AT the media centre inside the cavernous Anna Centenary Library, the teething issues on the opening day of the 2nd edition of the Chennai Grand Masters were visible. With no live broadcast available, the scribes had to depend on a deferred feed, like the rest of the world.
So it was a surprise when Vidit Gujrathi was visibly peeved with himself when he left the facility via the media room, the urgency in his walk having the air of somebody in a hurry to finish their 10000 steps a day quota with a deadline fast approaching. Even as the deferred relay showed a drawn endgame, Gujrathi, part of the Indian team to have won gold at the Olympiad in Hungary, had lost.
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