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Samarkand Chess Olympiad preview | India has the ability to repeat Budapest heroics

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Samarkand Chess Olympiad preview | India has the ability to repeat Budapest heroics

Samarkand is ready: FIDE interim president Viswanathan Anand and AICF president Nitin Narang hand over the Chess Olympiad flame to Sindarov. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Time flies. It has been two years since those beautiful images from Budapest caught India’s imagination — the country’s young chess players, men and women, posing for photographs after their twin success at the Chess Olympiad. It was…

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GCL | Pranesh and Abhimanyu fumble in the end

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GCL | Pranesh and Abhimanyu fumble in the end

Cruel game: Abhimanyu’s illegal move against Mendonca proved costly. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN At the Global Chess League, the margin for error can be thin. So thin, it doesn’t exist. M. Pranesh and Abhimanyu Mishra found that out in excruciating fashion at the Lalit Ashok on Tuesday. Pranesh was in a completely winning position against Nihal Sarin, but he overlooked a simple checkmate and lost. Pranesh, however, had the consolation…

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