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"It is exciting for me to do something new," says Magnus Carlsen on joinin
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The GCL will start from June 21 and will go on till July 2. The former-five-time champion Magnus is excited about the league and opines that it is a matter of time before "India is the leading chess nation in the world".
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"Chess is constantly evolving in India": Koneru Humpy
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A 2003 Arjuna Awardee, winner of the Padma Shri, Humpy is best known for her win at the 2019 FIDE Rapid Chess Championship and will be looking to make a mark once again by playing in the GCL.
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GCL celebrates spirit of the game with its first Chess Flash Mob in Mumbai
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Bandra Fort, also known as Castella de Aguada, is one of the key historical and tourist venues in Mumbai overseeing the famous Bandra-Worli sea link that played host to the flash mob, leaving the people around the area in awe. Celebrating the importance and popularity of chess, the flash mob
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Viswanathan Anand, Ding Liren, Magnus Carlsen, Hou Yifan join Global Chess
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Global Chess League will feature reigning World Chess Champion Ding Liren, the world's top-ranked chess player and five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen, five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand, and four-time Women's World champion Hou Yifan, among others.
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Global Chess League offers Rs 2 lakh cash prize to winners of ADD-ED India
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Sardar Patel Vidyalaya and Bal Bharti School, Pitampura, emerged as the winners in the III-V Class and VI-VIII class categories, respectively. The GCL promotors have offered the winning teams a cash prize of INR 2 Lakh. ADD-ED India collaborated with 16 schools across the nation's capital to
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Dubai to host inaugural Global Chess League
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The world's largest and first franchise-based chess league will be held in Dubai in association with Dubai Sports Council, the league's host partner.
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Logo for Global Chess League unveiled
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The logo has been strategically launched 64 days before the inauguration of the first-ever GCL, a number that is well-known in the chess world
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