Happy that Chess is again in Asian Games: Vishwanathan Anand

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CHENNAI: The legendary Vishwanathan Anand, alongside other top players, welcomed the go back of chess to the Asian Games fold for the 2022 edition in Hangzhou, mentioning that it’ll be an incentive for gamers to absorb the sport. Five-time World Champion and the united states of America’s first Grand Master Anand stated he was happy with the development, including that he looks forward to a medal from the crew. “I am glad about the development. I look ahead to a medal from our team,” Anand advised. Chess changed into a part of the Asian Games program on the 2006 edition in Doha and 2010 in Guangzhou. India gained two gold medals in Doha, with Koneru Humpy capturing the top prize within the girls’ fast individual occasion and the blended team prevailing the standard occasion gold. In the 2010 edition, the Indian men won a bronze within the wider group occasion while D Harika took the bronze inside the women’s man or woman (rapid) occasion. Grand Master Baskaran Adhiban, who is gambling inside the World Team

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Championship in Astana (Kazakhstan) said having chess back inside the Asiad is “terrific information,” and introduced it might deliver incentives to the gamers. “It is good for the game and the players, who will stand to get hold of a lot of incentives, that’s satisfactory,” he delivered. Adhiban became part of the Indian team that took part in the Asian Games in Guangzhou in 2010. The All-India Chess Federation (AICF) Vice-President DV Sundar welcomed the information. “Chess was part of the Asian Games program in 2006 and 2010, and it’s miles superb that it is lower back. India has a superb hazard of prevailing medals,” he said. Sundar started the gamers additionally could be happy that chess has made a comeback and expected a group event and only occasion to be part of the games.

The OCA General Assembly met in Bangkok on March three and its president Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad Al-Sabah officially confirmed the improvement to World Chess Federation (WCF) President Arkady Dvorkovich. GM RB Ramesh, now a noted coach, whose trainees include R Praggnanandhaa, the arena’s 0.33 youngest GM behind Sergey Karjakin and Chennai lad D Mukesh, said the flow to re-induct chess in the Asiad is amazing for the sport and might offer an incentive to the gamers to turn out for the united states and probably win medals. “They might be eligible for Dronacharya and Arjuna awards on par with different Asian Games sports,” he introduced.