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title: February 2025 - Chess Progress Recap
description: February 2025 - Chess Progress Recap
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**February was an exciting month filled with learning and achievements!**

**This month, I won the Best Clip $100 Prize in GM Hikaru’s Chess 4 The Masses tournament. **

**As a School Instructor (SI), I attended the Lead School Instructor (LSI) course and passed the exam with 90% (well above the 65% required). Proud to now hold the LSI title! **

**IM Divya Deshmukh, 2024 World Junior Girls Champion, visited Mauritius, and I attended her masterclass. Unfortunately, I couldn’t play in her simul as it clashed with my LSI course.**

**There were no OTB tournaments in February, but March will be different! I’ll compete in two Classical OTB tournaments:** 
** Open Austral (7 Rds) – Reunion Island** 
** Republic Cup (6 Rds) – Mauritius**
**Both with a 1h + 30s increment time control.**

**Excited for the upcoming challenges and opportunities to improve! **