Young and talented chess players go head-to-head at Chicago's Harold Washington Library
Some talented chess players faced off Tuesday at Chicago's Harold Washington Library. The chess players are seasoned ...
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Gainesville schools dominate 2025 Florida chess championships
Gainesville students sliced through the competition at the 2025 Florida State Scholastic Chess Championships, with Oak Hall ...
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With assembly elections next year, Home Minister promises influx of investments and jobs in the state.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the first phase of the revamped police academy in Assam’s Dergaon on Saturday, hailing the state government’s decision to name it after storied Ahom general ...
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Assam: Kaziranga to host first-ever chess carnival on March 22 & 23
500. Interested participants can register and find more details at www.aaghun.com. The Aaghun Foundation also plans to establish a chess academy in Kaziranga, offering regular training, competitions, ...
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D Gukesh reveals how Viswanathan Anand boosted Indian chess with a key COVID-19 move: 'It was a great moment'
Current chess world champion D Gukesh on Saturday touched upon WestBridge Anand Chess Academy’s (WACA) role in the rise of Indian chess in recent years. Anand set up the WestBridge Anand Chess Academy ...
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Chess Masters: The Endgame Proves That No, Chess Is Not a Spectator Sport
They did it with baking. They did it with sewing. They did it with pottery. Can they do it with chess? By adding enough double entendres, excitable co-presenters and ludicrously overstated stakes ...
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Meet the 4-year-old chess prodigy who's world’s youngest Fide-rated player
Barua has been coaching Anish at his Dhanuka Dhunseri Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy in south Kolkata, over 20km away from Kaikhali in the city’s northern suburbs where the prodigy resides with ...
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D Gukesh explains how Covid-19 fuelled India's chess revolution
Speaking at the India Today Conclave at the Taj Palace in New Delhi on Saturday, Gukesh highlighted how he and his Indian compatriots received invaluable assistance from the WestBridge Anand Chess ...
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India's Pranav wins World Junior Chess Championship: Meet 18-year-old GM who is Anand's student and Carlsen's 'buddy'
Like senior world champions D Gukesh, he also trained under Viswanathan Anand at Westbridge Anand Chess Academy and helped Magnus Carlsen win European Club Cup once. Indians continue to rule the world ...
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Bengaluru's Pranav is the new world junior chess champion
Like Gukesh and R Praggnanadhaa, Pranav trains under Anand's Westbridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA). On his way to emerge champion, the 2615 Elo Pranav prevailed over fourth seed Israel GM Yahli ...
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Another world champion from India: Pranav Venkatesh becomes World Junior Chess Champion
Just like illustrious predecessors Gukesh and Praggnanadhaa, Pranav is a product of the Vellamal Institute in Chennai and is a fellow at the Westbridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA), pioneered by Anand, ...
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India’s Pranav Venkatesh wins World Junior Chess Championship
Venkatesh’s success was written on the wall, given his past few performances and especially after he was picked up for the Westbridge Anand Chess Academy where the students are mentored and handpicked ...