COVID-19: Anand, Humpy to play online exhibition event to raise funds
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand and five other leading Indian players will compete in an online chess exhibition on April 11 to raise funds for country's fight against COVID-19.
The Indians will take on players from across the world on the portal chess.com.
Apart from Anand, India No.2 Vidit S Gujrathi, P Harikrishna, Baskaran Adhiban (all Grandmasters) and the country's top two women players-Koneru Humpy and Dronavalli Harika will compete on 20-board event.
The event will be streamed live on chess.com/tv, where all donations made will be sent to the PM's CARES Fund.
Anand, who is stuck in Germany owing to the travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, tweeted: "Please support the Indian Chess Community's support towards Covid 19 relief."
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