Tania Sachdev is adept at pushing the items on the chess board as she is at speaking in regards to the recreation. She juggles her roles as a participant and one wielding the microphone relatively seamlessly.
The 38-year-old Tania, who’s an Olympiad winner and a commentator, makes heads flip along with her eloquence. She was all reward for Divya Deshmukh for capturing the FIDE Women’s World Cup title not too long ago and stated it was a delight to look at her in motion.
“It was brilliant to watch her perform. I mean, the results were one thing, but also just the way she played in the whole tournament. The World Cup is such a long event. Every round is so incredibly difficult. It takes such a mental toll as well. Even at the Olympiad, she was one of the key players to get us the gold medal in Budapest,” Tania, an International Master (IM), instructed reporters on the sidelines of the Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters match right here on Tuesday.
She additionally praised veteran Koneru Humpy for her runner-up end on the World Cup.
With regard to the legendary Judit Polgar’s name for disposing of titles (like Woman International Master and Woman Grandmaster), Tania stated she didn’t fairly agree with the concept and added “because for many players, that is an aspiration which does encourage young girls to take up the sport.”
She additionally favoured younger ladies taking part in in as many open tournaments as doable and coaching with boys and competing in opposition to males.
On her love for commentary, Tania stated: “I love commentating. I don’t think I love playing as much as I used to. So it’s not a job for me. It’s a joy and privilege to be able to do what I do.”
