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Why is India so good at chess?
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#23
SAMAR12_11 wrote:
I think there are 3 main reason -
1) Massive population- With a such a large population, ofc there will be good players
2) Influence- I know nearly 100 people from my school alone that play chess online influenced by peers,Anand, Gukesh and ofcoures Levy.
3) Money- If you are an IM or maybe a CM in India you can make enough for a living because of chess classes and tournament prize money.
Hmm, I was influenced by Hikaru as I am a Japanese American, but I was been raised in Japan and I was also influenced by Shinya Kojima
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#24
SAMAR12_11 wrote:
I think there are 3 main reason -
1) Massive population- With a such a large population, ofc there will be good players
2) Influence- I know nearly 100 people from my school alone that play chess online influenced by peers,Anand, Gukesh and ofcoures Levy.
3) Money- If you are an IM or maybe a CM in India you can make enough for a living because of chess classes and tournament prize money.
Having the current world champion also helps. I started playing competitive chess after Gukesh won the title for example and I am almost 30 already lol. I can only imagine how many kids have been motivated seeing an 18 year old world champion from their country and how many parents think their kid is the next Gukesh haha so they pressure them hahaha
9 hrs ago
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#25
techwiz911 wrote:
SAMAR12_11 wrote:
I think there are 3 main reason -
1) Massive population- With a such a large population, ofc there will be good players
2) Influence- I know nearly 100 people from my school alone that play chess online influenced by peers,Anand, Gukesh and ofcoures Levy.
3) Money- If you are an IM or maybe a CM in India you can make enough for a living because of chess classes and tournament prize money.
Having the current world champion also helps. I started playing competitive chess after Gukesh won the title for example and I am almost 30 already lol. I can only imagine how many kids have been motivated seeing an 18 year old world champion from their country and how many parents think their kid is the next Gukesh haha so they pressure them hahaha
Hmm I can only imagine what that is like
9 hrs ago
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#26
I was asking myself the same question last night, but now, I know my answer. Thanks guys!
I think there are 3 main reason -
1) Massive population- With a such a large population, ofc there will be good players
2) Influence- I know nearly 100 people from my school alone that play chess online influenced by peers,Anand, Gukesh and ofcoures Levy.
3) Money- If you are an IM or maybe a CM in India you can make enough for a living because of chess classes and tournament prize money.