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CHENNAI: Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik will be joining hands with Boris Gelfand to train Indias next-generation chess players during a 10-day camp to be held here from January 8 to 18. The camp, to be organized by Microsense a global technology company will have 14 of Indias young talent taking part.The camp was earlier scheduled to be held in Spain this month but had to be postponed since Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa would have missed it as he was playing at the London chess Classic. We didnt want Praggu to miss it and so decided to reschedule the camp, Kailasanathan, managing director of Microsense told TOI. He added that it was Kramnik who suggested Gelfands name. Gelfand is a legend of the game. With more players featuring in this camp we felt it will be great to have more coaches on board, Kailasanathan added. He said Anand couldnt be part of the camp since he will be playing at the Tata Steel chess in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.'; var randomNumber = Math.random(); var isIndia = (window.geoinfo && window.geoinfo.CountryCode === 'IN') && (window.location.href.indexOf('outsideindia') === -1 ); console.log(isIndia && randomNumber This is the second time Kramnik will be part of the camp after he trained the young guns at Chens-Sur-Leman, France in August this year. It is even more exciting because it will be in Chennai. And from 6 students (in the first camp), we will be having 14. I am also very excited that I will be joined by Boris Gelfand to train these youngsters. Incidentally, the last time I was in India was back in 90s for a match against Boris, said Kramnik. On the areas that the camp will focus on Gelfand said, Some of these juniors already achieved incredible success, and others are about to follow. I am sure that during our camp theyll learn a lot on how to approach chess and improve their work ethic.The camp to be held at the outskirts of the city will feature 12 boys and 2 girls. The boys who are part of the list include Praggu, D Gukesh, Raunak Sadhwani, Prithu Gupta, P Iniyan, Arjun Erigaisi, Leon Mendonca, Sreeshwan Maralakshikari, Aditya Mittal, Arjun Kalyan, Bharat Subramaniyam and Raahil Mullick. Rakshitta Ravi and Vaishali complete the line-up.

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Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Gelfand to train Indian youngsters in Chennai - Times of India