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FIDE world women's team c'ship: India beat Georgia to enter finals
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): India on Friday defeated Georgia to reach the finals of the World Women's Team Chess Championship.
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Netflix sued by former chess champion over 'sexist' remark in 'Queen's Gam
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Nona Gaprindashvili, one of the top chess players in the world in the 1970s, has filed a defamation suit against Netflix on Thursday over 'The Queen's Gambit'.
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Disabled world chess champion urges Punjab govt to provide coach, job
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], August 10 (ANI): A disabled chess player from Jalandhar who has won several medals in national and international events, has urged the Punjab government to provide her with a coach and a government job.
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Koneru Humpy nominated for Khel Ratna Award by AICF
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): World Rapid Chess Champion Koneru Humpy has been nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the All India Chess Federation (AICF).
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Chess players are fairly intelligent, but their career spans are getting s
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand has said that the career spans of the players are now getting shortened because of the intense competition within the sport.
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On this day in 2000: Viswanathan Anand won FIDE World Chess Championship
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): Twenty years ago on this day, Viswanathan Anand won the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000 for the first time after beating Spain's Alexei Shirov. With this, he became the first Indian to clinch this title.
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Aanand L Rai to helm biopic on Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 13 (ANI): Filmmaker Aanand L Rai is set to direct a film on the life of Indian chess grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand. The title of the biopic has not been unveiled yet.
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Vishwanathan Anand to land in India today, says wife Aruna
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Viswanathan Anand's wife Aruna Anand on Saturday said that the five-time chess champion will finally be landing in India later today.
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Don't have concrete information regarding Viswanathan Anand's return to In
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): As the Government of India plans to facilitate the return of Indian nationals stranded abroad in a phased manner, Aruna Anand, wife of five-time chess champion Viswanathan Anand on Tuesday said that the Berlin Embassy in Germany has not received any notificati
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Keeping close tab on travel advisories for safe return of Viswanathan Anan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Aruna Anand, the wife of five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand, on Thursday said that they are keeping a close tab on the travel advisories from both Germany and India to see when it will be safe for Viswanathan's entry back to India.
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I never thought of winning chess championship: Humpy Koneru
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 1 (ANI): After winning 2019 women's world rapid chess championship, Humpy Koneru says that she never thought of winning the title.
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India's Humpy Koneru becomes women's world rapid chess champion
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], Dec 29 (ANI): India's Humpy Koneru on Saturday (local time) managed to win the 2019 women's world rapid chess championship. Koneru defeated China's Lei Yingjie in the final playoff match.
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