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New chapter in indian chess history could unfold this year
Updated On: 01 January, 2024 07:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Manisha Mohite
Incidentally, these two major elite tournaments offer direct qualification slots for the Candidates, scheduled in April at Toronto.
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India’s Rameshbabu Vaishali (right) ponders her next move against Anna Ushenina of Ukraine during their blitz chess match of the Tata Steel chess tournament in Kolkata on December 4, 2022. Pic/Getty Images
Identifying a chess prodigy at the beginning of every new year has never needed much thought, but the year 2024 will open a glorious new chapter in the history of Indian chess. For the first time, the elite eight-player Candidate tournament (the winner will be the Challenger for the World Chess champion) will feature three Indians, a whopping share.
If Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa pummelled his way to the top two of the World Cup, then Vidit Gujrathi literally rose like the proverbial phoenix to clinch the FIDE Grand Swiss in 2023. Incidentally, these two major elite tournaments offer direct qualification slots for the Candidates, scheduled in April at Toronto.
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