A lifetime alternative for kids, says Anand as 100-day countdown for Chess Olympiad begins
2 min readThe 100-day countdown for the forty fourth Chess Olympiad, to be held right here later this 12 months, started on Monday with the legendary Viswanathan Anand terming the event a life-time alternative for kids to catch a glimpse of their idols.
“It is a lifetime opportunity for youngsters to get a glimpse of their idols, watch them play and possibly interact with them,” stated India’s first-ever Grandmaster Anand in a press launch.
The Olympiad shall be held from July 28 to August 10.
@aicfchess @FIDE_chess pic.twitter.com/Lqm4zZDnaM
— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) April 18, 2022
“The Countdown to the #ChessOlympiad2022 begins! #100daystogo and to mark the occasion find me on livestream looking at some games of the past Chess Olympiads,” Anand stated in a tweet.
Several different gamers together with girls’s star D Harika and famous coach R B Ramesh tweeted concerning the countdown.
The Countdown to the #ChessOlympiad2022 begins! #100daystogo and to mark the event discover me on livestream some video games of the previous Chess Olympiads at 9:15 PM tonite on https://t.co/f1VgFQJpKg
— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) April 18, 2022
“And the countdown begins. Just 100 more days to go for the grand #FIDECHESSOLYMPIAD2022 to take place in India,” Harika stated.
Meanwhile, All India Chess Federation (AICF) secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan stated, “We are sparing no effort to ensure that this Olympiad will be the best ever and hope that people will be talking about it for the next 100 years.”
Several Grandmasters and nationwide champions from greater than 150 nations shall be taking part within the Chess Olympiad.
Hundreds of district-level gamers from Tamil Nadu have already put of their requests to witness the video games stay and shortly the fever will catch up in the entire nation, the discharge stated.
The Olympiad was initially scheduled to be hosted by Russia between July 26 and August 8 in Moscow however was moved out following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February.
Subsequently, FIDE (world chess physique) allotted the championship to Chennai.
The final chess occasion of such stature to come back to India was the 2013 World Championship conflict between Anand and Magnus Carlsen, the present world No. 1.
