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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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Grischuk: Anand is among top five of all-time greats in world chess

P. K. Ajith Kumar

(From L to R) Viswanathan Anand and Alexander Grischuk at the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Kolkata.

Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh felicitated by school Velammal Nexus

K. Keerthivasan

R. Praggnanandhaa (sixth from right) and D. Gukesh (sixth from left) were felicitated by Velammal Nexus with a cash award of Rs. 20 lakh each at a function in Chennai on Monday.

Couldn’t have asked for a better Indian chess team for Asian Games: Anand

Speaking about India’s rise in chess, Anand said he never anticipated something like this would happen when he started his academy (WACA) three years ago.

Praggnanandhaa: The boy who gets cricket-loving India chess-thumping

Princely presence: R. Praggnanandhaa is left amazed at the way chess caught the attention of the country during the recent World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.

D Gukesh: Getting past Vishy Sir’s current rating a very special achievement

D Gukesh is now world no.8, taking over Viswanathan Ananad India no.1 spot.

Gukesh replaces Anand as top-ranked Indian in official FIDE rating list

For the first time since taking over as India’s numero uno on 1 July 1986 – in other words, after 37 years and two months – Anand relinquished the India No. 1 spot.

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

Praggnanandhaa has jumped nine places to hold the 20th spot following his stupendous showing in the Chess World Cup.

Praggnanandhaa’s World Cup silver reaffirms Indian chess’s growing dominance

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.

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

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

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