging as was required by law, and it was done by an honourary judge appointed at the last minute.
The bodies were stuffed into sacks and cremated in Hussainiwala while it was still dark.
Thirty years later, India exchanged 12 villages of the Fazilka district with Pakistan in exchange for Hussainiwala and bordering areas and the site of their last rites once again became a part of India.
In 1965, when Bhagat Singh's partner in the Central Legislative Assembly bombing Batukeshwar Dutt passed away, he was cremated there as well in accordance with his last wish to be reunited with his comrades.
And in 1975, Bhagat Singh's mother Vidyawati Kaur was cremated there, joining her son and his fellow freedom fighters.
The National Martyrs Memorial stands there today, a testament to India's bravest and best...

[IM David Shahinyan @ImShahinyan]

Viswanathan Anand: Classical Rating by Age ♟️🇮🇳

🇮🇳 Age 14 - 2285 (first FIDE rating)
🇮🇳 Age 15 - 2380
🇮🇳 Age 16 - 2405
🇮🇳 Age 17 - 2500
🇮🇳 Age 18 - 2520 (became India's first GM)
🇮🇳 Age 19 - 2555
🇮🇳 Age 20 - 2555
🇮🇳 Age 21 - 2635
🇮🇳 Age 22 - 2670
🇮🇳 Age 23 - 2710
🇮🇳 Age 24 - 2720
🇮🇳 Age 25 - 2725
🇮🇳 Age 26 - 2765
🇮🇳 Age 27 - 2770
🇮🇳 Age 28 - 2795
🇮🇳 Age 29 - 2771
🇮🇳 Age 30 - 2790
🇮🇳 Age 31 - 2794
🇮🇳 Age 32 - 2757
🇮🇳 Age 33 - 2766
🇮🇳 Age 34 - 2786
🇮🇳 Age 35 - 2792
🇮🇳 Age 36 - 2803
🇮🇳 Age 37 - 2801
🇮🇳 Age 38 - 2803
🇮🇳 Age 39 - 2790
🇮🇳 Age 40 - 2810
🇮🇳 Age 41 - 2817 (all-time peak)
🇮🇳 Age 42 - 2799
🇮🇳 Age 43 - 2775
🇮🇳 Age 50 - 2755
🇮🇳 Age 56 - 2743 (current, March 2026 list)
🏆 Peak Rating - 2817 (Age 41, March 2011)

[Praful Zaveri @PrafulZaveri]

@JustChessSports In one of the Fred Wren's article 'Tale of a Woodpusher' there is a reference of 'Pinkus Analysis' of Two Knights' Defense.

Any idea about this?

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@TaniaSachdev @ChessbaseIndia Congratulations!