Rusudan Goletiani

Submitted by GreenLaser on Fri, 04/04/2008 at 6:35pm.

Rusudan Goletiani was born in Georgia in 1980 and came to the United States in 2000. Rusa won the Soviet Junior Chess Championship for Girls Under 12 in 1990 at the age of nine. She then went on to win the World Chess Championship for Girls three times. In 1994, she won the Under 14; in 1995, the Under 16; and in 1996, the Under 18. In 2004, Rusa won the US Woman's Chess Championship. I met her in 2001, when we were working as chess instructors with the National Scholastic Chess Foundation. She continued working with the NSCF until she began training to play in the Chess Olympiad for the US. In my chess classes I often base lessons on short games such as the following win by Rusa in the Under 14 event. A lesson should provide themes for students. In this game the main ideas concern development and the center.

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by batgirl - 4 months ago
NC United States

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Great play by a thirteen year old girl in taking advantage of Black's lackadaisical play with style.

by NM GreenLaser - 6 months ago
Chester, NY United States

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Black's name should have been spelled Sepulveda.

by Fourth - 6 months ago
British Columbia Canada

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Nice strategy there.

by NM GreenLaser - 6 months ago
Chester, NY United States

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Ray Brooks wrote, "Limp effort by black." Even grandmasters lose short games, so "limp" efforts by under-14 players are not surprising. My chess classes are usually one hour, although I have had classes for up to three hours (not counting lecture-simuls). A group lesson includes time for student practice with supervision. For a complete game to be suitable for a lesson, it should have a theme that resolves itself shortly. Private lessons may be more varied. A titanic struggle that swings back and forth through the opening, middle game, and ending is too long. The themes of this game, development and the center, thread through to the end. The final position illustrates this.

by Ray_Brooks - 6 months ago
Heart of Darkness England

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Limp effort by black.

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