- And we're gonna get started. You all, I'm so happy to see you all, all the families, all the parents, all of you guys, because you're taking the next step in your chess journey. In here, you're learning from somebody who is an amazing chess player, really, really skilled. And it's fun, it's fun, that's the first thing, but also you're gonna take over this and remember this day, these days, tomorrow too, for a long, long time.
- And so I had one, and she's been the person sitting there who became nice to me. She's also one of my great friends. I've met her in big national tournaments, and she's gonna be teaching you a lot. And I'm working with you a lot this weekend. And she is from Chihuahua, Mexico. We're an international industry. And so I want to say hello, and you're more welcome to be back.
- Thank you very much. Muchas gracias a todos. And I'm Yvette Garcia-Morales. Actually, my name is Yvette Alejandra Garcia-Morales. It's a long name, I know. And I'm very excited to be here, seriously. And thank you, Ben. Thank you for everything. You're a very good friend of mine. Thank you, and I appreciate everything. So today we're gonna have like a cyborg,
- A lesson, and also a good part, is tacos, tacos lunch, Q&A. I love tacos, because I'm Mexican. So, muchas gracias a todos. I want to ask who speaks Spanish here? Wow, muchas personas hablan español. Okay, I'm gonna try to speak English and Spanish, and I want to mention something, like it's my first
- like kind of like lesson, presentation, everything in English. So it's like I want a phrase like is don't be afraid to try, be afraid, don't be afraid to fail, be afraid not to try. So that's the reason I'm like trying like to speak more English and doing more like stuff in English because I want to promote more international like this
- this passion like chess. So thank you very much for everything. And I'm going to start doing this lesson. It's about one of my best memories I have. This is a game, most significant game in my career as a chess player. It was during the World Chess Olympiad in 2012.
- like 13 years ago. I was like 16, 17 years old. I'm 30 years. Okay. And I was part of the Olympic Chess Team. Who knows about the World Chess Olympiad? Okay. Oh, it's a great tournament. It's one of the best tournaments in the world because it's almost like more than
- More than 2,000 people playing chess. It's the USA, also the chess team USA is one of the best teams ever. It's like Caruana, Nakamura. You can see Magnus Carlsen playing in this tournament. So it's amazing. I love World Chess Olympia. So guess what? In 2012, I got my WIM title.
- and also as a Mexican team, we got also a silver medal in the section C. So it was like very, like one of my, you know, like my important games in my life. So, okay, I'm gonna show you this game. It's Yvette Alejandra Garcia Morales, and look, Peter put Yvette Ale, because maybe they,
- They don't have more space to put the hammer. Yvette Ale Garcia-Morales against Valentina Golubenko. She's a woman Grandmaster from Croatia. Okay? So let's start this game. I play before because I love Queen's Gambit. Who loves Queen's Gambit? Raise your hand, please. Oh, muy bien.
- Okay, so I played d4, and she played c5, and I love, you know, like to have space, so that's the reason I played d5. And she played a d6. So this kind of opening is really like a Benoni, old Benoni defense, okay? So I'm using like chance.com, because I work for chance.com,
- Okay, and chesskit. So that's the reason I'm using chess.com because it's the best platform in the world. It's the best platform in the world. So I decided to play 93 because in this point my plan was to play e4, e4, knight f3. I love to attack. I love to attack, I really do. How about you? You love attack?
- Or you love more strategic games. Ataque. Ataque. Yes. Ataque. Say it with me. Ataque. Okay. So 9-6-3 and she played e6. I played e4. So I was a bit confused in this point because
- my pawn on d5, and I was like, I don't know. I think in this moment, this is one of the critical moments in the game. Because what do you think is the best move here? Wow, that's so cool. Yes, yes. Taking with the knight, because I can have now,
- if I take with night, I can have like an octopus night, right? Octopus night, because look this night. It's amazing, right? And also Valentina accepted an isolate structure that gave me space to play it like dynamically. So I have a space advantage in this position.
