Sixty-five Grandmasters and none other than Vladimir Kramnik saying India is the next superpower in the 64-square game. Like Grandmasters Parimarjan Negi or Diptayan Ghosh. To break away from monotony, he is doing Masters in Economics from the highly-acclaimed Delhi School of Economics. “Thus, I did not see much point in continuing with the game,” Negi said from Massachusetts. Bharat Singh Chauhan, the All India Chess federation secretary, doesn’t see Grandmasters going on break as a trend.

Source: The Telegraph November 16, 2019 20:03 UTC