Their travels across India to understand the chess scenario brought home to Sagar Shah, Co-founder, Chessbase India, the country's biggest chess news portal, and wife Samvita the incredible talent that is waiting to be tapped.
Starting 2017, the Shahs visited 44 cities and recorded 1,500 videos of different players and found stories of rare grit and determination. "We found kids who were so dedicated to chess that they had given up their education to focus on the game", recalls Shah. "We met a parent who had given up his job so he could help his son pursue chess and also organizers going out of their way to encourage the game." What the travels also brought home was the hard reality that players lacked support, something Chessbase India is working to change. It does this by actively providing support to budding chess players, which includes people with and without disabilities. Read on https://newzhook.com/story/21359 Regards Ramya Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
