CHENNAI: When New Delhi Grandmaster Sahaj Grover visited South Africa for the Commonwealth chess tournament in 2013 --- little did he know that the country would become his second home in the coming years.
The 26-year-old shifted base to South Africa in 2018 and completed his studies at the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth. Being a regular on the South African chess circuit in the last few years and his familiarity with the country’s top players played a big role in Sahaj getting the captain-cum-coach’s job of the national open team at the upcoming Olympiad to be played from July 28.
