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An Indian-American techie’s ‘Tamil pride’ post on X divides the Internet. (Photo: @ChessBaseIndia) A prominent Indian-American voice on X, Sidharth who posts on tech, investment and recently on Elon Musk’s America Party, stirred a row on the social media platform through his Tamil supremacy as he called Tamil Nadu the greatest state of India. Sidharth…
D Gukesh (Norway Chess via PTI Photo) Gukesh D, who became the youngest world chess champion in history by defeating Ding Liren last December, has experienced a mixed journey in recent months. In his first tournament as world champion at Tata Steel chess in Wijk aan Zee, he nearly clinched victory before losing to Praggnanandhaa…
Viswanathan Anand, D Gukesh, and R Praggnanandhaa NEW DELHI: In the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, those from the North and the South had a contrasting approach towards dominance, survival, and eventually success. The blood and instinct of the North were met with the alliance-building of the South.Along those lines, a similar story is…
R Praggnanandhaa and Anish Giri (Agency Photos) Dutch No.1 Grandmaster Anish Giri, 31, sparked conversation across the chess world on Friday with a tongue-in-cheek reaction to R Praggnanandhaa becoming the new World No.1 junior. “Chess juniors nowadays have to be at least U16, keeping track of U20 players is totally pointless,” Giri, who currently holds…
R Praggnanandhaa (PTI Photo) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has officially taken the crown as India’s No. 1 chess player after clinching the UzChess Cup Masters title in stunning fashion on Friday. The 19-year-old Grandmaster defeated Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov with the Black pieces in the final round to seal the championship and mark a significant moment in Indian…
Rani Hamid (Photo credit: Special arrangement) NEW DELHI: Balaji Sudarshan is a 2012-born chess prodigy from Tamil Nadu who was up against 80-year-old Bangladeshi legend Rani Hamid in round 6 of the Delhi International GM Open Chess Tournament 2025.Going into the game, Hamid had suffered three losses, all against lower-rated opponents in the first five…