- So I love this knight. She played obviously knight f6 to try to... To try? Yes, I played bishop g5 here in this position to try to pin the knight on f6.
- She played bishop e7, and what do you think is the best move here? Laura? Knight takes knight. Knight takes knight. It can be. Bishop takes knight. Knight takes bishop. Knight takes bishop.
- That's the best move in this position because I can still, like having some pressure on f6, right? With the bishop on g5, right? So, let me see. And also, as I said in this text, I removed the black's key defender, like his bishop, right? Was the bishop on e7.
- and this wouldn't be an easy day for her, right, in this, because I can play... The best plan here was knight e2 and then knight c3, because the plan was to put my knight on d5, right? So I played in this game like bishop d5, but remember, if you love to play this kind of structure,
- like the best plan here is knight e2 and then knight c3 and try to put more pressure on d5, okay? So bishop b5, check. She blocked the check on d7. I treat the bishops and then knight e2. What do you think about this position?
- ¿Qué piensan sobre esta posición? Who is better? ¿Quién está mejor? Black? No, black is Valentina, my old friend. He's white, I'm white. So say white. White, yes.
- For sure, because look the pawn on d6. Looks sad, right? He's very sad, this pawn, yeah. And also, I have a lot of pressure, like I can castle, and then I can take like knight c3, and even I can start playing to do some attacking, right? Okay, so, to castle,
- in the old Benoni structure, it's very important to play D5, okay? D5. If you have a chance to play D5, try to do it, okay? If you play Benoni. Who played Benoni? No, nobody? No? Nadie? Nadie? Oh, que bueno. I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Okay, Benoni's a good defense, but no, it's not for me.
- So I played knight e2. So what happens if the black pieces play queen takes on e4? What happens? Is it a good move or not? What do you think? Is it bad move?
- Yes, because why can't they, look, I can play bishop, like takes on f6, and then I can take on b6, and look what is happening in this position. I'm attacking, right? The king is on e8, and I can, even I can castle, and I can put my rook on e1, and start attacking, right?
- This position is really, really good for white, okay? So, look, for example, group d8, I can take on c5, and then my plan is like puzzle, knight c3, and in this position is not good at all for black, right? Yeah? You agree? Yes. Estamos ganando en esta posición.
- We are winning. So that's why it's very important when you're trying to think about one position, think before why my opponent wants to do next. It's very important to do this question before you move. Es muy importante el pensamiento profilactico.
- the prophylaxis thinking, okay? So castle and then f3. And Valentina played queen e5, okay, in this position. What do you think about queen e5?
- next move is bishop f4 and I can attack the queen on e5 and also I'm attacking the pawn yes the pawn on e6 yes yes true and I'm attacking also the okay so nice with the end bishop f4 and then the queen takes on d2 and you know what I was like a bit
- nervous in this game because I was thinking, I was like in this point, I had in my mind the silver medal for my chess team. So I was like, oh my gosh, I'm winning this game, but oh my gosh, if I lost the opportunity, you know, like sometimes you are like thinking about these kind of things and you're not focused on the game.
- So that's the reason it's very important to work with you, to try to think only in chess. When you're playing an important game, it's very important to be focused on the game. Yeah? OK, it's like a medal, silver medal, or gold medal, or the titles. OK. But you need to be focused on your game.
- I castle, so what happens after the castle if the black pieces play d5? What's a good move for white in this position? Yes? Yes, it's a good move, yes, but we have another
- Good move. Yes. Bishop d2. Bishop d2, yes. Just try to play bishop c3, right? Let me see c1. You have another great move. Rook b1. Rook 1. Yes, okay. Queen d5. Queen d5, oh no.
- because the knight is protecting the bone on d5, okay? Yes, I can take on d5, but we have another good move here. Yeah, e5 is a very good move.
- Because what happens if the knight takes on e5? Yes? We have another good one. This is not a bad move. Rook b1. Yes, rook b1. And look what is happening. The knight is hanging because then I can take on e5.
