Set to make her debut in the Global Chess League alongside the great Viswanathan Anand, Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali says doing well in the star-studded event is not the only target on her mind when she lands in the British Capital next month. (More Sports News)
Taking a riღde 💙on the London Eye also figures quite high on the agenda.
The 23-year-old Grand🎃master was among the top picks at the league's player draft held in August. The event's second edition will be held here from October 3 to 12 at Friends House.
Speaking about playing alongside five-time world champion Anand for Ganges Grandmasters and against her brother R Praggnanandhaa's team, Alpine SG Pipers, Vaishali said, "This will be a veryꦚ special event for me to play alongside Vishy sir in the same team."
"It is a wonderful opportunity for me. My brother Pragg is on Magnus🌃 Carlen's team, which is great as well. Of course, we won't compete against each other, but our teams are difಞferent."
Anand has had a huge role to play in mentoring both Praggnꦡanandhaa and Vaishali.
In the tournament, each team will play a total of 10 matches in a double round-robin format, with the winner of each match being decided in a best-of-six board scoring system. Vaishali described it as an interesting anꦜd unique format
"To have many strong players in one team, we getꦇ to discuss a lot about the game and share ideas. It will definitely help players improve individually," she added.
Away from the game, V🐷aishali has already planned her off-the-board adventures in the city.
"The last time I visited London was five years ago. Back t𓆉hen, I missed going to the London Eye ride, so it's the best opportunity for me to visit this time," she signe⭕d off.
