The Indian Youth Chess Olympiad team which underwent a
training camp at Chennai until September 24, received a
pep talk from Grand Masters Sundararajan Kidambi,
Rajaram Laxman and Magesh Chandran and International
Master M.R. Venkatesh before leaving for Turkey.
The team coached by FM. K.Visweswaran will be looking
for a hat-trick of wins in the World Youth Chess
Olympiad commencing at Turkey. They had won the title in
Singapore 2007 and Turkey in 2008. The coaching co-ordinator
K. Visweswaran said the boys are bright and cheerful and
should repeat what we did in the two preceding years.
International Master P.D. S. Girinath will be
accompanying the team as the coach
The five member Indian for the first time comprises of
players from different cities. K. Priyadharshan (Madurai),
Debashis Das (Cuttack), Aditya Udeshi (Mumbai), Girish
Koushik (Mysore) and Prathamesh Reddy (Hyderabad). In a
luncheon arranged by D.V. Sundar, Honorary Secretary of
the AICF, Chennai's leading lights wished the five
players the best of luck besides giving them insights
that could help the team win again.
Magesh Chandran asked them to focus on each game and not
think about the result and bring pressure on themself.
Kidambi said the players can voice their opinion to the
coach but accept every decision of the coach and be
prepared to play with any colour on any day or take rest
on any day in the interest of the team. India's latest
grand master Laxman told them how to handle draw offers.
Later, all the five players agreed in unison that the
training camp was useful in learning many combinations,
endings and also in brushing up their opening
repertoires. These camps are one of the main reasons for
enhanced performances by Indians in recent times,
observed Sundararajan Kidambi.
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