Chess buffs on the move can keep themselves abreast about the World Championship match between Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand and numero uno Magnus Carlsen to be held here in November, with the organisers developing mobile phone applications for providing updates.
Since more than 50 per cent Indians had mobile phones, All India Chess Federation (AICF) had taken steps to develop mobile applications to provide match updates and these would be available free of cost on game stores, AICF CEO Bharat Singh said here today.
In the first-ever world championship being held in the country, Anand, playing before home crowd, would defend his tile against the Norwegian challenger.
"Mobile applications are being developed for iOS and for android phones and are expected to be ready by mid-October. Live video of the tournament is also being arranged. One can get the app from all game store free of cost," Singh told reporters here.
Speaking after releasing the official logo of the November 7-28 tournament, Singh also announced the start of sale of tickets for the much-awaited contest, through www.Chennai2013.Fide.Com.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had chosen the official logo of the championship, AICF Secretary V Hariharan said.
AICF Chairman J C D Prabakar said Jayalalithaa had made special efforts for conducting the event in the city, where the Indian chess wizard grew up.
AICF is also organising 'Chennai Chess Blitz' in Jawaharlal Multipurpose Indoor Stadium here between November 7 and 28 for various categories.
