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- Anand Mahindra says comedian Samay Raina's 2020 online challenge led to the creation of the Global Chess League, now a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and FIDE in its fourth season, held in Bengaluru.
- The league has a $1-million annual prize purse and a projected five-year business value exceeding $40 million.
- Mahindra took the challenge seriously after noticing the growing audience for Raina's and Sagar Shah's 2020 Chess Olympiad streams, and FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich and Viswanathan Anand later joined the effort.
- The league now has six franchises and has been held in Dubai, London, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
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“Usually, comedians provoke laughter but Samay in a way provoked a global chess league”
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…Comedian Samay Raina challenged Anand Mahindra during an online interaction in 2020 to create a global chess league. Mr Mahindra took him seriously. “ Usually, comedians provoke laughter but Samay in a way provoked a global chess league ,” said Anand Mahindra, Chairman of the Mahindra Group, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd and Tech Mahindra Ltd, speaking at the fourth season of the Global Chess League in Bengaluru. Four seasons later, the challenge has become…
“If it is a joke then it’s the most expensive joke anyone has ever played on me”
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…Global Chess League in Bengaluru. Four seasons later, the challenge has become a Tech Mahindra-FIDE joint venture with a $1-million annual prize purse and a projected five-year business value exceeding $40 million. “ If it is a joke then it’s the most expensive joke anyone has ever played on me ,” Mahindra said. And he appears happy to be on the receiving end. “I’m in fact enjoying the fruits of the success of that expense and effort.” How the joke got serious There was reason to take a comedian seriously.…
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