Play
Le Master
At present we have
three Masters who have offered to play against members of LeChess Club
immediately followed by an analysis session.
FM
Diego Mussanti (Finger clalauquen)
plays 15 5 at 19:00 (ICC time) on Mondays
IM
Till Wippermann (Finger Polydamas) plays 15 5 at 16:00
(ICC time ) on Tuesdays
NM
Augusto Caruso (Finger AugustoCaruso) plays 15 5 at
14:00 (ICC time) on Wednesdays
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name> on <date>" Requests will be dealt with on a “first come
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FM
Diego Mussanti (clalauquen)
Diego Mussanti first
started playing chess for fun with his father at the tender age of 5 years
old. At the age of 12 he joined a chess school in his home city where he
developed his tactical awareness with a good degree of success. At 18 Diego became
a student of civil engineering in La Plata but he was never far from a chess
board and it was during this time that he realised that the study of openings
and and a development of strategic ideas were just as important as his tactical
awareness. His efforts were rewarded in 1992 when he became the Champion
of La Plata and he beat Kasparov in a simul. In 1994 he became state champion
and also earned his FM title.
Diego spent time away
from chess to pursue his career as a civil engineer and, due to inactivity, was
dropped from the FIDE rating lists where his last recorded rating was 2323.
After several years
Diego returned to the chess board and became a member of the Internet
Chess Club. He is now an official vendor who draws on his
experiences as an engineer to teach his students using logic as a method to
demonstrate his points.
http://www.chesslessons4all.com
http://www.clasesdeajedrez.com
IM
Till Wippermann (Polydamas)
Till was brought into
contact with the game of chess at an early age by his father and uncles who
were avid amateur players and used to follow and analyse the great
Karpov-Kasparov matches far into the night hours. Little Till soon shared their
fascination with the game and played his first tournament in his home town of
Hanover at the age of 9.
Soon afterwards he received regular lessons from the well-known chess author
and youth coach IM Alexander Bangiev. This proved fruitful when Till shared
first place at the German U13 championship in 1993. Development continued
slowly but steadily, and Till was a solid 2200 player when he moved to
Heidelberg to study law in 1998. However, instead of concentrating on his
studies, he turned more and more towards chess. In 2001 he recieved the FM
title and four years later achieved his final IM norm. The same year his club
SG Heidelberg-Kirchheim promoted to Bundesliga where Till spent a year on top
board facing some of the world's best players. Despite some respectable results
over the years he ultimately learned that he was not born to be a chess pro and
turned back to studying in 2008, this time economics. He considers himself
retired from tournament chess but still enjoys the game from the connoisseur's
point of view.
Till has been a LeChessie for almost ten years now, producing several series of
lectures over the years. Apart from the occasional impromptu simul he holds a
weekly Play the Master event, always eager to follow the Horacian motto
"prodesse et delectare".
NM
Augusto Caruso (AugustoCaruso)
Augusto started
playing chess in 1971 and has never stopped.
He has been a National Master since 1991, became the Italian Champion
UISP in 1993 and in 2002 he won the international tournament in Mogliano Veneto.
More
recently he has worked as a chess publisher, of reviews and books and, along
with WGM Martha Fierro Baquero and IM Roberto Mogranzini, Augusto cofounded the
International Chess Academy (http://www.accademiainternazionalediscacchi.com/).
He
lives in Perugia, Italy, where he spends his time teaching chess to young
students.
