Busy Life

Exams, Project deadline, Chess tournament are some of the notables in the list that kept me too busy over the last few months to publish a new post.

I recently finished my MS second semester and my current CGPA puts me into a 'First Class' category. With two more semesters to go, of which, one will entirely be dedicated to dissertation work and another, to the usual theory courses, I'm becoming more and more determined to make sense of what I study and use it to my advantage in my CS career. It's been a fantastic journey of learning so far.

Project deadlines. Hmmm, I don't intend to talk much here although I heaved a huge sigh of relief realizing that I didn't have to work on something that I was stuck in for a long time, anymore. The word 'Engineering' had been abused more in the project than in any other prior projects I'd worked on. In fact, the scene is common in most places. The word is being abused in IT industry more frequently than ever. I can go on, on this. But, let me try and post my thoughts in my tech blog here(New!) some time.

The last weekend saw an array of blissful events occur at KSCA, Chinnaswamy Stadium here in Bangalore. World Chess Champion GM Vishwanathan Anand visited the stadium to simultaneously play against top 20 players from the NIIT Coporate Chess Tournament held at the same venue, to interact with chess players and to give a talk in the end on life and chess in the wake of promoting game of chess at corporate level, more precisely.

Although I couldn't break into the Top 20, I could see Vishy make chess moves and talk to chess players around, including Yours truly. Vishy comes across as one of the most polite persons and when I saw him, I felt he's at peace with himself now. Courtesy a new found friend of mine, I was able to capture a snap with Anand. I took his autograph too. It was indeed a great privilege to see someone of his stature live and take a snap with him. For someone like me who started playing chess at the age of 9, with something to cherish for, throughout my life-time, a dream was fulfilled; A part of me felt happy. Some old chess players whom I played in a couple of rounds said, "Considering that it's your first ever tournament at a high level, your performance is good. You need to practise more and more with the clock!". Those chess veterans passed on some chess wisdom too.

Check out my snap with Anand here: