Two women pushing to end India’s wait for the next female chess GM
Hindustan TimesNew Delhi: 22-two-year-old Vaishali Rameshbabu is somewhat annoyed at how long it’s taking her to become a Grandmaster, the highest title offered to players by world chess body, Fide. “If all female players start playing open tournaments, we’ll grow stronger much faster,” she says. Players like Judit, Hou and Humpy became some of the strongest female players in chess history by focusing on open events,” says GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly, “It’s a tricky problem with no easy solutions. Sponsors can think it’s better to support more female players turn WGMs than, say, backing a few and seeing them through to GM titles,” says Thipsay. You need higher goals and ambitions.” Right now, some of the world’s most talked about chess talents are India’s young male players – Gukesh D, Arjun Erigaisi and Praggnanandhaa.
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