EP 411- Adult Improver Supraja Vadlamani on How She Went from Chess Noob to Olympiad Participant in Just a Few Years.

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🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The Adult Improver Series returns to spotlight the inspiring story of another amateur chess player. This week’s guest is Supraja Vadlamani. Supraja is an India-born, Uganda-based economist who learned to play chess just a few years ago. Her interest intensified during the pandemic, and through some unusual circumstances, Supraja got the opportunity to play in the Olympiad for Niger. Supraja has made impressive chess progress in just a few years, reaching Chess.com blitz and rapid ratings of 1800 and 1750 respectively. In a short time, Supraja has improved her game immensely and crossed paths with the likes of GM Fabiano Caruana and IM Eric Rosen. She shares her unique chess story and hard-won improvement advice. Timestamps of topics discussed and links of resources referenced can be found below. You can check out a playlist of the Adult Improver interviews here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/75Uoqz2BoRt2IiTCeOfuky?si=c57bb7bdfcf24644 If you would like to join or check out the Perpetual Chess Patreon community, you can do so here: https://www.patreon.com/c/perpetualchess https://www.chessable.com/world-chess-championship-2024-ding-vs-gukesh/course/281790/ Thanks to our sponsors, Chessable.com.Their new courses include IM Andras Toth’s course about the World Championship is here. If you sign up for Chessable Pro, please use the following link to help support Perpetual Chess: https://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=pro 0:1:30- Supraja joins the podcast and shares her chess origins. Mentioned: IM Eric Rosen, WGM Tijana Mandura, GM Igor Smirnov, Chessmood.com, The Russo Gambit 13:00- What is Supraja’s approach to speed chess ? 16:00- Life in Uganda 19:00- Patreon mailbag question: “Is chess supported by the government in Niger?” 21:00- How is the chess scene in Uganda? 22:00- Supraja details her fierce chess rivalry with her boyfriend 23:00- Olympiad reflections and sightings Mentioned: GM Fabiano Caruana 30:00- Supraja’s tournament plans 37:00- How much time per week does Supraja study chess? 39:00 Does she follow professional class? 41:00- Supraja’s favorite and least favorite aspects of chess 42:00- Supraja’s favorite openings Mentioned: Maia bots 45:00- Supraja completes her IM Eric Rosen story Mentioned: Cameo.com 49:00- Supraja’s closing chess advice. If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess via Patreon, you can do so here: https://www.patreon.com/c/perpetualchess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone and welcome back to another adult improver edition of perpetual chess.
0:09.5	We've been overdue to catch up with an accomplished amateur, and we have one that I will
0:14.0	introduce to you all in one minute.
0:16.9	But first, as always, wanted to thank our sponsors, chescible.com.
0:19.6	Just a quick reminder, you may be listening to this while the world championship is going on, but first, as always, wanted to thank our sponsors, chescible.com. Just a quick reminder.
0:25.8	You may be listening to this while the World Championship is going on, but this particular episode will not cover the World Championship. But if you want some World Championship coverage,
0:30.6	be sure to check out. Friend of the Pod, excellent YouTuber and instructor I Amandris Toth's
0:36.3	free course covering the highlights.
0:38.0	As I record this, two games are in the books.
0:41.3	Spoiler alert, Ding is leading.
0:43.3	And there's already been so many instructive moments, so many, like such a nice position
0:48.3	a win.
0:48.9	And there was also some nice tactics in variations that didn't happen, but could have.
0:53.8	So I'm sure Andres is on top of that and be sure to check it out.
0:57.5	Also wanted to thank Patreon subs for helping to sustain perpetual chess.
1:01.9	They, of course, make a small monthly donation to help support the podcast as well as to
1:07.2	join the Patreon community.
1:08.7	We've been doing regular Zoom hangouts lately. There are a lot of fun. Talk chess
1:12.4	improvement, chess news, et cetera. The Discord is going on as well. And one thing I haven't mentioned on
1:19.5	the pod before is you can become a free Patreon trial member. So if you just want to check it out and see what
1:25.2	it's like, you can do that without giving that dreaded credit card
1:29.9	or PayPal info or whatever it may be. Now, as for this week's guest, she was actually, I was
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