Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik to train upcoming Indian chess players in Spain
5 years, 2 months ago

Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik to train upcoming Indian chess players in Spain

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This will be the second chess coaching camp to be conducted by Kramnik for Indian players after the first one was held in Geneva for six young players. Chennai: A group of up-and-coming Indian chess players will train under former world chess champion Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik in Spain in December, the organisers said on Thursday. The six players who attended the camp in Geneva were Grand Masters R Praggnanandhaa, D Gukesh, Raunak Sadhwani, P Iniyan, Prithu Gupta and International Master Leon Mendonca. S Kailasanathan, managing director of Microsense, who are organising the program, said another camp is being planned in Chennai in the first quarter of next year where Kramnik and some other chess players will train Indian players across age categories.

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