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The World Junior Championships are considered as a hotbed of talented players. The best players of the world below the age of 20 contest for this elite title, and the one who wins it usually goes pretty far in his chess career. However, out of 52 World Junior Championships that have been held till date, there are only four players who have won the ultimate chess title: World Champion.
Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov
and Vishwananthan Anand
are the four legends who have this unique double to their name
One out of the above four is the brand ambassador for the 53rd World Junior Chess Championships that are being held from the 5th to 20th of October 2014. Any guesses on who that person might be? Here are some clues to help you!
Of course, it is Vishy Anand! The above picture
was taken
after Anand won the his World Junior title in 1987.
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Anand now finds himself in another role. He is the brand ambassador for the World Junior Championships 2014 being held in Pune. And surely the great player has played his part in making this event a grand success.
Vishy Anand sharing a light moment with the main organiser of the event
Abhijit Kunte (left), India's main medal contender Vidit Gujrathi (2635)
and former World Junior champion WGM Soumya Swaminathan at the media launch
that was held a few weeks prior to the tournament. Though, Anand is now
busy and preparing for his return match against Magnus Carlsen, his presence
is still quite substantial at the Hotel Grand Hyatt, which is the venue
for the current World Junior.
A wooden chess set greets you at the lobby
of the Grand Hyatt, with a signature in
the middle of the board. Please ignore the incorrect board arrangement!
The organizers requested Anand to send a video message which would be shown at the opening ceremony and sure enough Anand obliged. He recorded a message through Skype and sent it across, which was then shown to all the players. The message was small and lasted only 73 seconds but it was beautiful. You must hear it!
The stage is set for the games to begin. Be sure to catch it live from 6th of October at 14.30 IST (GMT+5.30). For the first time in the history of World Juniors there will be a live webcast and also live commentary for the top two boards of each section. You can view it here.
Live video commentary from Pune by our reporters Sagar Shah and V. Saravanan
| Activity | Time | Date |
| Opening Ceremony | 19:00 | 5th October, 2014 |
| Technical Meeting | 22:00 | 5th October, 2014 |
| Round 1 | 15:00 | 6th October, 2014 |
| Round 2 | 15:00 | 7th October, 2014 |
| Round 3 | 15:00 | 8th October, 2014 |
| Round 4 | 15:00 | 9th October, 2014 |
| Round 5 | 15:00 | 10th October, 2014 |
| Round 6 | 15:00 | 11th October, 2014 |
| Round 7 | 15:00 | 12th October, 2014 |
| Free Day | 13th October, 2014 | |
| Round 8 | 15:00 | 14th October, 2014 |
| Round 9 | 15:00 | 15th October, 2014 |
| Round 10 | 15:00 | 16th October, 2014 |
| Round 11 | 15:00 | 17th October, 2014 |
| Round 12 | 15:00 | 18th October, 2014 |
| Round 13 | 10:00 | 19th October, 2014 |
| Closing Ceremony | 18:00 | 19th October, 2014 |
| Departure of Delegations | 20th October, 2014 | |
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