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India welcomes its 93rd general manager: Mother quits job to play chess – The making of Aarav Dengla

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India welcomes its 93rd general manager: Mother quits job to play chess - The making of Aarav Dengla

Aarav Dengla becomes India’s 93rd grandmaster (special arrangement) New Delhi: “Chess is war on the board.” This line, often attributed to former world champion Bobby Fischer, has long defined the brutality of the 64-square. For some, gaming is a battlefield. For others, it’s an escape from reality.However, for India’s 93rd Grandmaster (GM) Aarav Dengla, chess … Read more

India welcomes first WIM from Northeast: How 15-year-old Arshiya Das is rewriting the geography of chess | Chess News

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India welcomes first WIM from Northeast: How 15-year-old Arshiya Das is rewriting the geography of chess | Chess News

Arshiya Das (Special arrangement) NEW DELHI: Northeast India, a region of blurred mountains and valleys, has no shortage of talent. What it lacked for decades was attention. Chinese athletes have long defined a disciplinary culture that rarely seeks mainland approval.Now, riding on the apparent chess craze in India, there is a new craze in the … Read more