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Anand-mentored teen sensations Nihal, Praggnanandhaa get FIDE President's
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Mentored by chess wizard Viswanathan Anand, teen sensations Nihal Sarin and Praggnanandhaa have received FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich's wildcard for participating in the upcoming Chess World Cup.
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Billionaire Kamath's chess account to be reopened as Anand wants to get cl
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Daniel Rensch, the Chief Chess Officer for Chess.com on Tuesday said that the governing body has now chosen to reopen the account of Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath after his account came into question during the charity game that took place on Sunday. Five
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Will be 'honoured' to play Vishwanathan Anand in Chess Grandmaster's biopi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Superstar Aamir Khan shared that he would be honoured to play the lead in the much-anticipated biopic on the Indian Chess Grandmaster- Vishwanathan Anand, which is currently in the works and will be jointly produced by Aanand L Rai and Mahaveer Jain.
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Kamath episode gives us life lesson on need to follow rules, integrity and
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Former Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Tuesday said the episode involving Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath and chess player Viswanathan Anand can give everyone a lesson on how to follow rules, integrity and honesty.
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Goal is to protect integrity, says Chief Chess Officer after banning billi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): Daniel Rensch, the Chief Chess Officer for Chess.com, has said the governing body remains "committed" to ensure all games played on site are fairly contested.
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Billionaire Nikhil Kamath admits to using unfair means to beat Viswanathan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The All India Chess Federation (AICF) Secretary Bharat Chauhan has said it is "unfortunate" to see unfair methods employed in a charity chess game by Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath against five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand.
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Vidit Gujrathi qualifies for Chess World Cup 2021
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], June 3 (ANI): Vidit Gujrathi has qualified for the Chess World Cup 2021 on the basis of his rating. The mega-event is all set to take place in Russia from July 10.
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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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'Checkmate COVID': Viswanathan Anand, Koneru Humpy to help support coronav
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Chess maestro Viswanathan Anand along with Koneru Humpy, Dronavalli Harika, Nihal Sarin, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, will be offering simultaneous exhibitions on Chess.com to support COVID-19 relief in India on Thursday.
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'War is a Game of Chess': Michael B Jordan talks about new movie 'Without
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 20 (ANI): Hollywood star Michael B Jordan recently talked about his upcoming Amazon Original film 'Without Remorse', which is a spin-off of the iconic Jack Ryan film series.
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I owe so much to him: Viswanathan Anand remembers his late father
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Chess maestro Viswanathan Anand on Sunday paid a heartfelt tribute to his father K Viswanathan who passed away on Thursday in Chennai after a brief illness.
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Chirrup raises pre-seed funding of Rs 2.17 cr to bolster product offerings
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): Video-integrated social gaming platform Chirrup said on Thursday it has raised a pre-seed round of 300,000 dollars (about Rs 2.17 crore) from Titan Capital, iSeed, First Cheque and 3.0 Fund to further strengthen the product and provide a world-class user ex
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