- So that's the reason g5 was a great move if Valentina played in this moment d5. But she actually moved rook f to d8. Obviously, the plan was to push the pawn on d5. So queen d2. And this queen d2 is an excellent move, because now black can
- top white from winning material. Because I'm like playing group B1, I can also take on D6, and my pieces are everywhere, right? So in this moment, I remember I was like super excited. I was like, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, I'm winning. But be focused, be focused even, be focused, okay? So she played night B6,
- And what do you think about this knight? It's not doing anything. Yeah, it's not doing anything. Yes? It's very important. One of the tips I can give you, guys, the knights on V6,
- And also G3 is not a good night, okay? Those squares are not good squares for nights. So this is a good tip. I learned like a, like yes, like 10 years ago with a good trainer, the GM, Emilio Cordoba. He's from Peru, he's a grandmaster. He's living, I think, in San Luis.
- Missouri and yeah he mentioned about Knights on g3 v3 v6 and g6 those are not good Knights those are not good squares for Knights okay so Rb1 then Qa3 and Bg5
- being denied on f6. So black has an only move in this position. Which one? What is the only move for black?
- Yeah. Knight e7 is the only move for black to try to protect the knight on f6, okay? So that's the reason I play rook takes on e7. But actually, it's not a good move. I have another good move in this position. What do you think? Which knight is not, like, my knight on e2 is not
- good at all, right? He needs like action, you know? He needs to attack. So what's the next move? 93, okay. Night F4. Night F4, but we have another good square for night. Que otra jugada?
- Can we go, yes? Nine, three, four. Oh, nine, three, four, no, because I can take the knight. He takes only four. The z-five, oh, yes, right? Okay, nine, three, three. Look this knight. Wow. Right, it's so good. Because I can play nine, F, five.
- And then this knight on f5, imagine this knight on f5. It's like an octopus knight, right? So because the knight on f5 is putting some pressure on d6 and also on g7, and I have plans to go take the knight on f6 and play queen g5.
- It's like a kind of an amazing caballo. How can you say knight in Spanish? Como se dice? Como? Caballo. Muy bien, caballo. Okay, but I played, I take the pawn from B7 and I missed the knight G3.
- Queen a6 in this position and about rook taking b7 this move allows the opponent to move the Queen to a more active position because Queen a6 okay and it's like attacking the rook and I don't know like it's not it's not good now and also it's playing like knight b6
- by trying to take my rook. So, in this position, I played rook b2, but actually was not a good move, because it's a passive move, right? I had rook b1, was a better move. Okay? So, I played rook b2, and then black's move, d5. Finally!
- D5. Finally. So she played D5. And what do you think about taking on D5? Is it a good move or not? See? Yeah, it's a good move. Yes, yes, that's true. Muy bien.
- which he played, sorry, knight e5. And what is attacking this knight? What's the next move? He's attacking knight c4, right? And what's the name of this tactic? A4. Right, okay. So I'm going to add another
- a tip for you is importance about prophylaxis, okay? What does my opponent want to do next? This is a very, very important question, okay? What does my opponent want to do next? Knight c4. So, I played in this moment knight c3 because I saw like the
- was a fork, right, on C4. So, because if she played knight C4, what move I have? Yes, queen E2. And now the knight is? 10, okay. So that's the reason it's very important, like you asking, what does my opponent want to do next?
- Repeat with me. What does my opponent want to do next? Great. Again. What does my opponent want to do next? Great. So this is a prophylaxis thinking. So it's very important, okay? See, amigos? Sí. Muy bien. So also 23, 22 is the same, okay?
- So she played rook d6. So the plan was like play knight c4 now. In case I played queen e2 or d3, the rook is protecting the queen on a6, okay? So that's the reason she played rook d6, okay? I take the knight on f6. Rook takes on f6.
