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'The' World Champion returns: D Gukesh to play Norway Chess 2026
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju will compete at Norway Chess 2026, taking his place in the field at one of the world's strongest chess tournaments. The Indian star comes to Oslo as the youngest undisputed World Champion in the history of the game.
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PM Modi congratulates Arjun Erigaisi for securing bronze at FIDE World Bli
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Indian chess grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi for securing the bronze medal in the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Blitz Championships in Doha.
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Don't pay too much attention to these one-two rating points: Praggnanandha
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Indian Chess grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa expressed his thoughts as he became the country's highest-ranked player, saying that he doesn't pay too much attention towards one or two ratings points as they can be changed at any time.
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Pushkar Singh Dhami hails Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh for defeating world n
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday lauded Indian chess grandmaster Divya Deshmukh for defeating world number one Hou Yifan in the second leg of the Blitz semifinal at the World Team Blitz Championships, London.
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"Future is certainly very bright": Magnus Carlsen hails Indian chess grand
Updated : 1 year ago IST
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen lauded the Indian grandmasters Dommaraju Gukesh, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, and Arjun Erigaisi during the ongoing Norway Chess 2025 and went on to say that the future of Indian chess is in safe hands.
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"The vision is a fitter Bharat": Tania Sachdev joins 'Fit India Sundays on
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The iconic Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium witnessed a vibrant morning of fitness and enthusiasm as the 'Fit India Sundays on Cycle' marathon rolled through the capital. The event, part of a nationwide movement launched by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in December 2024, united
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Koneru Humpy wins FIDE Women's World Rapid Championship, defeats Indonesia
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Indian chess grandmaster Koneru Humpy on Sunday won the FIDE World Rapid Championship in New York after beating Indonesia's Irene Sukandar with the black pieces in the final round of the tournament.
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D Gukesh expresses delight after meeting "superstar" Rajnikanth
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Indian chess grandmaster D Gukesh took to social media and expressed his feelings after meeting superstar Rajnikanth on Thursday.
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"This should be called a miracle": Pravin Thipsay on D Gukesh becoming wor
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Former Chess player Pravin Thipsay expressed his feelings following the Indian chess grandmaster D Gukesh's victory in the final game of the FIDE World Chess championship.
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Viswanathan Anand recalls meeting World Champion D Gukesh as a young boy
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand took to social media and shared a photo of him with young D Gukesh recalling the moment when referred to the Indian Chess grandmaster as the "boy who would be king" in the post.
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"Feel this will bring more people into this game": Vidit Gujrathi after D
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Following D Gukesh's historic FIDE World Championship title win, Indian Chess grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi believed that this victory would attract a lot of more people to the game of Chess.
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Indian political fraternity congratulates D Gukesh following title win
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
President Droupadi Murmu, Vice-President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M.K.Stalin, and Indian National Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge congratulated Indian chess grandmaster D. Gukesh
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