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Tamil Nadu CM Vijay loses a chess match with R Praggnanandhaa, presents him with a cash reward of ₹50 lakh

Tamil Nadu CM Vijay loses a chess match with R Praggnanandhaa, presents him with a cash reward of ₹50 lakh

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay felicitated Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and presented him with a cash reward of ₹50 lakh on behalf of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu. The 20-year-old chess prodigy scored a historic victory at the Norway Chess 2026 tournament. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay felicitates Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa for winning the Norway Chess title, in Chennai. (TNDIPR/ANI Video Grab) (TNDIPR) Vijay plays chess with Praggnanandhaa Speaking to news agency ANI, R Praggnanandhaa shared that the Chief Minister also played a game of chess with him. “I was asked to bring a chessboard, and I played a game with the Chief Minister. I never expected that he would actually play chess with me. We played for about 15 minutes, and I won the game. He was very supportive and encouraging,” he said. Sharing details of the honour on X, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) wrote, “Honourable Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Thiru. Joseph Vijay, today at the Chief Secretariat, presented a cheque for 50 lakh rupees as a …

Meet Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, 3-year-old from MP who’s the youngest rated chess player in history | Chess News

Meet Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, 3-year-old from MP who’s the youngest rated chess player in history | Chess News

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When the rest of kids his age are learning that ‘a’ is for apple and ‘b’ is for ball, three-year-old Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has already started thinking that ‘c’ is for checkmate. When Sarwagya plays chess, he thumps his pieces on the squares and slaps the clock with a particular menace, which would indicate that he is trying to rattle his opponent. But the fact that he has to stand up on his chair, or sit on three chairs stacked one over the other, just to reach the other end of the chess board is a dead giveaway of the boy’s tender age. At the age of three years, seven months and 20 days, Sarwagya is now the world’s youngest rated player in chess history. Hailing from Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar, Sarwagya is still in nursery school but holds a rapid rating of 1,572. He dethroned Kolkata’s Anish Sarkar, who, in November last year, had become the youngest rated player in history at the age of three years, eight months and 19 days. Having picked up …

Anushka Sharma praises chess world champion D Gukesh’s father Dr Rajinikanth as he opens up about sacrifice | Bollywood

Anushka Sharma praises chess world champion D Gukesh’s father Dr Rajinikanth as he opens up about sacrifice | Bollywood

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Dec 15, 2024 07:11 PM IST Anushka Sharma seemed to be inspired by Gukesh Dommaraju’s father Dr Rajinikanth’s words where he spoke about how he saw the spark in him at a young age. D Gukesh scripted history as he became the youngest world chess champion at the age of 18. The Indian grandmaster defeated defending champion Ding Liren in the decisive Game 14 to claim the title. Actor Anushka Sharma has reacted to the chess prodigy’s father’s words in which he was seen talking about the journey of his son in these years. (Also read: D Gukesh goes from world champion to internet darling with a hilarious ‘do not touch’ pic) Anushka Sharma reacted to Gukesh D’s father’s words. What Anushka said Anushka took to her Instagram Stories and shared a video where Gukesh’s father, Dr Rajinikanth was seen saying, “Sacrifice is a big word. It is a duty of the parents to give to kids if they are talented in something. When he meant to us… when he started chess career in the …

Chess World Championship: Gukesh has not hit his peak yet, will have amazing future, says Susan Polgar | Chess News

Chess World Championship: Gukesh has not hit his peak yet, will have amazing future, says Susan Polgar | Chess News

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With the World Championship reaching its finale, Grandmaster Susan Polgar heaped praise on Indian challenger D Gukesh, saying the Indian challenger has ‘not hit his peak chess potential yet’ and ‘he will have an amazing future, no matter the results of this match’. Polgar’s comments came on the morning of Game 13 following a humbling defeat for Gukesh at the hands of reigning champion Ding Liren in Game 12 of the World Championship. Chess legends have been unsparing on the quality of the ongoing title match, with Magnus Carlsen commenting that it looks like the ‘second or third round of an open tournament’. Taking to X on Wednesday, Polgar praised the 18-year-old Indian, saying Gukesh is ‘always polite, conducts himself professionally, and very receptive to take in new information (a very important trait for a young player)’. “Shortly after he became a grandmaster, I saw something very special in his game, approach to chess, and demeanor. He has the important intangibles rarely seen in young players this age,” she wrote. Polgar added: “That’s why I …

How Vantika Agarwal went from slow starter to Olympiad star performer

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Playing on the fourth board for India at the Chess Olympiad, Vantika Agrawal was crucial in her games for the women’s team to win the gold medal – a historic feat where they matched the men’s team gold and became only the third team ever to achieve the joint triumph. In Budapest, Vantika would often find herself in pressure situations. The Indian team chose to field R Vaishali for seven games on black – a tough schedule to carry out in a tournament of this magnitude on the second board. And when Vaishali was losing those games, Vantika would have to pull through. But then Vantika too went through a bad patch against Poland. “When I lost my match against my Polish opponent, I was really heartbroken. I take losses very hard and if you saw that game, I was completely winning. On a normal day, if I were in that position, I would win 10 out of 10 times. But then the next day the team needed a draw against the USA and I …

Candidates Champion D Gukesh arrives in Chennai to rousing welcome

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Fans swamped history-making teen Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh as he returned to an enthusiastic reception here on Thursday after becoming the youngest challenger to the world title following his triumph at the prestigious Candidates Chess Tournament in Toronto. Among the fans, hundreds of students from the Velammal Vidyalaya, the school where Gukesh studies, lined up at the airport at least one hour before his flight landed to greet the 17-year-old chess prodigy. Despite Gukesh arriving at 3 am, the crowd built up as his arrival time came close. He was immediately flanked by the jubilant mass and had garlands around his neck as police escorted him out safely. WATCH: Chess Prodigy D Gukesh arrives in Chennai to a rousing welcome “I feel very happy for this homecoming, this is a special achievement. I was in a good space since the beginning of the tournament, I had full confidence that I would emerge top in this tournament and luck was on my side as well,” Gukesh said while talking to the media at the airport. “It’s …