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Opening gambit: Divya Deshmukh, India’s newest Grandmaster, says Chess World Cup victory just the start

New Delhi: The lights were bright, the cameras all trained on her, and across the board sat , one of India's greatest chess players...

ThePrint Quiz, 20 July, 2025: International Chess Day

Think you can score 10/10 in a quiz about chess? As the world observes International Chess Day, test your knowledge of the game in this edition of ThePrint Quiz.

D Gukesh scores breakthrough win over Arjun Erigaisi, moves to second spot at Norway Chess

Stavanger (Norway): Reigning world champion D Gukesh continued to turn adversity into opportunity as he wriggled out of a virtually intractable position to beat...

Myntra FWD ad is too cool with Gukesh, Viswanathan Anand. Who knew they could act

No one saw the collaboration between ‘Gukesh and Vishy sir’ coming. The new Myntra FWD ad now has over three million views.

D Gukesh to R Vaishali, upcoming documentary captures the teens behind India’s chess prodigies

Comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath joined hands with Dopamine Media co-founder Prashant Raj to create ‘Candidates: India’s Chess Story’, which is currently being edited and is set to release early next year.

‘Living my dream’: Gukesh is youngest world chess champion, 2nd Indian after Anand to hold title

18-yr-old Gukesh won world chess championship by defeating China's Liren after 58 moves in nail-biting 14th round. 'Every chess player wants to live this dream,' he said later.

India’s 18-year-old GM D Gukesh becomes youngest world chess champion

Grand Master Gukesh becomes youngest world chess champion after beating Ding Liren of China in 14th and last game of summit clash.

Amritsar’s handmade chess sets are sold in US, Europe. Now, artisans are fighting to survive

Once thriving with global orders, Amritsar’s chess industry has witnessed a rapid decline in sales due to bureaucratic hurdles and rising costs.

Global media on the path beyond India-China détente & what’s behind ‘politicisation of Indian food’

International media also explores the power shift in the world of chess towards Asia, especially India.

‘Control centre, apply pressure from sides’ — Rahul draws chess & politics parallel in campaign video

Video clip released by Congress on social media. Rahul is once again contesting from Wayanad, though no word yet on whether he will also fight from Gandhi bastions Amethi or Rae Bareli.

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Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.