chennai both magnus carlsen and anish giri enjoy a good banter they leave no opportunity to have a go at each other but this week saw the two stand next to each other for the move for equality campaign initiated by unesco that addresses the critical issue of racial discrimination dutch grandmaster anish the world no 4 told toi on the essence of this unique campaign and more excerptswhat made you become part of this campaign that has gained traction on the social mediathe campaign is a part of unesco initiative magnus carlsen and myself were approached to bring this campaign to life and i didnt hesitate it seemed like a great opportunity to promote the idea of equality of opportunities which is something i strongly believe in myself especially as i come from a multicultural background and have been surrounded by many great people in my personal and professional life with all sorts of different backgroundswas there anything particular you wanted to achieve with this gesturethe idea that black starts first was a symbolic gesture the intent is not to actually change the rules of the game as a professional though it is actually refreshing seeing same opening positions with colors reversed it gives a new perspective as it actually brings out different associationswhere was the video shotvideo was shot in oslo at a good knight pub which is actually a chess pub it opened last year just before the start of the last world championship matchdo you feel official tournaments can perhaps start this as an initiative in the future it was not the idea of our campaign but if an organizer wants to do so then why notwill the banter with carlsen end with you two coming together for a causeha ha banter will be back but some things are bigger than competition what was the outcome of the gameit was an exhibition game and ended with a noresult we wanted to set an example for equality and not celebrate a winner regardless of colour and who started but i will play many competitive games with carlsen this year and soon there is one coming up in shamkir early next month