"Chess has helped me to keep my memory!" - 85-year-old Satyamurthy

1,111 views · Published 24 December 2017 · 7:50 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: ChessBase India · 2017 · Sports

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85-year-old R. Satyamurthy is the oldest participant at the Bhopal open 2017. ChessBase India caught up with him and asked some important questions as to how chess life is different now as compared to 1959, when Satyamurthy played the 3rd Nationals.

He shares his secret of good memory - chess! And he tells us about how life can give us second chances, but a game of chess never does!

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