Chennai, July 09, 2025 (ANI): On Chola Chess initiative, Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa said, "I myself have attended a camp in Chola three months ago. There are regular camps every month and we go to train someone stronger... It’s an ecosystem where you are feeling chess everywhere. It’s a great initiative and I am happy to be at the inaugural event... This is getting recognition and young kids are getting inspired to play chess. The key is to have fun with the game... I take every tournament as it comes and for me right now, my focus will be on the next tournament, which is freestyle..."
00:00Yeah, this is not just important for Tamil Nadu, but overall India, and I myself have attended a camp in Chola a few months back, and there are regular camps every month, and you get to train with someone strong, a gun master, it's something good, and it's at free of cost, and there are so many facilities here, you get to train with other players, you can play blitz, it's such an ecosystem that you're just feeling chest everywhere,
00:28and it's just a great initiative, and I'm happy to be here, and to be at the inauguration of the initiative, and yeah, as they've already said, there are already 36 camps happened, and many more to come, and yeah, it's just amazing, amazing initiative.
00:58Yeah, chess is getting a lot of recognition now, and I'm very happy to see that, and young kids are getting inspired to play chess, and it's a great thing.
01:13I would say that have fun with the game, that's the first and foremost, and give your best whenever you're playing, and those two are the important ones, just enjoy the game when you play, that's why you're playing sports.
01:26Yeah, playing sports, so, yeah, that's, that's, I mean, as I said in the interviews, few points doesn't really matter, like, I think we're all in the same rating, so, doesn't really matter, but, yeah, it's a, I mean, it's a good, good thing to be, and, as I said, like, I take every tournament separately, and for me, right now, my focus will be on the next tournament, which is freestyle, and
01:54I'll try to, I'll try to get ready for that.
01:57How was your practice doing that?
01:59I haven't been practicing last few days, I've just been traveling, and, uh, I reached back home yesterday, and I'll leave tomorrow, so there is, there's just no times.
