The thrilling Vishy vs. the World vote chess match towards GM Viswanathan Anand is quick approaching, starting on Monday, September 30. Chess.com has recruited a star squad of 4 teaching advisors to supply evaluation and advocate strikes (reflecting the Kasparov vs. the World match of 25 years in the past) and is happy to announce their identities. The coaches are:
All sturdy masters, what these coaches additionally supply is the flexibility to obviously clarify chess ideas and what’s taking place on the chessboard as a recreation is ongoing—a capability that might be key to guiding the world workforce to sound plans and robust strikes.
Learn extra about these masterful gamers and professional commentators beneath as you put together for Vishy vs. the World. They are going to be your guides on this epic journey.
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IM Tania Sachdev
IM Tania Sachdev was an official commentator for the 2013 World Championship between Anand and GM Magnus Carlsen, and has continued to supply professional commentary for each Chess24 and Chess.com within the years since. Now that she’s again from Budapest after serving to the ladies’s Indian workforce to win gold within the forty fifth Chess Olympiad, she’s prepared to assist the World workforce to attempt to topple Anand on this historic match. Tania is a global grasp and two-time nationwide champion with a peak FIDE score of 2433 and certainly somebody you need to take heed to in the course of the match.
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IM Sagar Shah
IM Sagar Shah is the cofounder of ChessBase India, one of many premier chess content material web sites on the earth, together with streaming, commentary, and extra. An worldwide grasp with a peak FIDE score of 2468, the very best amongst all 4 coaches, Sagar is certain to have each the chess and communication abilities to play a key function if the world is to shock India’s best chess participant.
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FM James Canty
FM James Canty is one other sturdy participant (he obtained his long-overdue FIDE Grasp title in 2022) and star commentator, who will little question be an vital a part of a World victory whether it is to occur. Canty’s partaking fashion of commentary has received over numerous followers, and is certain to translate into some highly-valued recommendation for the world workforce.
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IM Kostya Kavutskiy
Final however definitely not least, IM Kostya Kavutskiy of ChessDojo rounds out the teaching squad. The one FIDE-certified coach/coach on the workforce of advisors, Kavutskiy will take the identical experience that has helped so many at ChessDojo and Chessable and convey it for the world to make use of on its quest to do what it could not 25 years in the past: win a match towards a world champion.
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And that is the teaching workers for Vishy vs. the World. Let these masters information your strikes as you assist attempt to take down a legend!
Register at the moment to play in Vishy vs. the World beginning September 30!
