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India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin experienced a ‘fanboy’ moment, as he posted a picture on Instagram with Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand. From the post, it appeared that Ashwin and Anand had been on a flight together. India’s first chess grandmaster, Anand is a five-time World Chess Champion. The duo hail from the same…
Overjoyed by India’s remarkable dual triumph at the Chess Olympiad, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand said that while this marks a promising beginning, there is still much work to be done for women’s chess in the country. India scripted history on Sunday as both its men’s and women’s teams secured their first-ever titles,…
A dream come true, a nice feeling. The maiden Chess Olympiad gold meant different things for the members of the five-strong Indian men’s team, spearheaded stupendously by the youngest ever challenger to the world title — D Gukesh. The 18-year-old issued a statement of sorts ahead of his eagerly-anticipated world championship clash in…
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Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand on Sunday led the country’s sporting fraternity in hailing the Indian men and women’s teams for their historic gold medal winning feat at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. India made history as both its men’s and women’s teams clinched first-ever gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad. The…
World Championship challenger D Gukesh on Sunday said he didn’t think about his personal achievements and was prepared to do “whatever it takes” to secure India’s maiden gold medal at the Chess Olympiad following near-misses in previous editions. The 18-year-old Gukesh was a key architect in India’s historic victory, as the men’s team…
File photo of Gukesh D.© X (formerly Twitter) Grandmaster and World Championship challenger D Gukesh put it across Fabiano Caruana of United States to raise visions of a maiden gold medal for the Indian men in the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. Set to play the next World championship match in Singapore in…
File photo of Magnus Carlsen.© X (formerly Twitter) Chess great Magnus Carlsen has urged his game’s top sporting body not to readmit Russia and Belarus ahead of a key vote this weekend on whether to restore their membership. Russia and Belarus were booted out of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in 2022 over…
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File photo of Gukesh D.© X (formerly Twitter) Backed by the two in-form stars in World Championship challenger D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaise, the Indian men scored the necessary 2.5 points out of possible three against Azerbaijan in the fifth round of the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest on Sunday. It seems like…
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File image of Viswanathan Anand© X (Twitter) Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand proved his mettle once again and defeated Spaniard Jaime Santos Latasa 3-1 in the finals to win the Leon Masters for a 10th time in Leon, Spain. The 54-year-old Anand, who lived in Spain for many years before shifting his base…
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File photo of R Praggnanandhaa.© X (formerly Twitter) Chess legend Gary Kasparov praised young grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa, who gave autographs to fans during the Rapid and Blitz tournament, and said the way he was giving signature means “hand doesn’t get sore so quickly”. Garry Gasparov posted a video on X with the caption: “Smart lad;…
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