![]() ![]() And the finals of the Olympic Esports Series 2023 can be streamed on The Olympic Esports Series 2023 is a global virtual and simulated sports competition, created by the IOC, and in collaboration with game publishers and International Federations (IFs) such as the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Now, Neiksans is one of dozens of chess players and grand masters who have competing in the Olympic Esports Series to become the first chess player to win an Olympic Esports Series title. "It rekindled my love for chess," he said.Ĭhess is one of the original strategy games that's inspired dozens of turn-based and real-time strategy games such as Heroes of Might and Magic. It's the natural connection between chess and video games that eventually brought him back to the game he grew up learning. He spent his free time during those years in university glued to the screen. He had spent nine years away from chess while at university after learning it as a child. Neiksans spent dozens of hours in the world of Heroes of Might and Magic. I even communicated with the developers often." "That's when I considered becoming a part of the gaming community instead of chess," Neiksans, a chess grandmaster, said. He bought the game and jumped straight in. The 16-year-old was at a game store in Jelgava, Latvia when he found Heroes of Might and Magic, a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. ![]() Arturs Neiksans remembers the box vividly. ![]()
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