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TopicIndian chess players

Topic: Indian chess players

Vishwanathan Anand put India on the chess map. D Gukesh shows we’re playing the endgame

Shubhangi Misra -
New Delhi: In 2017, an 11-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju shyly told ChessBase’s Sagar Shah about his dream of becoming the youngest world chess champion. On 12 December, that...

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

Navneet Oberoi -
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

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

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

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

Praggnanandhaa’s runner-up finish in FIDE World Cup & how it sets stage for World Chess Championship

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Chennai boy Praggnanandhaa finished 2nd after Magnus Carlsen in final round of FIDE World Cup, which is a single-elimination knockout event as opposed to World Chess Championship.

Meteoric rise of Gukesh, who overtook mentor Viswanathan Anand to become #1 Indian chess player

Navneet Oberoi -
Seventeen-year-old Gukesh is now top-ranked Indian player in FIDE live rankings & world No. 9. Trained at WestBridge Anand Chess Academy, he started playing at age of 7.

Magnus Carlsen to Viswanathan Anand—India now has a Global Chess League. It’s a game-changer

Nidhima Taneja -
Chess prodigy Raunak Sidhwani is not intimidated to play with the best of the best of the sport. He has Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi on his team.

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Opinion

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Swasti Rao -
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Economy

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

Bloomberg News -
New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Defence

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

Snehesh Alex Philip -
This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

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