- And then I play Rb1 to try to attack what? Yes? The king. Yeah, but what's the next move for white? Rb8. You say Rb8? Yes, Rb8. Okay, yes. And it's made, right? So the other reason is, what does my opponent want
- So, will be one, and she played h6. Muy importante, will be eight, take, take, and king h7. I played queen e3, like attacking c5 and also e5. She played queen d6, trying to protect him,
- C5 and E5, nine. So, what do you think, what is my plan in this position? See? Excuse me? Yes, yes, I can work like on E4, right? Nine, E4. With the end, this is a great move, nine, E4, but I have
- in some points, like things, I don't know, maybe taking on b5 or something like this. But I played rook b5, rook b5 attacking the pawn on c5, yes? On c5. And she played rook g6, like to try to do some sacrifice on f3, like to try to attack.
- Okay, because this position is not good enough for black pieces. So that's the reason she was like trying, you know, like to attack, to have more dynamic pieces, okay? So, I played king h1, prophylaxis move, okay? Okay, it's very important. She played pawn a6, and I played
- Rb7 to try to still have my rook active, okay? Queen f6. And I play knight e4. Knight e4. Queen h4. And it's like, it's like muy muy asustada. Yo estaba asustada. I was scared because I was imagining this position like,
- or maybe just like having this position like my taking of F3 and sometimes happen when you're like with this pressure like in this kind of tournament like world like events or international events or even like national events, sometimes happen. Like you start imagining ghosts. We say in Spanish, fantasmas. When you're like just imagining, you know, things.
- but it's not real, you know? So that's the reason it's like very important to calm down, try to relax yourself and think and be focused on chess, okay? So I played Ruby one to try to defend my position, right? It's very important, okay? And then she tried to push the pawn on F5,
- But it was late, because in this point, I can take on c5, and then I can try to attack. Because the knight also, now I have a good square for the knight. It's e6, right? It's a good square. Look this square, it's really nice, right? So she played knight c4, and then
- Queen e2 is very important because if I try to play something like, I don't know, like Queen e8 or something, yes? She can play like Queen f2 or something like that, right? And it's dangerous, it's dangerous for white. So that's the reason I played Queen e2, trying to protect my position and also like attacking, like kind of attacking and look
- the knight on c4, right? So he played knight a3 and then rook d1 to push my pawn on d5 and try to, you know, to play like d6, d7, and d8 and try to promote this big pawn, right? So, yes?
- But it's King f7, King f6, and then the King is escaping. So that's the reason. That was my plan. Actually, it was something like that, this game. Look, Queen e2, and then Knight e3, and then would be one. So in this point, my plan was Queen e8,
- and then knight e6 and knight f8 so that you're right, okay? You're right. But she played a knight e5. I actually didn't understand at this point why knight e5. Maybe because she had like a fork on c3, right? But I played this move, this very good move. What do you think about knight
- What do you think? Yes, yes, and also I'm doing knight f8 is a fork and also I can block the rook on g6 and this is a very, very nice knight, okay? So she played queen f6 to try to defend the fork on f8
- and I played queen c4, queen c4 in this position. She played knight c3. So I want you to think about this moment. What do you think is the best move?
- Yes, queen c8 is a very good move, actually. Was the best move, but I played in this moment, rook e1, because I wanted to play queen c8, again, knight f8. But in this position, the variable was queen c8. What happens if the knight takes on d1?
- 9 and 8. And then, for example, if king goes to g8. What? 9? Yes, and then knight d7. And this position is winning, right? So I missed a chance. And I played rook e1. Oh my god.
- Okay, I missed this chance, but let's see the game. But yeah, queen c8 was an amazing move, right? Yeah. So I played queen c8 to keep trying to play knight f8. She played h5, and then I played knight f8.
- And what's the next great move for White? It's time. It's time to win. See? See Betis?
- Yes, better move here is taking the rook on g6 because if she, for example, if she takes the knight on g6, what's next? Rook e6, right? And I'm winning the
- Queen, estoy ganando la dama. Muy importante ganar la dama. I take the rook here. So she played a knight d6 to try to attack my queen. So that's the reason I play first, intermediate move. Okay, queen h8, check. And then knight takes on g6. And what's the next move?
- Oh my, oh my. It was a bad year. White. They don't figure it out in 10 seconds. My muffin.
