Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand will be making his debut in the second edition of the Pro Chess League, the world’s first online chess league, against Oslo Trolls of Norway on Wednesday giving a fillip to the hopes of his team, Mumbai Movers, who are already doing well and placed second in the standings. Anand, who was involved with the Tata Steel Masters till a few days back, will be joining the Mumbai Movers in the fourth round of the competition. Besides Anand, the Mumbai Movers team will include Swapnil Dhopade (2532), Mohd Nubairshah Shaikh (2410) and Sameer Kathmale (2255) so as to maintain an average rating of 2500. READ | Viswanathan Anand beats Gawain Jones, stays in hunt at Tata Steel Chess“The format is interesting and exciting and I have always experimented with various formats. Abhijit Kunte has been holding the fort for Mumbai Movers with 6.5/11 performance while Diptayan Ghosh has, in 20 outings, tallied 11 points, the maximum by any Mumbai player.

Source: Hindustan Times February 06, 2018 16:41 UTC