Chess wizard Anand releases his book 'Mind Masters'

'Mind Master', the book written by five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand was released at a glittering function in Chennai on Friday. Journalist N Ram released the book in presence of sportswriter Susan Ninan at the function.

"If you are a chess romantic and seek to cherish the beauty of chess, you should enjoy living and playing in the era of computers because computers have opened up limitless possibilities," said Anand during his conversation with Ram.

Anand said he has touched upon different aspects, including chess and computers in the book and how it has changed the game over the years.

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'Future Of Indian Chess Looks Promising'

"I would say Hari (P Harikrishna), Vidit (Gujrati), Surya (Sekar Ganguly), Sasi (K Sasikiran) (as the players of the future). Sooner or later somebody from India will break into top 10. Things are looking promising for India as we have a lot of talent," Anand told PTI here during an interaction.

"Players like Praggu (R Praggnanandhaa, who recently won a tournament in London), Nihal Sarin, D Gukesh, Raunak Sadhwani and there are more. Things are looking good for Indian chess," he added.

Anand, who turned 50 on Wednesday, said competition among the world's elite has become really tough and few players have been able to hold on to their positions. He agreed that the gap between world number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway and the rest of the players was a "big" one, but said players like Fabiano Caruana (2nd in FIDE rating) and China's Ding Liren (3rd) were doing well in recent times. "At the moment, the gap between Carlsen and others is a big one. (Fabiano) Caruana and Ding (Liren) are doing incredibly well as well in recent times."

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