Hungary – Ashley Chess Girl

THANKING MY SPONSOR DAVID!

ashchessq — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:55:45 +0000

I am writing a letter to my sponsor now and will post a summary of my experiences playing chess in Budapest Hungary and how important this has been for me as a chess player and person! Thank you David, with love from me, my brother Jacob and family!

Winning 1st Women BUDAPEST OPEN 2014

ashchessq — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 18:22:27 +0000

I am very happy to have won 1st Women in the Budapest Open 2014, Sec B.

Playing chess in Budapest has been the best time. Players are committed and very friendly and I am going to really miss playing chess there! I hope that I can go back one day again soon.

I will upload photos and names of people I would like to thank very soon! David Young is the first my Sponsor from Rotterdam, Netherlands! I’m writing a letter for you and would like to post an update on my experiences shortly.

Ashley

Chess in Kecskemet

ashchessq — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:47:32 +0000

I’m in Kecskemet, Hungary about 1 hr from Budapest, playing chess in a strong tournament. I drew 3 games with opponents over 1843, and drew one game with someone 2131. I have learnt a lot from this tournament. Having faith and confidence in my ability is the biggest lesson learnt, after asking for a draw in a winning game to me. Many people asked why I did this and my answer is that I felt my opponent had to be more experienced in the endgame and I didn’t want to take the chance. But taking chances, like in life, I had to do it to find out. It turned out I had the better chances of a win. So next time for sure!

So playing on and staying focused in the face of being possibly defeated by a stronger player, and believing I always have a chance to win is the way to go.

My facebook friends kept me strong with great advice on how to keep on playing to the end!

Kecskemet – A beautiful town.

What a surprise to find out that it is the birth place of Kodaly Zolton. I studied Kodaly music training when I was about 5 years old until graduation, at the Vancouver Academy of Music in my hometown Vancouver, Canada.

Zoltán Kodály

Zoltán Kodály (16 December 1882 Kecskemét – 6 March 1967 Budapest) was one of the most outstanding personalities of 20th century Hungarian culture: composer, musicologist, music pedagogue and linguist. His internationally acknowledged concept of music education is the basis for general music teaching in Hungary and also plays an important role in the training of professional musicians. Zoltán Kodály played a prominent role in Hungarian public life.

Here is a video of me singing in a Kodaly recital when I was 8 years old. A fun memory for me!

33rd Zalakaros Chess Festival Hungary 2014

ashchessq — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 10:32:10 +0000

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Budapest Chess Festival 2014

ashchessq — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:38:30 +0000

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‘Play It by Trust’ Yoko Ono

ashchessq — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 06:30:13 +0000

The museum of Contemporay Art Budapest.

This art display is featured in a chessbase article.

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Meeting GM Judit Polgar Budapest

ashchessq — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:11:12 +0000

GM Judit Polgar was playing in a friendly chess match between Poland and Budapest best chess players. I was very honoured to meet her and the other chess players. Judit was very kind and gentle and wished me good luck!

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Chess Heaven

ashchessq — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 17:10:40 +0000

Friendly tournament HUN -v- POL 2014

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I’m watching GM Judit Polgar playing chess and the top Polish and Hungarian Women’s Chess players.

BEST CHESS MOMENT!

ashchessq — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:02:43 +0000

This is one of the best chess moments of my life! It’s hard to explain just how I felt when I was watching the children try to play chess. So many times we complain or feel frustrated learning something new. All I saw was hard effort, children smiling and working together! I feel honoured to have this experience and grateful they invited me ♥

A documentary about blind chess http://en.chessbase.com/post/a-documentary-on-blind-chess

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Jacob joins a football team in Budapest

ashchessq — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:41:59 +0000

The day after we arrived in Budapest we signed Jacob up to play in the local football team in Soroksar. He immediately fitted in well and loved playing matches and even away games with his Hungarian team. The boys didn’t speak much English but it didn’t seem to matter. They all wanted to have Jacob on their team. It was good to he him enjoying football.

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