Chess in schools

By Errol Tiwari On In Chess with Errol |
Vaishali Rameshbabu, the elder sister of Praggnanandhaa, who is also a national chess player of India. Pragga learnt to play chess by watching his sister play the game. At the 2017 Reykjavik Open she defeated celebrated grandmaster Eugenio Torre. (Photo by Sagar Shah/Chessbase)
Vaishali Rameshbabu, the elder sister of Praggnanandhaa, who is also a national chess player of India. Pragga learnt to play chess by watching his sister play the game. At the 2017 Reykjavik Open she defeated celebrated grandmaster Eugenio Torre. (Photo by Sagar Shah/Chessbase)

‘There is a local feeling connected with this occasion, too strong to be resisted… ‘ – Daniel Webster (1782-1852), American lawyer and orator during an address commemorating the 200th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims.

Recently, the Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnaraine agreed to a principled position of having chess started as a