The 2 legends will work in tandem on the first teaching camp in Chennai from Might 7 to 17
The 2 legends will work in tandem on the first teaching camp in Chennai from Might 7 to 17
5-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand and Israel’s Boris Gelfand will work in tandem to information the Indian staff for the forty fourth Chess Olympiad.
In response to a launch right here on Thursday, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) has introduced the 2 legends collectively for the house staff’s first teaching camp to be held at Resort Leela right here from Might 7 to 17.
Gelfand, who gained the World Cup in 2009 and has performed 11 Olympiads, and Anand will prepare members of the primary groups within the open in addition to girls’s sections.
Koneru Humpy, former World champion in speedy chess, believes the choice to nominate Gelfand along with mentor Anand, will encourage the gamers forward of the Olympiad set to start right here on July 28.
“I don’t usually take part in teaching camps, however this time having Gelfand and Anand as coach and mentor will certainly encourage the staff and for positive there shall be rather a lot to be taught from their expertise,” she mentioned.
Members of the primary staff within the open part — Vidit Gujrathi, P. Harikrishna, Arjun Erigaisi, S.L. Narayanan and Okay. Sasikiran — and within the girls’s part — Koneru Humpy, Dronavalli Harika, R. Vaishali, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni — will participate within the camp together with their respective coaches Srinath Narayanan and Abhijit Kunte.
Arjun and Sasikiran, who’re at present taking part in tournaments in Europe, will be part of the camp a few days later.
“I’m an enormous fan of his [Gelfand] and that is the primary time I might be coaching with such a robust participant although we’ve got performed a number of video games towards one another,” he mentioned.
