Delhi: After winning gold in the Chess Olympiad in Hungary, Indian chess grandmaster Vaishali Rameshbabu says, This is a very proud moment for me. Thanks to my teammates who played very well. In the last Olympiad, we won bronze, but we were very close to winning gold. This will help many more children take up chess professionally.
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00:00It's really a very proud moment. I'm very happy to be part of such a historical group in Winning Creek.
00:05Thanks to my teammates, they played really well and we managed to win gold.
00:10In the last Olympia, they won bronze. We were very close to winning gold.
00:13We missed it and were really motivated for this event.
00:17I'm very happy that we won gold.
00:19And also Indian men's team, they dominated the pace.
00:21It was very inspiring for me that we won.
00:24We won the first seven matches and we lost the eighth game against Poland.
00:29And the next game we drew against India, it was not going easy.
00:33Against China, it was a very crucial match in the 10th round.
00:37We managed to win that match and it was very inspiring.
00:41Thanks to Anand sir, there is a lot of chess boom.
00:45He is the one who started everything in chess in India.
00:48I'm very happy to be part of Baseball Challenge Chess Academy where I get to train with him.
00:53He is the mentor of the academy where I get to discuss about the game.
00:56I'm very grateful to him.
00:58I think this is the beginning of Indian chess.
01:01We won both gold medals.
01:04We are the third country to win this gold.
01:07It's the beginning of many things.
01:08It was a very special day last evening.
01:11We got the opportunity to meet the Honorable Prime Minister.
01:14It was very inspiring to discuss many things with him.
01:18Yes, definitely.
01:19Sir congratulated us.
01:21Sir was sharing a lot of things about yoga, meditation.
01:26He discussed about many things.
01:30He watches a lot of sports.
01:32We spent a very good time.
01:35Both gold medals are very special for our country.
01:41I think this helps many more children to take up chess professionally and play.
01:46I hope they will be inspired to see such recognition.