- Yes, because a pawn, right? And then she just, I, when I played, imagine my feeling when I played rook e6. I was like, oh my gosh, I win this game. And she just say like, buena partida, good game. And I was super excited about everything about my team.
- I'm going to read something. With this victory, I earned the title of Woman International Master during the World Chess Olympiad. So it was super important to earn my title, but during the World Chess Olympiad, it's like, wow. I was super excited.
- And also we got a silver medal for the team in the category or section C. And what a game and what a moment for us as a Mexican team. Viva Mexico. And I remember like going out on the first thing I think and I did was look for Jorge. Jorge Corinao is my husband.
- Yeah, he's from Peru. He's a grandmaster, and he actually got two gold medals during the World Chess Olympiad. And I remember I was looking for Jorge. Where is Jorge? Where is the Peruvian team? Peruvian team. And he told me, congrats, Women International Master. And I'm like, what? Because I didn't know it.
- I was only thinking about the silver medal for the chess team, but I didn't know anything about the title. And I didn't know what he was talking about. Then I had a call with my family, with my mom, and they explained everything to me. To this day, I think it was a good idea
- So for example, for my parents, for my mom, they thought it was a good idea not to tell me anything about the title. So that's a good strategy, right? So because I can imagine the silver medal and also the title. So I think maybe sería mucho for me. So this is the game of my life.
- So I really, really, I was thinking Ben asked me, what do you want to do for your lesson? And I was like, I'm going to show them the game of my life. And this lesson, it means a lot for me because it's my first lesson in front of many people in English. So this is the game of my life and also the lesson of my life for you.
- So thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Muchas gracias a todos. Gracias. I should have mentioned earlier, but better week than never. And I hope everyone can hear me. But my organization here in Bloomington
- We're called Hoosier Chess Academy. And most of you will have heard that name and have been to our events before. But we do a lot of really, really impactful, really great community events. We do programs for kids.
- We also have tournaments for kids and adults. We have camps that we run every summer. So when you come to one of our HCA events, you get to move your body. You get to interact with your body. You get to learn from some very skilled coaches, such as Coach Ginny, Coach Adrian, who's one of our volunteers, where he's hiking sometimes.
- But you learn from really experienced people. And you just have a great time. You meet a bunch of new friends. So if you haven't checked this out, we're also going to be re-rending, or we have re-rended, our monthly meetings with some super cool new types of events. They're called Prodigy and Train Meetings, or PITs Meetings. So if you tell your mom or dad or your cousin or your auntie, I want to go to a PIT Meet. Try to remember that means chess.
- Our next one of those is going to be September 6th. I'm going to have to repeat it, but if I have to repeat it, it's incorrect. It's always going to be the first Sunday every month. That's how you'll remember. The third Sunday every month. And then the third Sunday every month is our chest tournament. Those are rebranded too, and they're called the chest circuit.
- The Boozer Chess Academy Chess Circus. And it's cool because you're just kind of like casual. There's no pressure. You go and you play some matches with people, right? We're gonna also add an unrated section. So if you don't have a rating, you can go as a chess player. You can still play events. You can learn a lot. Over time, the more you come to these events, the more perks you'll get. The more freebies you'll get.
- And of course, including all the great stuff you work. But the more awards, medals down the road, award ceremonies that we'll do. So I want you all to be a part of our community. It makes the chess world go round, and we're in a community. Going to school on the next is the best way to do that. The next day, I know we're speaking a lot, but the next thing is over eight. That's Saturday.
- October 18th, we have a chess tournament that's open to adults and kids. Amazing for kids. It's called the M. Harris Classic. But it's also open for all age groups. That's going to be on Saturday, October 18th. We have liars for all age groups. The last thing I want to say, if you're a family member, this is for you. So listen carefully. All around the walls of the... All around the walls, we have a QR code set up.
- Okay, two QR codes, actually. Well, three, but two papers. Okay, one is a plain white QR code. And that's for events offered to all of you. Does anyone remember events worked for you? Raise your hand. Who does events work for? Chess.com. Chess.com, yes, oh my gosh. Who would know if you had been in the presence of a worker from Chess.com?
