The newly-elected office bearers of the AICF have lost no time in unveiling a host of measures to popularise the sport, which is currently in a state of boom in India.
India’s success at the Candidates tournament shows how much the chess ecosystem has developed in the country. If you rise to the top in India, you are probably very close to the top of the world as well.
On a Norwegian podcast Sjakksnakk, Magnus Carlsen weighed in on the 17-year-old unflappable challenger from India and the shaky-looking world champion Ding Liren from China. The duo will face off in November this year for the World Championship crown.
Now a living legend at 33, he shut-off outside noise, remained thankful to his supportive family, develop as a player and continued to enjoy playing chess
AICF treasurer Dharmendra Kumar, who was at the Chennai airport at 3 am to welcome Gukesh, told The Indian Express that they are in discussions with FIDE to host the World Chess Championship. “We are definitely interested,” he said.
Gukesh and his trainer Grzegorz Gajewski reveal the mentality behind 17-year-old winning Candidates, the routines he painstakingly follows and how he gets in the zone.
Gukesh had edged past a troika of stalwarts: America’s Hikaru Nakamura, and Fabiano Caruana and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi to become the Candidates winner on Monday
In an interview with The Indian Express, 17-year-old Gukesh reveals how he believed from the start that he could win the Candidates and how a conversation with Magnus Carlsen had been helpful for him.
17-year-old from Chennai emerged victorious in the Candidates tournament in Toronto, a prestigious eight-player event held to handpick the challenger to the world champion.
2 wildfires burn through Southern California in US, evacuations ordered
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Two wildfires erupted in Southern California, United States, on Friday and spread rapidly owing to strong winds. This marked the first major incident of the season amid an ongoing spring heatwave, reported The Guardian. The National Weather Service of the US had issued a wind advisory for parts of the region until midday, cautioning that gusts could reach 50 mph.
