Can India’s NextGen of chess players live upto the expectations in the era of Gukesh and Praggnannandhaa
Emergence of Aravindh Chithambaram and Pranav Venkatesh is great news for Indian chess, but Gukesh & Praggnanandhaa will be a tough acts to follow.
India's Pranav wins World Junior Chess Championship: Meet 18-year-old GM who is Anand's student and Carlsen's 'buddy'
Grandmaster Pranav Venkatesh is the latest Indian to win the World Junior Chess Championship. Like senior world champions D ...
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Oldest living world chess champion Boris Spassky dies at age 88
Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the age of 88, International chess federation (FIDE) general director Emil Sutovsky told Reuters on Thursday. Russian chess grandmaster Boris ...
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Why Gukesh’s winless run at Weissenhaus in Freestyle Chess is nothing to worry about
At a private luxury resort in Germany, Gukesh Dommaraju, the reigning world champion, has spent an entire week being deeply uncomfortable. Nothing seems to have gone his way at Weissenhaus, where he ...
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Gukesh's coach questions future of Carlsen's Freestyle Chess Tour: 'There’s no guarantee'
D Gukesh’s head coach Grzegorz Gajewski has questioned the future of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour which was recently embroiled in a controversy with the International Chess Federation, FIDE.
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D Gukesh’s chief coach casts doubts on Magnus Carlsen’s Freestyle Chess project’s future: ‘No guarantee in 2 years…’
Grzegorz Gajewski’s observation and also D Gukesh’s earlier comments create a sense of confusion as he is participating at the upcoming Paris Grand Slam event. The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam ...
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D Gukesh reveals 'cool moment' when he first met Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand
Reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju opened up on the first time he met Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand, whom he considers his idol and ‘Guru’. Gukesh is part of Indian’s golden generation ...
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Gukesh and the Freestyle chess conundrum
Bengaluru: Reigning world champion D Gukesh just lived through an anomaly of a week – a rare, winless run at a tournament earlier this month. Fischer Random, or Freestyle Chess, as packaged in ...
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Magnus Carlsen compared D Gukesh to Alireza Firouzja on Joe Rogan's podcast.
D Gukesh scripted history in December last year, when he became the youngest-ever world chess champion. The 18-year-old achieved the feat by defeating defending champion Ding Liren in Singapore.
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D Gukesh reveals ‘the first time’ he met Viswanathan Anand, mentions ‘cool moment in school’ with chess legend
D Gukesh is also in collaboration with WestBridge-Anand Chess Academy. WACA is a partnership between Viswanathan Anand and WestBridge Capital D Gukesh scripted history in December last year ...
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Gukesh is not good at rapid, blitz chess; he's focused all his studies on classical: Carlsen dissects Indian GM's game
Chess legend Magnus Carlsen is highly impressed with D. Gukesh’s attention to detail and the in-depth study that has propelled him to excel in the classical format. Gukesh recently won the World Chess ...
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Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai orders scrutiny of NGOs to check if foreign aid is used for 'illegal conversion'
Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai has mandated a scrutiny of NGOs to ensure foreign aid isn't misused for illegal activities, specifically religious conversions. He stated that strict actions will be ...