Saturday 7 November 2020

 Dear Parents,

We all are busy with our day to day life so much, that we generally take our kids for granted. In this era, where we all prefer to have small nuclear families, and either only one or two kids, It is day by day becoming more challenging for parents to pay attention to kids as both the parents are working and they have their own schedule of weekly or biweekly deliverables, because of Agile Development or We all being into a rat race, we need to prove ourselves, but somewhere we forget that we need to pay attention to our family and particularly our kids.

There is nothing wrong in providing Smart phones or tablets to kids, but we also need to be very careful about, how kids are making use of those smart phones or tablets.

Introducing kids to the world's best indoor sports, Chess can be one of the solution to this problem.

Chess, not only makes kids smarter but also helps them in may ways.

* Chess helps in learning and developing analytical skills from early childhood. 

* Chess helps in improving logical thinking.

* It helps in building and improving calculation skills.

* Developing patience is the most important benefit of Chess, which helps kids in their studies.

* Decision Making is another benefit of Chess. How to react in a particular sitution, how to take the decision and be owner of our own decision, is what kids learn from Chess.

* Critical Thinking is another skill that kids develop because of Chess

* Making best utilization of available resources, is what kids learns from Chess. And they also learn that not all fingers are alike i.e. every individual has his or her qualities, and if we want to win the game (or become successful in life) we need to understand and accept that all fingers are not alike.

We at Prerana Chess Academy, not only Train our kids into chess, but also teach them how these skills can help them in real life.

There are various tournaments organized for Kids from early childhood i.e. from age group Under-7, Under-9, Under-11, Under-13, Under-15, Under-17, Under-19, Under-25 etc.

There are District Selection, State Selection, National, Asian, World Junior and so on ..

Many tournaments are happening everywhere around the globe.

Participating in such tournaments and winning various prizes like Medals, Trophies, Certificates and Cash prizes boosts the confidence within children from early childhood.


Introducing your kids to Chess, not only keeps them away from TV / Mobiles but also keeps them and their brain engaged and make them more focused and productive from early childhood.

It builds Competitive Edge from early childhood.

So what are you waiting for - Pick up the phone and call +91-8007390399 to Enroll your child for Chess Coaching. Alternatively you can whatsapp on the same number.

Feel free to Google "Prerana Chess Academy" and check feedback / reviews from various parents about us.

Visit us at https://preranachessacademy.blogspot.com

Tuesday 15 September 2020

बुद्धिबळ-जगातील सर्वात सुंदर खेळ

 नमस्कार बालमित्रांनो, 

लेख लिहिण्याचा हा माझा पहिलाच प्रयत्न... आणि तो खास तुमच्यासाठी करत आहे 


 *माझा विषय आहे  : बुद्धिबळ-जगातील सर्वात सुंदर खेळ * 


    होय... बुद्धिबळ खरंच खूप सुंदर खेळ आहे.


मला लहानपणापासून च ह्या खेळाविषयी आवड निर्माण झाली. मी लहान असतांना फार स्पर्धा काही होतं नसतं किंवा कदाचीत मोबाईल, इंटरनेट आणि सोशल मीडिया नसल्याने मला माहिती मिळतं नसेल,  त्यामुळे हवे तसें यश लहानपणी नाही मिळवू शकलो.

लहानपणी खेळलेला आणि आवड असलेला खेळ इतका जगप्रसिद्ध आणि सार्वधिक खेळला जाणारा खेळ आहे हे मला मोठा झाल्यावर कळले. मी जिद्द आणि चिकाटी ठेवत पुन्हा अभ्यास केला व पुन्हा खेळायला सुरुवात केली आणि आंतरराष्ट्रीय मानांकन मिळविले,  शिवाय राज्य बुद्धिबळ संघटनेकडून आयोजित महाराष्ट्र राज्य प्रमाणित पंच परीक्षा उत्तीर्ण होऊन विविध स्पर्धांमध्ये पंच म्हणून काम सुरु केले.

बुद्धिबळ खेळल्यामुळे बुद्धीचा योग्य रित्या वापर तर होतोच,  शिवाय कुशाग्र बुद्धी तयार होते. जशी तलवार अधिकाधिक वापरल्यामुळे धारदार होतं जाते अगदी त्याप्रमाणे बुद्धी ला सुद्धा धार निर्माण होते, आणि तुम्ही जास्तीत जास्त गोष्टी सहज लक्षात ठेवू शकतात,  ज्याचा उपयोग अभ्यासासोबतच दैनंदिन व्यवहार करण्यात देखील होतो.

