Watch: AR Rahman’s tiny jig whereas performing ‘Welcome Anthem’ for forty fourth Chess Olympiad
AR Rahman has composed an anthem for International Chess Olympiad, 2022, set to be held in Chennai from July 28.
The Oscar and Grammy-winning music composer will be seen doing a tiny jig within the video. The video exhibits the composer singing and swinging to the jingle beats created by him as he walks on the well-known Napier bridge constructed over the Cooum river. The bridge which connects Madras University and Island Grounds has been painted thematically like a Chess board.
The music video additionally options Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.
While the clip begins with ‘Welcome to Namma Ooru Chennai’, the phrases ‘Varuga Varuga Tamizhnattukuu Varuga’ (Warm Welcome to Tamil Nadu) are interspersed and likewise ends with such phrases.
The FIDE has organised the primary Official Olympiad in 1927 which came about in London. This can also be the third time that an Asian nation is internet hosting the occasion after Dubai and Manila. Originally, Russia was imagined to host the occasion however as a result of ongoing Russia-Ukraine struggle, it was shifted to India.
Russia was imagined to be the host of the Olympiad in Moscow and Khanty-Mansiysk from July 26 to August 8, nonetheless, FIDE determined to open bidding for the occasion after Kremlin’s navy operations towards Ukraine.
This would mark because the second main world occasion to be held in India after the World Championship match in 2013 which marked a memorable match between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen. In the World Championship 2013, Magnus Carlsen was first topped World Champion, defeating Vishwanathan Anand.
The video games might be held within the UNESCO Heritage city Mamallapuram, almost 50kms away from Chennai. The event will go on until August 10 and is anticipated to draw greater than 2,000 guests from 180 nations.
The 2020 and 2021 Chess Olympiads had been held on-line due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which affected the participant’s on-line scores.