- leader from Chess.com, I would say that, right? Chess.com, I mean ChessKids.com, leader. So, when you, you know, when you see a network goal, she is giving you, from ChessKid.com, she's giving you two free months of ChessKid goals. I'll be back and explain more about how ChessKid goals is really important. But I mean, every single person in this room, oh my gosh,
- And also, you can link to a case as well, right? Families, whole families can have a conversation. Every first year, you get a free two-month membership. So I really don't want you to pass up on that. And then, if you do that, if you do other things, like color-coding and seeing those QR codes, you can also apply to a free membership for a year.
- That's what future checking means to me now, too. That's only for one kid here. For one kid. OK. So you might not be here with my food. You might also be here. Are there any questions? No, I don't. Any questions?
- I'm gonna have the symbols at one p.m. So, in case I'm here with me with the symbols, I'm gonna give you one p.m. Okay? Oh yeah, and then that's through to me, she goes, wizard out of my ear, and I'm like, wow. Lucky you all, right? So, and also that reminds me, I know we're speaking a lot, but that reminds me, we all have, we still have room
- in the cybill. So if you have not yet for the cybill you want to, one thought to think about today across the room. You can play, right? You can be a coach event, a WIM event. You can win a year of chess big goals. So I would think that's what I would do. So now what we're going to do is while you're still here, there might be seconds just for the rest of the person. The event is going to choose who you are today.
- What's a Q and A, what does that mean? Does that mean pictures? Oh yeah. So any question you have about what she does, growing up, where she's from, where she's from, next to her, any questions you have, and she will answer.
- So what Yvette will do is she'll probably use the mic. And she will call in the music. You just raise your hand. But I do want to make sure that it's really as quiet as possible. Because we all want to hear what the questions are, right? Even if that wasn't your question, we still want to hear it. So make sure that you're as quiet as possible. And for the younger kids,
- finish your food and you might get a little tired of sitting, right, which I completely understand. You can walk up and you can play chess, you can play giant chess, as long as you're really by it, okay. All right. Hola, hola. ¿Están ricos los tacos? ¿Ricos? Yeah, right.
- Muy rico. So we're gonna start the Q&A, okay? Raise your hand if you want to ask me something. Raise your hand. Who wants to? Tomorrow we're gonna have a presentation
- the presentation is my life in chess, okay? So, in this presentation, I'm gonna explain how I involved in chess. I started when I was 12 years old, and it was the fault of my brother, because my little brother, in this time, he was eight years old, or seven years old. My brother, Gaspar, Gaspar is international arbiter,
- and he started first and then I was like you know like oh my gosh I really like this because I saw my father and my brother like playing chess in the living room so it was like you know like oh my gosh looks interesting and yeah so that's that's why I started playing chess was my brother's fault
- on chess.com we have like almost like 175 million users and on chesskit we have 11 million or more actually 12 million now we have on chesskit and I started four years ago in this company and I have like my professional profile I have an MBA
- because I got the scholarship in my university to study an MBA. So I saw a job on chess.com on chess keys and I applied for this job and I was like super excited because you know like it was a big challenge for me and I wanted you know like to as a chess player I love chess so I really wanted like to work for a chess company okay
- So I wanted like, okay, I have an MBA, I want to, you know, to start working. And yeah, I applied for the job and yeah, I'm like working on chat.com, chat skit. It's very nice company. We have, for example, I have colleagues around the world, like from Serbia,
- to have colleagues around the world because it's a lot of cultures and diversity is amazing. So diversity is amazing because you can learn like a lot, you know? So I love to work for chat.com and chess kids. I really do. I really love and very lucky to work for chat.com and chess kids, yeah.
- One advice I can give you is practice. Play a lot. I know it's very important to have lessons. For example, if you have old chess keys membership, it's great because you can learn using chess keys that you can play online.
- but actually it's very important to play over the board. It's very important. For kids, for example, under 14, practice is muy importante. It's very important, okay?