बुद्धिबळ जे मुलं नियमित खेळतात त्यांची आकलन शक्ती (म्हणजे कोणतीही नवीन गोष्ट शिकण्याची शक्ती ) इतरांपेक्षा अधिक असते.

Analytical skills (विश्लेषण कौशल्य ) देखील चांगल्या प्रकारे निर्माण होतात,  problem-solving-skills ( अडचणींवर मात करण्याचे तंत्र ),  जिद्द आणि चिकाटी वाढणे इत्यादी नानाविध फायदे बुद्धिबळ खेळल्याने होतं असतात.

शिवाय बुद्धिबळाच्या विविध स्तरांवर नियमित स्पर्धा होतं असतात,  त्यात भाग घेऊन यश संपादन केल्यास तुमचा आत्मविश्वास दृढ होण्यास निश्चित मदत होते. मला ठाऊक असलेल्या विविध स्पर्धा म्हणजे निरनिराळ्या लोकल टूर्नामेंटस,  जिल्हा बुद्धिबळ निवड चाचणी स्पर्धा,  महापौर चषक, राज्य निवड चाचणी स्पर्धा,  राष्ट्रीय बुद्धिबळ निवड स्पर्धा,  आशियाई स्पर्धा,  जागतीक वयोगटातील स्पर्धा आणि आंतर राष्ट्रीय मानांकन स्पर्धा.

and Most importantly - It develops winning attitude from early childhood.

काय मग,  इतकं सारं कळल्यावर तरी करणार ना सुरुवात बुद्धिबळ खेळायला? 



प्रदिप पाटे, पुणे. ( Prerana Chess Academy )

बुद्धिबळ प्रशिक्षक, (AICF Certified Trainer)

महाराष्ट्र राज्य प्रमाणित पंच, (AMCA Certified Chess Arbiter)

आंतरराष्ट्रीय मानांकित खेळाडू  (International FIDE Rated Chess Player)

संपर्क : 8007390399

Wednesday 2 September 2020

COVID-19 gave new way to Chess Coaching

COVID-19 gave new way to Chess Coaching

 COVID-19 put all of us in lockdown situation and since then we all were in our cozy homes.

We spent time with our loves ones, our family, but at the same time, At Prerana Chess Academy, we missed out extended family, i.e. our students, the cute, smart and intelligent kids, who used to come and enjoy learning chess on daily basis, we could not interact with them for many days, in fact few months.

In between, although we were publishing some puzzles through whats app to keep them engaged and in touch with this beautiful game, but later on parents started calling and requesting to start coaching kids online and then we started thinking on those lines.

Zoom App / Google Meet / Skype etc many options were tested and verified and finally we decided to go with Zoom App, and started our First Online Batch.


Definitely there were few challenges initially but now we all are sent and happy to inform that we are successfully running our 3 batches and starting the 4th Batch soon.

Although there was no physical presence, but it hasn't impacted much, we could see that kids are still playing on-board and enjoying learning and solving puzzles over the board.


We do provide group coaching as well as one-one interactive coaching.

We don't see the situation getting to normal at least for few more months and hence it is advised to all the parents to take this opportunity to make your child learn now and once everything becomes normal we will start participating in the tournaments and we definitely have new shining stars in the sky of this the Chess World.

We definitely look towards this as Stepping Stone, as it has helped us reaching to wide area and got students from various cities, states and countries. 

Just to name few, Pune, Jalgaon, Nasik,  New Delhi, Vishakhapattanam, US and UK.

I am sure, this list will go on increasing day by day.

Sunday 1 September 2019

Prerana Secured 7th Prize in State School Chess Championship - Aurganabad

Prerana Secured 7th Prize in U-12 Girls Category in State School Selection Chess Tournament held at Aurgabad.


Success Continued .. PCA Students performed well at Sangvi Tournament - July 28th

Prerana Chess Academy providing opportunities for it's players.
6 out of 6 participating students got the prize in their respective categories.

Prerana - U-14 - win all her games and was undefeated in U-14 category; however she got her first prize in U-12 category as per the tournament rules.


Avaneesh achieved First Prize in U-8 Category

Ishita - 5th Prize in U-8

Nakul - u-8 - 8th Medal

Ketan - U-12 - Medal

Atharva - U-14 - Medal



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