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Prerna Sobti > On 19-Feb-2019, at 10:24 AM, Ramya Venkitesh <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.. > 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..
