One hundred chess grandmasters and counting |
With Anuj Shrivatri becoming a grandmaster on Sunday, India crossed the 100-GM threshold in chess. Not many countries in the world can boast of those numbers. It was another sign of the nation’s rising heft in the sport. In recent years, India has had an 18-year-old world champion in the form of Gukesh, two Olympiad teams that have swept their way to gold medals, and R Vaishali is set to fight for the Women’s World Championship title early next year, the most prestigious title in women’s chess.
Having 100 grandmasters in a country is not just a mere statistic. It will mean........