: Chess: Viswanathan Anand to mentor Indian players ahead of Asian Games #IndiaNEWS Five-time chess world champion Viswanathan Anand has been roped in as a mentor for the Indian players looking to break

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Chess: Viswanathan Anand to mentor Indian players ahead of Asian Games #IndiaNEWS
Five-time chess world champion Viswanathan Anand has been roped in as a mentor for the Indian players looking to break into the team for the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, where the sport will make a comeback after a gap of 12 years.The All India Chess Federation is eyeing a rich medal haul from its players at the Games, which are scheduled to be held from September 10 to 25.“Eyeing the four gold medals at stake in the games, the legendary Grandmaster Anand took a different role and will mentor the team and the first session between him and the players will kick start next Thursday,� the AICF said in a release.The AICF is hoping to improve on India’s performance at the 2010 Guangzhou Games, where India won two bronze medals.“The All India Chess Federations started the preparation well in advance by selecting 10 probable each for the men and women’s team.�The players have been selected on the basis of their international rating.The probable for the men’s include, Vidit Gujarathi, P Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin, S L Narayanan, K Sasikiran, B Adhiban, Karthikeyan Murali, Arjun Erigaisi, Abhijeet Gupta and Surya Shekhar Ganguly.The women’s team probable comprises Koneru Humpy, D Harika, Vaishali R, Tania Sachdev, Bhakti Kulkarni, Vantika Agrawal,...Read more

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