- Okay, I have a good story. Okay, I used to work for the San Luis chess club in Missouri. Do you know about this chess club? Okay. So I had my apartment there, and I invite some friends, like, hey, I'm gonna have in my apartment a Mexican dinner.
- The very question was like, oh, it's gonna be spicy? And I'm like, of course, it's Mexican, okay, it's Mexican food. So I remember GM, Josh Friedle, and also Fabiano Caruana was there, and WGM taught me about Jamián, and a lot of friends. I'm very lucky because I have very famous chess players friends,
- good as a person you know they are weak is like the most important part they are humble they are super nice so I invite them and they I remember they was like oh my gosh oh my gosh habanero you put habanero in this taco and I was like yes of course oh my gosh it's impossible to eat this taco
- Do you think it's a snow? No, actually it's yellow. Yeah. Sí, muy peligroso. Muy peligroso. No one is there.
- But when I was an active chess player, I used to play like, I don't know, a lot of tournaments, like three tournaments per month. Yeah, so that's, it was like a bit complicated for me because in this part of my life, I was playing chess, but at the same time, I was like studying my university.
- So it's very hard like to have this balance, you know, when you're like studying your university and also like playing chess and also like having like a personal life if you have your mom or dad, you know, like to share moments with them. So, so yeah.
- you but it's like sacrifice something and yeah I think I sacrifice a lot of time with my family for chess and for you know to study at university but not only worth it because now I can have a chance like to travel the world but with my mom so that means a lot to me for example the last month I say to my mom hey let's go
- to Dubai and it's like a kind of chance to me to say thank you mom for all you do for me, okay? So you sacrifice in this moment a lot of stuff, you know, like moments with your family. But now it's like totally worth it because I can give my mom like an amazing experience, like a good chance, you know, like, yeah. So totally worth it.
- because I saw my brother and father playing chess, and I was super interested about it. So I asked to my computer science teacher, hey, do you have a program or something to play chess? And she was like, yeah, yeah, yeah, we have a Fritz. I remember, the Fritz program in this time was super famous, you know?
- And I learned by myself, you know? And I remember, I have a good story. I remember me like challenge my brother, you know, I'm like. And he was like, can you play chess? And I'm like, yes, I do. And in Mexico we have a gansito. I don't know how to explain what is gansito.
- He helped me to explain what is a gansito. It's like, I don't know. It's like a little cake with chocolate. Yeah, that's right. So I said to my brother, like, okay, let's play this game. And it's a gansito. If you won this game, if you win, I can give to you like a gansito. If I win, you can give me a gansito.
- And he was like, okay. He was like super, you know, like. And then I won this game. I won. And my brother was like, oh, you're really gracious. And my mother, and my mother, like, they started like to, you know, like interview, you know, like I had an interview, like, oh, when did you start?
- and who teach you and who da, da, da, and never like, hey, hold on. I learn by myself, like the science computer, you know, a teacher or something like that. So yeah, I started when I was 12 years old. And because, well, my brother, he inspired me. My brother and I, we are like very close. So he inspired me to play chess.
- I was, I think, 17. 17. What was your first game like? My first game? Actually, against my brother. It was my first game, yes.
- Fisher is really good movie actually with my husband my husband as I told you as I mentioned before he's a Grandmaster from Peru and we watched together this movie and we were like you know like sharing like moments like oh yes I remember me like playing like in parks, jazz so yeah this movie is really good
- My husband is Jorge Cori. Jorge C-O-R-E. Actually, he got his Grandmaster title when he was 14 years old. It's 14. So he was, at this time, the most youngest Grandmaster in the world, in this time, when he got the GM title. So, wow, it's amazing.
- And he's from Peru, yeah. The same age as me, 30 years old. We're still young.
- for a year to Peru. And it's my favorite. Cebiche is amazing. Yeah, I love it. I have a question. OK. So you get to prepare your strategy for your journey. Oh my gosh. For chess or for life? For chess, OK.
- Chess.com and Chess Kids is one of the opportunities they give me per year. I can travel around the world and promote chess in different countries. I have been in 37 countries around the world.
