CHENNAI: World Champion Viswanathan Anand advocated a step-by-step approach for the inclusion of chess in the Olympic Games and said India had the talent to win medals, whenever it happens.
“The first thing is that chess should get into the Olympic umbrella as a demonstration sport in four years times and then as a medal sport in eight years,” he said.
“The main thing is to be there in the Olympic Games. I am open to play in Olympic and that too in any format of the game. Indians will have more opportunity of winning medals,” Anand, who himself played a demonstration game in the Sydney Games in 2000, said.
