Grand Master Kramnik to Train Young Indian Players in Spain

Chennai: Former world chess champion Grand Master (GM) Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik will coach a small group of young and upcoming Indian chess players in Spain this December, said an organiser of the upcoming camp.

This will be the second chess coaching camp to be held by Kramnik for the Indian players. The first one was held in Geneva for six young players. The organiser said another camp is also planned in Chennai during the first quarter of next year where Kramnik and some other chess players will coach the Indian players across age categories.

“This time there will be six to eight players. We are planning to have a young girl player this time around. The Geneva camp had six all-boys team in the age group 12-16. Their Elo rating was also similar,” S. Kailasanathan, Managing Director, Microsense Group which is sponsoring the coaching camp told IANS.

According to him, those who were there in the first Kramnik-Microsense India chess camp will be there this time around too, besides one or two more players.

The relationship between the Indian players and Kramnik did not end with the conclusion of the Geneva training camp.

“Post Geneva camp, Kramnik was following the games of all the players who had attended his camp. The Indian boys too sent their games to Kramnik. This was something unique,” Kailasanathan who was the Tamil Nadu chess champion in 1972, said. IANS

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