
Deccan Herald -Gold will put ministry’s attention back on chess: Anand
“In the last few years, there has been a drop in the attitude of the sports ministry towards chess. I don’t mean this in a personal level, just institutionally; we no longer get awards for international competitions like Commonwealth and Asian. It’s quite striking that it has been a long time since somebody from chess won an Arjuna or a Dronacharya award,” Anand said in a virtual press conference on Monday.