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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that the country is proud of youth scaling new heights in sports and noted that India’s number-one ranked player R Praggnanandhaa put up a stiff fight against the reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsson in 2023. Presenting the interim budget in Parliament, Sitharaman noted that India has over…
Some of India’s best players, including local star D Gukesh will be in action in the Chennai Grand Masters Chess Championship 2023 to be held in Chennai from December 15 to 21. The tournament to be conducted by Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu will see a mix of eight GMs — five international Grandmasters…
All India Chess Federation (AICF) president Sanjay Kapoor said on Wednesday that the world’s number one chess player Magnus Carlsen could have been aggressive and taken his chances during the second game of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Cup final against R Praggnanandhaa and expressed his belief that the 18-year-old Indian grandmaster will emerge…
Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh beat the former World Blitz champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan in the final on April 9. In the double-elimination event, Gukesh lost the first game 1.5-0.5, but the 16-year-old came back, beating his compatriot by the exact same score in the second game. The first game of the ‘new’ match was…