Mar 18, 2025 09:06 PM IST
The 48-year outdated Dronacharya awardee may have the job of nurturing and guiding Italian gamers and enhancing the nation’s displaying at subsequent yr’s Olympiad.
Bengaluru: Indian Grandmaster RB Ramesh has been appointed head coach of the Italian males’s workforce by their nationwide chess federation, with a contract that may run till the subsequent Olympiad in 2026. Mentor to R Praggnanandhaa, the 48-year outdated Dronacharya awardee may have the job of nurturing and guiding Italian gamers and enhancing the nation’s displaying at subsequent yr’s Olympiad set to happen in Uzbekistan. Italy completed forty third within the Open part within the final Olympiad and doesn’t have a participant on the earth’s prime 100.
Indian grandmaster RB Ramesh has additionally mentored R Praggnanandhaa (X/RB Ramesh)
Indian chess’s success trajectory has, in recent times, caught the world’s consideration and curiosity with a battery of younger gamers main the cost. Each the reigning world champion and junior world champion are Indians, the nationwide open and ladies’s groups accomplished a gold medal sweep on the final Olympiad and three Indians characteristic within the prime 10.
“Countries like India, China and Uzbekistan have plenty of talented young players doing well. European countries like Italy don’t have that sort of pool. Their top players are slightly older, and unlike in India, the environment isn’t as conducive for young players,” Ramesh informed HT. Ramesh was coach of the boys’s nationwide workforce that received a bronze medal within the 2014 Olympiad, India’s first workforce medal within the competitors.
“The Italian federation is building a facility where we can train and it is likely to be ready by September. Once the work is completed, I will be travelling to Italy to conduct training sessions.”
In 2022, the Romanian chess federation signed a collaboration with Ramesh to coach gamers between the ages of eight and 14 over six months. For the primary time in over twenty years, Romania received two gold medals on the European Youth Championships in September 2023. At the moment, due to political turmoil in Romania, Ramesh’s affiliation with the federation is in limbo. “The country is going through a national crisis, so we’re waiting for things to get better. Hopefully in a couple of months, things should be alright and I can resume coaching.”
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