Vishwanathan Anand's comments have come at a time when Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is competing in the final against Magnus Carlsen in the ongoing Chess World Cup in Baku.
A total of 17 players have held the classical title while six players won FIDE World Championships (1993-2006),
The 52-year-old Indian legend had posted wins over France's Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vaselin Topalov of Bulgaria and China's Hao Wang in the first three rounds.
A day after a stunning victory over world No.1 Magnus Carlsen, the 16-year old scored two wins and drew against Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
The All India Chess Federation (AICF) is eyeing a rich medal haul from its players at the Games, which are scheduled to be held from September 10 to 25.
Anand lost by identical 0.5-1.5 margins. After losing to Rauf Mamedov of Azerbaijan in the first round on the opening day on Saturday, the Indian chess ace could not register any win in his two matches on Sunday. He lies in sixth spot with two others.
Aanand L Rai said he is excited to bring the life story of Anand on the big screen but the project will need time. "It is an ambitious film. We are working on it (script). It is such an important thing, it will take time," Rai told PTI.
S.P. Balasubrahmanyam had played a role in the career growth of former World Chess Champion Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand during his school days.
Chahal, a former national under-12 champion, participated in the fund-raiser. He had taken part in an online blitz event on April 5.
Along with Anand, India's men and women champions such Koneru Humpy, P. Harikrishna, B. Adhiban, Vidit Gujrathi and Dronavalli Harika will play against global chess fans and players
The Chennai-born chess ace is celebrating the day with his family.
Magnus Carlsen finished the tournament with a whopping 27 points and broke his own record in the Grand chess tour, bettering his 26.5 points scored at Abidjan, Ivory Coast earlier this year.
Anand started with a loss to Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi but then went on to beat Armenian Levon Aronian and Wesley So of the US. He then lost to Carlsen while the rest of the games were drawn.
Vishwanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen are reportedly invited to ring the bell ahead of the day/night Test between India and Bangladesh at Eden Gardens.
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