India has all probability of producing youngest Grandmaster: Harika
Grandmaster at the age of 12 back in June 2021 but leading chess player D Harika feels the way the age barrier is being shattered in the sport, it's a matter of time the bar will be reset and probably by an Indian. Harika, one of only three Indian women players to become a Grandmaster, is currently playing in the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League (GCL) here and said that the momentum created by the Indian men's team in the Chess Olympiad in Budapest recently, helped the women too aim for the gold during the historic campaign.
India made history by winning their first-ever gold medals in the Olympiad with both the men's and women's teams taking the top podium finishes.
«The generation in general is getting smarter. My daughter is just two years old and she can already identify the chess pieces,» said Harika, the two-time Asian Games medallist and a member of the gold-winning Indian women's team in the Olympiad.
«We have all the probability to do that (India producing the youngest GM). I mean, it's difficult to say when it'll happen, but definitely, we will have younger Grandmasters,» said the 33-year-old, who is representing Upgrad Mumba Masters in the GCL.
Harika feels the success of the Indian teams at the Olympiad didn't happen overnight but it was the result of several years of hard work at the grassroots level.
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