Current generation of Indian chess players great at grabbing opportunities: Viswanathan Anand
chess icon Viswanathan Anand feels the current crop of Indian players, that he has had a role in shaping, has turned out to be «great» in grabbing crucial opportunities. The 54-year-old, among the all-time greats of Indian sports with five world titles to his credit, is set to have a rare competitive outing at the Tech-Mahnindra Global Chess League come next month in London where he will be part of the Ganges Grandmasters team.
In an interview to PTI, Anand shared his thoughts on India's chances at the Chess Olympiad starting on Wednesday, his impressions of the country's Olympic and Paralympic performance, the golden generation of young players that he has helped groom and also his own plans going forward.
Widely credited for shaping the likes of youngest ever world championship challenger D Gukesh, and R Praggnanandhaa among others, Anand said he played a small part and shared the credit for their growth with their personal coaches and parents.
«I am trying my best, certainly being able to start the Westbridge Anand Academy four years back was a nice project. It was inspired by schools I had seen in Soviet Union more than 30-40 years ago.
»I tried to borrow some ideas from multiple places. (At that time) Indians were consistently getting into top 200 but not quite breaking into top 100. The idea was to support the talent and help them get past that stretch.
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