Barrackpore (West Bengal): Super Grand Master Viswanathan Anand on Thursday expressed his reservations about the ongoing process of reunification between FIDE and its rival body, saying even leading players like him had been virtually kept in the dark on the proposed move.

''So far, the organisers have been very vague on information. There have been no initial releases. I can't understand why it should be so,'' Anand told reporters on the sidelines of a function at Udayan, a home for children of leprosy patients.

Anand said as per schedule, the new cycle in world chess would begin by the end of next year, but it seemed that the organisers were not yet ready with even the basic documents.

''I don't wish to sound like a sceptic. But there are things you need to share,'' he said. The reigning world champion, however, said that he hoped that the project would come through.

''Let's hope it succeeds so that we can carry it from there.'' Asked to name the Indian player most likely to follow in his footsteps to become the country's second super GM, Anand said K Sasikiran was knocking at the door with a FIDE rating of 2650, while Abhijit Kunte and P Harikrishan were also bright prospects.

Referring to newly crowned GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly, he said the Bengal player was quite promising and now needed to set his goals higher.

PTI