Exclusive | ‘Earlier, I used to beat Indians in a will’: Global chess stars in their 30, 50s, and say about India’s dominance in the 80s. Chess news
New Delhi: After Gukesh Domraju, the candidates won in Toronto last year, Gary Kasparov – former world champion and one of the greatest players in history – said “children ‘loose,” Vishi Anand’s’ children’. ” He later called Gukesh’s achievement “as” transferring tectonic plates into the chess world “.,Kasparov proved to be correct, when six months later, at the age of 18, Gukesh became the youngest world chess champion in history, crossing Kasparov, who won the Crown in 1985 at the age of 22.Kasparov’s prediction words are coming true.A glimpse of the innings was seen last week at the Tivoli Garden Resort in Chhatrapur, Delhi, where an indoor football match is enough to host an indoor football match – a brain had turned into a brain battlefield for a week.
Playing of Hall of Section ‘A’ in Delhi GM Open Tournament. (Special arrangement)
Delhi’s International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament, organized from 7 to 14 June under the aegis of Delhi Chess Association (DCA), an attractive mixture: Grandmasters (GMS), International Masters (IMS), Women International Masters (WIMS), Candidates (CMS), and Women Fid Masters (WWFMS).And in that sea of talent, one thing was infallible: India’s youth stars were setting the board on fire, even left the experienced players in amazement.‘This is very difficult now’Take 36 -year -old Georgian GM Tortene Sanikidaz. After each game, you will find him out for a smoke, often by compatriot and fellow GM Levan Pantula. His conversation, amidst drugs, almost always circled back on a subject: the fierce challenge in front of India’s youth guns.“This tournament is very beautiful and very difficult,” Sanikidaze, who was ranked 18th, but finished 53rd, was admitted to Timesofyndia.com after his final round. “There are many Grandmasters, and there are so many children. It makes a very strong tournament. It was very difficult for me.”
Sanikidze knows what he is talking about: “I was here in 2013. Still, I could see the new generation. Then, I was rated 2518, and I left 2513; it was difficult to play how difficult it was to play Indians. And now look at the top 10. Four Indians are. He is the world champion. He says everything.”A chess revolution50 -year -old Slovak GM Mikula, there is no stranger for the Indian tournament; This was his 44th. But even he believes that he has been surprised by the meteorite rise of India’s chess scene.“Every year, the tournaments get stronger here,” Manik saw, often seen outside the game hall analyzing the game on a sideboard after a round of the game, especially when his opponent was a unique.He said, “India has done remarkable work with its young talents. And it is only getting better. The quality of chess here is improving a rate that is difficult to believe,” he said.
‘Earlier, I used to beat Indians on will’
Perhaps the most striking perspective was 80 -year -old Queen Hamid, Bangladesh’s legendary Vim and the oldest to the ground.Hamid, a 20 -time national champion and former British chess champion, has seen the decades of subcontinent chess.,I used to beat Indian girls on will, “she said with a soft smile.” It liked it then. But now, look where India is, and where are we. The difference is huge. ,And perhaps the veterans have a point. Also read: Why is chess so cruel? Ask Grandmaster SL NarayananOverall, there was a snapshot of a global chess community in the national capital of India last week that was coming with a new order. In this new era, India – with the growing stable of its fearless young players and grandmasters – is not satisfied with only a participant. There is fire in their stomach; Each of them wants to win, and without a quota of doubt, India is leading this charge in the World Chess.
