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Need to get more youngsters involved with chess: Viswanathan Anand

The Times of India | 18/06/2022 12:51 PM | Click to read full article

Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand is quite excited about India hosting the Chess Olympiad for the first time since its inception in 1927.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the first-ever torch relay for the Olympiad, at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi, to kick off the flameā€™s journey to 75 cities over the course of 40 days.

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