: IAS Officer Brings Chess Pieces Alive, Anand Mahindra Hails Superb Video #IndiaNEWS #Chennai The 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad kicked off on 28 July with much pomp and show in Chennai, Tamil Nadu this

IAS Officer Brings Chess Pieces Alive, Anand Mahindra Hails Superb Video #IndiaNEWS #Chennai
The 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad kicked off on 28 July with much pomp and show in Chennai, Tamil Nadu this year. Onlookers and fans welcomed the tournament with Thambi, the official mascot; a music video by AR Rahman; and the city’s Napier Bridge, which was painted to resemble a chessboard, alongside.

An illustration of Thambi, the mascot of the Chess Olympiad in Chennai. Source: Twitter

Joining the drive to promote and commemorate the event is another video, which, reminiscent of a scene straight out of Harry Potter, shows chess pieces coming to life.

Choreographed beautifully by IAS Officer and Pudukkottai Collector Kavitha Ramu, the video was hailed by Mahindra & Mahindra’s chairman Anand Mahindra. Sharing the video on Twitter, he called it “superb??? and “authenti`?? ???????????????[??Yx?&[H??H??]?]H?[]K??X??YZ???ZK?XZ??H???YX????YH[]?H[???[XY?[?][??[??]?]][?X?]K?]?[?H?[YH??[??[?Y[?[?XK???]??HX??]????K???]?^Q???Y??[?[?XZ[??H
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