For anybody with an interest in chess, Frederic Friedel would not need any introduction. A veritable encyclopedia on the sport, he is also the co-founder of ChessBase. He is almost on kinship terms with the who's who in the world of chess from Garry Kasparov to Vishy Anand. He was recently in India for the promotion of ChessBase India and chess-learning software for children, Fritz and Chesster. Firstpost invited him to their office in Mumbai and the affable Friedel left them spellbound with stories on how Anand turned him into an "Indian" cook, and more serious ones like the man vs machine debate in chess and the prospects of the sport in India.