A unique opportunity for Bangalore to meet Vishy, Gukesh, Pragg and Vaishali | WACA celebrations 2024
The city of Bangalore will be witnessing one of the biggest events in the history of Indian chess as team WACA will descend upon the city on 23rd of May 2024. In order to ensure that maximum people are able to attend the WACA celebrations in person, it will be held at the Good Shepherd Auditorium that has a capacity of more than 800 people. What is going to happen at the event and how can you attend? All of these details and more in the article below.
The best of Indian chess in Bangalore
The WestBridge Anand Chess Academy had its celebratory meeting last time in September 2022. It's been more than one and a half year and few of their mentees have performed extremely well. Gukesh has reached the World Championship, Pragg and Vaishali made it to the Candidates and much more. It is time for another celebration and this time it is organized on the 23rd of May 2024 in the city of Bangalore. Here are the key details.
Venue: Good Shepherd Auditorium
Timing: 6.30 p.m. (the event begins at 7 p.m.)
Who will be there: Vishy Anand, Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali and Sandipan Chanda
Special prizes for audience: There will be a special quiz and the winners will get a signed chess set by Anand, Gukesh, Pragg, Vaishali and Sandipan
Program: Interactions, Quiz, Tandem simul and more. The program will last for 2 hours from 7-9 p.m.
Register for free to attend the event
Although the entry is free, you will have to register on the link above. It requires you to fill in the details and when the host approves it, you will get a QR code which you will have to show at the entrance to enter.
The chief guests:
There will be interactions with all the above mentioned personalities and more and then we will move on to the tandem simul.
The Tandem simul - Team WACA vs Bangalore
After interaction with all the guests there will be a tandem simul where Vishy Anand, Gukesh, Pragg, Vaishali and Sandipan will take on 15 talents. The time control is 30 minutes to Team WACA (on each board) and 15 minutes to the players. The idea is to have the most talented youngsters of Bangalore play against these top players and see what the score is at the end of 45 minutes.
In order to be eligible to be a part of the simul, you need to apply to the form given below. The last date to fill it is 19th of May 2024. We will be choosing the Candidates based on their talent, age, existing achievements and some other factors.
Fill the form to apply to for being a player in the tandem simul
A huge shoutout to the vision of these two individuals Sandeep Singhal and Vishy Anand. India has witnessed some tremendous performances in the world of chess in the last couple of years and WACA has played an important role in making them happen. Who knows, by the end of 2024, India might get a new World Champion!
Don't forget to register for the event and see you all there on the 23rd of May
Important links:
WACA playlist on ChessBase India
How Vishy Anand and WACA have contributed to Indian chess
