NEW DELHI: Recent from his exploits in India’s first-ever title-winning marketing campaign on the Chess Olympiad, Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi has determined towards defending his crown on the 10th Vugar Gashimov Memorial Chess Tremendous Event in Azerbaijan for an viewers with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.
Gujrathi had gained the Azerbaijan occasion final 12 months after outperforming compatriot Arjun Erigaisi.
He was part of the Indian males’s workforce, which additionally included D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun, that gained a historic Chess Olympiad gold within the Open class.
Gujrathi took to ‘X’, previously Twitter, to tell that he reached Baku for the occasion however determined to return to India to fulfill Modi on studying concerning the felicitation operate.
“I reached Baku and I obtained to know our Hon’ble PM needs to felicitate the Indian workforce. I used to be overjoyed after I heard this and I wished to be part of it. It is superb at how such brief discover he’s taking out time for us,” Gujrathi wrote on ‘X’.
Gujrathi, 29, has been changed by Aravindh Chithambaram for the occasion to be held from September 25-30.
“I contacted Sarkhan Gashimov (organiser) and he understood my sentiments. Massive because of him! Wishing Aravindh the most effective to play towards prime gamers on this prestigious occasion,” Gujrathi wrote.
