Fresh from his tied first position in the recently concluded Durban Open, young Grandmaster Sahaj Grover is gearing up for the junior world championship in Pune and said that chess will soon become the most popular sport of the country after cricket.
“I have a strong feeling that chess will become the most popular sport after cricket. See cricket, I believe is not just a port; it’s a religion. But chess, slowly but steadily, is soon gaining ground and will really catch the imagination of one and all through proper publicity, of course,” the 19-year-old Delhi boy told PTI in an interview…..
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