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Interview with Chess player

Question: How and when you started playing chess?

✔ Answer:

When I was 6 years old, I learned chess from uncle,

grandfather and father.

Question: Up to which level you played?

✔ Answer:

International rating ELO – 2025.

Question: How did you get ranking?

✔ Answer:

We have to play rating tournament and we have to win

against good players. I played 600 matches so far.

Question: Any interesting match you remember that you

played?

✔ Answer:

I was playing tournament in Mumbai.

I was player against a player who had 1600 rating.

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My Queen was dead in 5 move. I had to win that game in

any case. I made a big attack on opponents King.

He had queen so I was giving small pieces and taking big

ones.

Finally the opponent had one rook and I a knight with 2-3

pawns each. I got his rook in knight trap and then won

the match.

Sruja Helwade (IV)