WGM B. Pratyusha is on a twin mission. Chasing the dream to be a world champion and simultaneously grooming young talent to make chess as popular as possible by starting her Pratyusha International Chess Academy here.
The 24-year-old chess player shifted her base from Tuni to the City in March and formally launched the Academy by M. Krishna Rao, Kukatpally MLA, on Wednesday.
“There will be a parallel pursuit of my career goals too. Since there are no big events lined up, I will be focussing on the Academy activities, and the response has been good with 15 boys and girls (below 13 years) joining,” Pratyusha informed Sportstar .
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“During the pandemic, I was doing online coaching and got hooked to it with the way the bright young talents were responding and also, the way I was coaching.
"I was into coaching 15 years before I had planned,” she said.
“Live streaming of chess games is not enough. The regulars follow them. I felt there was a need to bring as many kids as possible into the sport, and I will be approaching the schools too in this regard,” said Pratyusha, who also represented India in the 2016 Olympiad.
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“My target is to make at least 3,000 kids play chess and see that some of them make it big in the world of sport. I take pride in being the first WGM from the Telugu-speaking states to start an Academy even while being active in the circuit,” said the former India No. 3 in women’s chess.
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