- three times to Europe. So the new countries I have been this year, it was, oh, Emirates and France, Spain, UK, Italy, Czech Republic,
- U.S., yeah. So yeah, I travel a lot and I love to travel because I can know more about cultures and I can meet different cultures and people and I have a lot of friends around the world. So it's very nice because I have, for example, the chance to stay with a friend in different countries. It's like, hey, I'm in Czech Republic. And they're like, oh, I have a friend
- So it's really nice.
- Bloomington because it's like my city. It's like a, you know, like not that big city. No, for example, my city is like one million people. So I think it's like this, like here, right? Like a million here in Bloomington? Oh, me encanta mas. I love, I love.
- Because I have a lot of friends there, and is a chat.com company also there. So I can work, and also I can see some friends, colleagues, and I can play chess, because they have like a lot of chess, you know, like tournaments, events, and yeah. So yeah, for now it's Barcelona.
- yeah yeah yeah so imagine that i started like 18 years ago so imagine was um was very difficult like as a chess player as a female chess player was difficult to start in the in the world of
- male rural chess, you know, because 90% are like, you know, men and only the 10% are women. But now, on chess.com and also in chess gear, we have a ton of projects like to promote female chess players. And I used to work also with Jen Chahare, Jennifer Chahare,
- to promote women in chess. So I'm very happy like now we are having more projects. Obviously it's a long way to keep promoting women in chess, but totally worth it. It's a hard way for women in chess, but totally worth it, yes.
- And for me as a woman chess player, for me it's very important to promote women in chess and encourage single chess players to keep growing in chess. So we have a ton of projects. We have a Chess for Everyone program. So in this program on chess.com we have women in chess. So we have different timals, we have activities, we have lessons.
- And, yeah, so, yeah. Otra pregunta? No?
- for kids, we have like 12 million users. And we have a lot of tools there, like to teach chess. For example, we have videos, we have lessons, we have, you can play like against kids around the world, like online. And also you can do some puzzles also. And we have like different tools like you can use as a teacher.
- like to keep the attention of the kids. Because we have like a very dynamic videos, like not this like boring chess, no. It's like we have like a very like interactive platform for kids. And one of the best parts of chess is like the save, okay?
- a lot of security on Chesky. We have, for example, even for the user names, we have like a stack to see like user names, to see like it's not, you know, with double standards or this kind of stuff. So, actually if you want like more information about Chesky, I can give you my email.
- and you can just send me like an email and we can have like a Zoom call and I can explain like to you all the platform with the tools and also we have a curriculum like it's like a curriculum and also we have the website so it's very like very nice even if you're not a chess player even if you just like love chess and you want like you know to promote chess you can do it because the website is really cool and you have the curriculum
- Okay, so my, my email is, my name is Yvette, like I-D-E-T-T-E dot Garcia at chance of conflict. Okay, this is my, my email, in case you want more information. And I can give to you three months, three, yeah, I think three months, months free of membership.
- Do you like to play book house? Oh my gosh! Yes, I love to play book house. Again, we have time. Jimmy, Jimmy, you should join us for dinner tonight.
- Yeah and we can play book house. I love book house but I have another good story about book house. So I mentioned like I work for the St. Louis Tesla. So in this time I didn't know like the book house. I was like what is it? And my close friend Fabiano, Fabiano Caruana, he said like oh you don't know
- and I'm like, dope. And he was like, oh, let me kiss you. And I'm like, oh, that's a good, you know, it's a good t-shirt. It's a Fabiano Caruana, you know? And I have some pictures, I can show you tomorrow, like some pictures, like me playing with Fabiano Caruana against, for example, I don't know, like, Debo Naronian, or this, Jack the Sailor One,
- I love to play book house and I guess I have a really good t-shirt, Fabiano Canona t-shirt. All the time when I play a game, like a book house game, I send Fabiano a message like, hey, I'm playing book house, thank you teacher. Yeah, yeah. Did you have a question? Did you have a question?