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Viswanathan Anand to mentor Indian chess team for 2022 Asian Games
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): With eight months left for the Asian Games 2022 to start at Hangzhou, China on September 10, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) is hopeful of a rich medal haul from their men's and women's team when the chess discipline returns to the Asian Games fold
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Indian Chess League with six teams to take place in June 2022
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): The Indian Chess League boasting of the world's and India's top players will be held in June 2022, the All-India Chess Federation revealed here on Tuesday.
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8-year old Indian chess prodigy Advay Dhoot stuns international chess circ
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 11 (ANI): Advay Dhoot, a young chess player from Mumbai, participated in chess tournaments in the European circuit, in Germany and France and came out with strong performances, making him a top junior chess contender from India.
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Reaction to failure and perception of success are crucial elements for stu
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 25 (ANI/PNN): Indian Chess Grandmaster and Padma Vibhushan Mr Vishwanathan Anand said the reaction to failure and perception of success was crucial to everyone's lives.
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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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India to bid for Chess Olympiad, start Indian Chess League, says AICF pres
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 14 (ANI): The newly elected president of the All India Chess Federation, Sanjay Kapoor, unveiled a blueprint to turn the country into a chess superpower here on Sunday, starting with the decision to bid for the next available Chess Olympiad and commencing a high-p
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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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Golden moment for Indian chess fraternity: Koneru Humpy after team wins go
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (ANI): Koneru Humpy, who was a part of the Indian team that was declared joint winners of the FIDE Chess Olympiad along with Russia, termed the win as a "golden moment" for the Indian chess fraternity.
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Indian chess star withdraws from Iran event over headscarf rule
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 13 (ANI): Chess star Soumya Swaminathan has refused to be a part of the Asian Team Chess Championship, to be held in Hamadan, Iran, from July 26 to August 4, because of the compulsory-headscarf rule in the country which she said violated her personal right
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