In My Take this week, blind Kishan Gangolli, regarded as the greatest blind chess player that India has ever produced, talks about his journey reaching the top of the game and why he nearly quit playing.
Growing up in Shimoga, Karnataka, I could never participate in games or play outdoor sports like my friends and classmates did. I had 75% vision disability, which limited my sports options and I would stay indoors during games period, which was quite lonely. Things changed for me when I was around 11 years old, which is about the time my uncle introduced me to chess. He was interested in the game but for some reason couldn't play it. He noticed I had an aptitude for it and took me under his wing. That's how I got hooked to the game. My uncle taught me the initial moves and when he saw I was picking up quickly, he enrolled me in a local academy, Nalanda Chess Academy to further hone my skills. I was also academically strong and pretty good at studies and started focusing on studies seriously in class nine, so chess took a back seat for a while. Read on: https://newzhook.com/story/21400 Regards, Ramya Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
