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How Gukesh won 1st game as chess world champion after finding lucky escape route vs Anish Giri

Anish Giri slumped on the backrest of his chair and stayed there for a while. Then, he hunched over and

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Norway Chess 2025 will see Gukesh face Magnus Carlsen and Arjun Erigaisi in elite field

Gukesh Dommaraju, who became the youngest ever world champion in the history of chess last week, will play at the

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Garry Kasparov’s rich praise for Gukesh: ‘He’s made his mom happy… summitted highest peak of all’

Former world champion Gary Kasparov lauded Indian grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated defending champion Ding Liren to become the youngest

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World Chess Championship: Gukesh still has 50-50 chance to win, provided he avoids tie-breaks

Despite losing Game 12 of the World Chess Championship, Indian challenger D Gukesh still has an even chance of claiming

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FIDE World Chess Championship: About glances at the opponent and pre-game rituals

As the tension mounted on him in Game 7, Ding Liren sneaked a couple of glances at D Gukesh as

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World Chess Championship: Of being in the zone, maintaining a poker face and not believing in numerology

There was a viral clip a few months back involving Viswanathan Anand and Gukesh. It’s barely a 15-second-long clip, but

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Chess Olympiad: Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Divya Deshmukh star as history beckons Indian chess teams

Both the Indian chess teams find themselves on the cusp of history-making gold medals in the open section and the

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Chess Olympiad: India play out first draw but stay within touching distance of gold medal

In a battle royale of prodigies, the Indian chess team played out their first draw in the Chess Olympiad, this

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