The legend of Indian chess Viswanathan Anand, who also happens to be the vice-president of the World Director of Fide, had suddenly withdrawn from the first stage of the Grand Chelem tour of Freestyle chess. The co-founder Jan Henric Buettner, however, is confident that D Gukesh will not follow.
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With the legend of Indian chess Viswanathan Anand suddenly withdrawing from the opening event of the Grand Salm Freestyle Chess tour, there were concerns of his Gukesh protégé who followed. Anand withdrawn from the Weissenhaus leg of the tour last week, the decision of the five -time world champion arriving at a time when Fide, the world director of sport in which he is currently assistant, is in journalization with the Magnus Carlsen- supported private event.
However, the German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner, who co -founded the Freestyle failures with the world 1 world of Carlsen, said that he had contacted Gukesh’s father, Rajinikanth and is convinced that the defending world champion will be In action alongside other best players around the world at the Weissenhaus Private Nature Luxury Resort.
“I am in very good communication with Gukesh’s father, who manages his business. And they are very impatient (to play at Weissenhaus). I have communication with each player. I am in very good contact with Arjun, with Pragg, and, of course, with Gukesh.
“GUKESH’s additional advantage is that he was there in Weissenhaus at last year’s event. Gukesh knows what he can expect from Weissenhaus. That’s why I was not worried, ”said Buettner The Indian ExpressAdding that he had also contacted the president of Fide Arkady Dvorkovich to arrive at a truce.
The first Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour event takes place in the Luxury Seaside Resort located on the Baltic Coast in the Notherne of Germany between February 7 and 14. Besides Gukesh and Carlsen, the best players such as Hikaru Nakamura – who also exchanged beards with Fide – and Fabiano Caruana will also be in action. The Weissenhaus event offers a total price fund of $ 750,000, of which $ 200,000 will be awarded to the winner.
The tour will also be assisted by events in Paris, New York, Delhi and Cap in the rest of the year, although Buettner alluded to Delhi’s leg which was to take place in September which moved to a other city.
