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Podcast: From Pragg and Gukesh to Divya Deshmukh - getting to know India’s chess prodigies

Rakesh Rao, Mayank
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Indian chess in ‘August’ company, but best yet to come

Rakesh Rao
Praggnanandhaa has jumped nine places to hold the 20th spot following his stupendous showing in the Chess World Cup. 
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Praggnanandhaa’s World Cup silver reaffirms Indian chess’s growing dominance

Rakesh Rao
Master of squares: R. Praggnanandhaa will now play in the Candidates tournament in 2024, where the winner will face China’s Ding Liren in the next World Championship. At the age of 18, Praggnanandhaa was also the youngest Chess World Cup finalist ever to date.

FIDE World Cup: Arjun, Vidit reach pre-quarters; Humpy bounces back; Carlsen survives

Rakesh Rao
FILE PHOTO: Arjun Erigaisi beat Uzbek Javokhir Sindarov to reach the pre-quarterfinals of the Chess World Cup on Thursday.

Chess World Cup: Vidit nears last-16, Praggnanandhaa holds Nakamura

Rakesh Rao
FILE PHOTO: Vidit Gujrathi nailed Frenchman Etienne Bacrot in just 30 moves in Baku on Wednesday.

FIDE World Cup: Vidit, Harika and Nihal win tiebreak, join others in round four

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FILE PHOTO: Vidit Santosh Gujrathi of India.

Gukesh is spearheading India’s rise: Anand on the teenager overtaking him in FIDE ranking

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India number one D. Gukesh with five-time world champion, Viswanathan Anand.

FIDE World Cup: Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Nihal and Narayanan advance

Rakesh Rao
R. Praggnanandhaa in action. (File Photo)

FIDE Chess World Cup: Gukesh enters World’s top-10 after win over Iskandarov

Rakesh Rao
FILE PHOTO: D Gukesh is now the second-highest-ranked Indian, after Viswanathan Anand.

GCL is a game-changer for chess like IPL and PKL, says Mumba Masters coach Srinath

Mayank
UMM coach N Srinath intereacts with All India Chess Federation president Bharat Singh Chauhan during the GCL tournament in Dubai.
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