00:00Let's bring you a good news story. It comes from Gujarat where in a village a school teacher is
00:06ushering in a chess revolution. That's right, the teacher is funding his students to ensure
00:13that they become the grandmasters of the future. Take a look.
00:21Rathu Singh Naam Awada, a small village in Gujarat's Mahisagar district, is chasing a dream.
00:28Almost every student at the local government lower and upper primary school is mastering
00:35moves on the chessboard. The man behind the mission is the mathematics teacher at that
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00:58Upadhyaya has bought 125 chess sets, 35 timers and numerous chess books for the students.
01:13He has even translated Emmanuel Naiman's book The Magnus Method into Gujarati to help his students.
01:20He explains that chess doesn't affect regular class.
01:24Many students from the school have been picked for district-level chess program which provides
01:25them free education, hostel accommodation and training.
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02:20We went there and after going to BLS, we practice each day and my goal is to become a GM.
02:31We had a lot of kids and had a selection of 14 kids.
02:36That's why I had a selection.
02:38We have a lot of practice each day.
02:42My goal is to become a GM and become a big player.
02:48Whether they eventually make it big or not, Upadhyaya believes that every child should
02:53play games like chess that improve thinking skills.
02:56With Viren Joshi, Bureau Report, India Today.
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