Chesspuns - A Chess meme page on Insta that’s enjoyed by Grandmasters too !

It started with Samay Raina Vidit Gujrathi bringing Indian chess on Youtube in a totally new way And then India won the first online Chess Olympiad Online Chess in India got more popular than ever And throughout this Chesspuns kept growing gradually from just a meme page to an online Chess community that now has even grandmasters enjoying and loving its jokesSaurabh Bhageria the 24yrs old student from NIT Kurukshetra has almost no such interest in Chess either ldquoSamay made it happen and even I donrsquot know how I got included in this amazing community I might have made some good memes but Chesspuns was lucky either to get shoutouts from so many famous people like Samay Vidit Sagar Shah Tania Sachdeva Adhiban Radjabovhellip You cannot be thankful enough for thatrdquoAbout Chess Players IMs and GMs Saurabh has only good things to say ldquoYou see them being aggressive competitive but when the gamersquos over they are amazing and humble superhumans Luckily I got to meet Vidit once the first Grandmaster I have ever met and he was the humblest person I have ever knownrdquoldquoDuring COB2 and COB3 many of those participants shared my content in their storiesrdquo Comedians on Board was a hit thanks to Samay who brought this group of immensely popular celebrities interacting over online chessChesspuns has millions of views on its memes per month Recently the Instagram page launched its own weekly chess tournament on Chesscom by the name of Blundersliga ldquoI am planning to engage my audience in not only enjoying chess jokes but also get into playing chess a bit After all thatrsquos the motive Thatrsquos what we are all working for To bring Chess into mainstream gaming in India Itrsquos already popular in many countries There are so many Chess streamers who are loved and admired not only as streamers but as players either And when you look at our Indian new age players especially the juniors therersquos no doubt that we have huge potential in our country We topped the Olympiad this year could there be a better motivationrdquoAbout his future plans Saurabh says that therersquos a lot to do ldquoWersquore planning to organize OTB chess tournaments all across the country in upcoming years Itrsquoll take time for sure but then there are so many people trying their best for this journey to keep goingWhen asked what was the best moment he had he has some pretty surprising things to say ldquoCarlsen saw one of Chesspunrsquos Instagram stories I know Carlsen doesnrsquot even know me but for me it was enough Kind of a milestone Would I make 1000 more memes just to get him to my page again once Of course I will I mean he is MagnusrdquoCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever