Chess International Master | Director of @chesscom_in & @chesskidindia | Shiv Chhatrapati Awardee | Commonwealth Medalist x 2 | Twitch Partner Streamer
Mumbai,India
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BREAKING!!
Indian women 🇮🇳 beat Azerbaijan to clinch Gold at the 45th #ChessOlympiad
DOUBLE GOLD for India! 🇮🇳
Both Indian men and Women win GOLD at the #ChessOlympiad2024 ❤️
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India 🇮🇳 gets it's 73rd Chess Grandmaster in Bharath Subramaniyam!
Congratulations Bharath! 🥳
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Superstar MS Dhoni 🇮🇳 will be attending the closing ceremony of the #ChessOlympiad 😍
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HISTORY!
17-year-old Praggnanandhaa 🇮🇳 beats World Champion Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 in a match! ❤️
@rpragchess beats Carlsen in the blitz playoff 2️⃣-0️⃣ (2-2 in regulation)
The first time by an Indian! 🙌🏻
Pragg finishes a well-deserved 2nd at the #FTXCryptoCup and earns $37,500 😍
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BREAKING!!
INDIA WIN GOLD!! 🥇 at the 45th Chess Olympiad!! 🇮🇳
India 🇮🇳 win their first-ever OTB #ChessOlympiad ❤️
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BREAKING!
World's #1 Junior, GM Alireza Firouzja has officially become a French citizen now.
@AlirezaFirouzja stopped representing Iran in late 2019 and played under the @FIDE_chess flag since then.
Big boost for French 🇫🇷 Chess!
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Glenn Maxwell to Chris Morris:
Don't have a go at the youngster (Bharat) Have a go at me! 🙌🏻
Respect @Gmaxi_32 ❤️
@RCBTweets #RCB
#RCBvsRR
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Great news for India 🇮🇳
Both Chess and Cricket will be part of the upcoming Asian Games in 2022.
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The Dream Team!! 🇮🇳❤️
Congrats Indian women on winning the Women’s Chess Olympiad! ❤️🙌🏻
#ChessOlympiad2024
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Happy Birthday @msdhoni ❤️
⬇️ Here is the World's Largest Chess Piece Mosaic with Dhoni's photo! 🙌🏻
#HappyBirthdayMSDhoni
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This is the #Chess version of @sachin_rt & @imVkohli
India's captain @viditchess and the legend @vishy64theking
"Viswanathan Anand has carried the burden of the nation for more than 30 years. It was time we carried him.
Chak de India!” 🇮🇳
@FIDE_chess #ChessOlympaid
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BREAKING!
Indian superstar Viswanathan Anand 🇮🇳 beats World Champion Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 in a thrilling Armageddon!
@vishy64theking becomes the sole leader of #NorwayChess 😍
What a Player!! 🙌🏻
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18-year-old @DGukesh becomes the 18th World Champion!! ❤️
The Indian 🇮🇳 fans go WILD as Gukesh WINS the @FIDE_chess WORLD Championship 2024 😍
#DingGukesh
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GUKESH 🇮🇳 is the WORLD CHAMPION!!! ❤️
#DingGukesh
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BREAKING!
18-year-old Nihal Sarin 🇮🇳 beats World #2 Ding Liren 🇨🇳 in the #Chesscomglobal Championship 🏆
@NihalSarin qualifies for the LIVE Finals in Canada 🇨🇦 and will earn something between $25,000 to $2,00,000 🙌
Congrats Nihal! ❤️
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BREAKING!
World Champion Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 will be playing the #ChessOlympiad in Chennai, India! 😍
Great news for all @MagnusCarlsen fans! ♥️
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Gukesh leaves the playing hall in tears after the blunder! 😥😭
@chennaichess22
He isn’t the only one crying! 💔😭
Feel so sad for India B 🇮🇳
Tomorrow, We Fight again! 💪🏻
#ChessOlympiad
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Indian legend Viswanathan Anand 🇮🇳 shows his five World Championship Trophies 🏆 and the Mumbai crowd loves it!
#DingGukesh
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That smile when you defend a dead-lost position against the World #2
#GrandSwiss2021
Take a bow @NihalSarin
Makes his first ever OTB draw against a 2800+ rated player! ❤️
#Akshayakalpa
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HUGE!!!
Looks like the FIDE World Cup 2025 will be held in India! 🇮🇳 from 31st October 2025 to 27th November, 2025 ❤️
The 2025 @FIDE_chess World Cup is extra prestigious as the top three places qualify for the 2026 FIDE Candidates!
Exciting news for Indian fans and players! 😍
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Indian prodigy Nihal Sarin 🇮🇳 beats Alexander Grischuk 🇷🇺 1️⃣5️⃣.5️⃣ to 🔟.5️⃣ in a pulsating three-hour match! 🙌🏻
@NihalSarin will now face GM Richard Rapport 🇭🇺 in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Chess.com #SpeedChess Championship!
#Akshayakalpa
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Dear Beast,
You played your heart out today!
Sadly, only one player could go through.
It wasn't you this time but I am sure you rise like a phoenix!
You're an amazing fighter! 💪🏻
The chess community loves you and will keep supporting you! ❤️
#FIDEWorldCup
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Indian star Nihal Sarin 🇮🇳 crushes world #11 Richard Rapport 🇭🇺 1️⃣8️⃣ to 9️⃣ in the quarterfinals of the Chesscom #speedchess championship.
@NihalSarin will face the winner of the American 🇺🇲 derby between Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So in the semis.
#Akshayakalpa
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Arjun Erigaisi 🇮🇳 becomes the 7th Indian in history to cross 2700 rating!
@ArjunErigaisi reached this historic milestone at the #ChessOlympiad
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Indian 🇮🇳 Women’s A Team wins Bronze medal at @chennaichess22 😍
This is Indian women’s first-ever medal at a #ChessOlympiad ❤️
Team India OP! 🙌🏻
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HUGE BREAKING!! ❤️
If Magnus Carlsen doesn’t play the 2024 FIDE Candidates, Atleast 1 Indian 🇮🇳 is Guaranteed to play the Candidates, Thanks to their amazing performance at the #FIDEWorldCup 😍
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BREAKING!
Indian superstar Viswanathan Anand 🇮🇳 WINS the Superbet Rapid leg of the @GrandChessTour 🏆
@vishy64theking scored 6 wins and 2 draws to seal the title with a round to spare! 🙌🏻
Phenomenal stuff by Vishy Sir at 52 ❤️#GrandChessTour
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17-year-old, GUKESH 🇮🇳 WINS THE CANDIDATES!! ❤️
Youngest Candidates Winner in history! 😍
Youngest ever World Championship Challenger! 🔥
#GukeshFTW #Candidates
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No drama!
But something exciting happened.
We witnessed an Indian create history by reaching the quarterfinals of the #FIDEWorldCup
He also qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix. 🙌🏼🙌🏼
We all are insanely proud of him and will keep rooting for him! ♥️
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BIG Thanks to @ReheSamay ❤️
Hoping to see see some semi-retired International Masters like @sagarchess1 & myself get back to playing some competitive Chess!
#SamayIMvitational
#GrowTheGame
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Arjun Erigaisi 🇮🇳 wins the prestigious Abu Dhabi Chess Masters, scoring an unbeaten 7.5/9 🏆
@ArjunErigaisi also becomes the new India #3 (2724.6) and World #25 on the live ratings list! 😍
He gained an impressive +35.6 points from the Olympiad and @AD_Chess_Club 🚀
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Special car is waiting for the arrival of World Champion, Gukesh D 🇮🇳
#GukeshDommaraju
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♟️ Nihal Sarin Appreciation Tweet! ♟️
17-year-old Nihal Sarin 🇮🇳 finishes the #GrandSwiss2021 with an impressive and UNBEATEN 6.5/11 🔥
@NihalSarin started with a rating of 2652 and added 11 more points, for a new peak and enter the top 80 worldwide! ♥️
#Akshaykalpa
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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD!!! 🇮🇳
We have started the Celebrations in Budapest! @GroverSahaj ❤️
#ChessOlympiad
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BREAKING!
World Champion Ding Liren 🇨🇳 is “rested” for the match vs India.
NO preview of the 2024 World Championship today!
Gukesh vs Ding NOT HAPPENING TODAY!
#ChessOlympiad
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Five-time World Champion, Viswanathan Anand will be one of the official commentators of the @FIDE_chess World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi.
#CarlsenNepo
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Alexandra Kosteniuk 🇷🇺 Appreciation Tweet! 🙌🏻
The @chessqueen has won three @FIDE_chess World Titles in the last three months!
🥇 FIDE Women's World Cup
🥇 Chess Olympiad
🥇 World Women's Team Championship
Kosteniuk just lost 1 out of the 32 games she played in these events!
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BREAKING!
Indian prodigy Gukesh D 🇮🇳 breaks the 2700 @FIDE_chess rating barrier! 🚀
16-year-old @DGukesh is the third youngest in history and sixth Indian ever to cross this elite rating 🙌🏻
Today, Gukesh beat GM Liem at @BielFestival for this historic moment!
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What a clutch win from Pragg! 🔥
India 🇮🇳 B Team draws a completely lost match! 🙌🏻
Pragg OP! ❤️
#ChessOlympiad
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Happiest 100th Birthday to the legendary 🇷🇺 Yuri Averbakh 🥳
Averbakh is an author, an endgame expert and became a Grandmaster in 1952 almost 70 years ago(!)
Yuri Averbakh is the longest living Grandmaster in the world!
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World Champion, Gukesh D 🇮🇳 joins the @ChessbaseIndia stream and the crowd goes CRAZY!!! 🔥❤️
#DingGukesh
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BIG #BREAKING
India 🇮🇳 to host the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad in July, 2022.
India's Chess capital, Chennai will be the host city!
#ChessOlympiad2022
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Vishy Anand 🇮🇳 beat Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 in the #NorwayChess Blitz event today!! 🔥🔥🔥
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Form is temporary, "KL"ass is permanent!
@cricketaakash is right!
KL Rahul = Kamaal Lajawaab Rahul
@klrahul11 🙌🏻
#INDvENG
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Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 will play today’s game at the #ChessOlympiad
This will be @MagnusCarlsen’s first classical game in India 🇮🇳 since 2013.
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Indian star Vidit Gujrathi 🇮🇳 holds World Champion, Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 to a fighting draw!
#TataSteelChess
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16-year-old Praggnanandhaa 🇮🇳 wins the Reykjavik 🇦🇽 Open.
@rpragchess (2624) scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to clinch sole first and gain 13 rating points! 🏆
Pragg takes a big step to make it to the Indian team for the Olympiad! 🚀
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India 🇮🇳 beat Georgia 🇬🇪 to enter the finals of the Women's World Team Chess Championship! ❤️🙌🏻
India will face Russia 🇷🇺 in tomorrow's final!
#WWTC2021
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HISTORY!!
INDIA 🇮🇳 B Stuns favourites USA 🇺🇸 at @chennaichess22 😍
#ChessOlympiad
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🚨 OFFICIAL! 🚨
Gukesh's 11th move think was more than an hour and clocked at:
60:17 minutes! 🤯
This is now the longest think by any player on a single move in this match!
#DingGukesh
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UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Can't believe I qualified for the Finals of #SamayRainaIMvitational
BIG Thanks to everyone who cheered and rooted for me! ❤️
Special shout-out to @ReheSamay & @chesscom for hosting this event. 🙌🏻
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Pranav V becomes India’s 🇮🇳 latest Grandmaster! 🥳
16-year-old Pranav is India’s 75th Chess Grandmaster! 😍
Historic milestone for @aicfchess just days before India’s 75th Independence Day! ❤️
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Vidit Gujrathi you beauty! ❤️
What a Day!
@viditchess enters the quarterfinals of the #FIDEWorldCup 🏆
Vidit enters the World Top 20 for the first time! 🌍
Vidit is also the #2 rated player in India now! 🚀🚀🚀
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Vidit Gujrathi 🇮🇳 scores an epic comeback win to beat World Champion Magnus Carlsen! 😍
@viditchess becomes one of the few Indians ever to beat Magnus Carlsen in an official game 🙌🏻
Vidit’s win helped the @indian_yogis to script in an incredible comeback WIN!
#ProChessLeague ❤️
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Magnus Carlsen has been the World #1 for 10 years now!
From July 2011 to July 2021, Carlsen has topped every @FIDE_chess monthly rating list.
Take a bow @MagnusCarlsen 🙌🏻🐐
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Congratulations to Faustino Oro 🇦🇷 on becoming the youngest International Master ever in history! 😍
Dubbed as the “Messi of Chess” Fausti earned the title at just 10 years, 8 months and 16 days! 🙌🏻
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BREAKING!
Viswanathan Anand 🇮🇳 beats Vladimir Kramnik 🇷🇺 in the first ever official match of "No Castling Chess"
@vishy64theking beat Kramnik 2.5 to 1.5 in a chess variant which the latter has invented!
Next up, Anand will be doing commentary on the #FIDEWorldCup on @chesscom
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Congratulations to GM Vidit Gujrathi 🇮🇳 on regaining his INDIA #2 spot! 🙌🏻
Vidit’s amazing 6 wins in a row at the European Club Cup has helped him to get a career-high rating of 2729.3 😍
Go VD!
#ECC2022
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Welcome back home, Champ! ❤️
2023 #FIDEGrandSwiss Champion and a Candidate, Vidit Gujrathi! 🏆
Had a lovely chat with VD!
Super proud of you of bro! @viditchess 🙌🏻
Early Mornings like these! ❤️
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Tamil Nadu State Government has sanctioned rewards worth INR 1 Crore & 98.5 Lakhs.
Star players like @vishy64theking, @rpragchess, @adhibanchess, @chessvaishali & many more will be benefited.
@srinathchess confirmed that Rs. 1.49 Crores is for the #OnlineOlympiad
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ARJUN ERIGAISI!! 🔥🔥🔥
Remember the Name!
What A PLAYER!
#TataSteelChess
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Fans go crazy after Gukesh’s team of seconds join the stream! #DingGukesh
Thank You Hari! @HariChess
Thank You Radek! @Radek_Wojtaszek
Thank You Vincent! @VincentKeymer04
#Gukesh 🔥
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Indian legend Viswanathan Anand wins again in round 2 of #NorwayChess 😍
@vishy64theking now enters the World Top 10 again! ❤️
What a player! 🔥
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India 🇮🇳 A team win the Gaprindashvili Cup at @chennaichess22 😍
India 🇮🇳 is the BEST federation at this #ChessOlympiad ❤️
This award is the combined rank sum of the Open & Women’s section 🙌🏻
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18-year-old Arjun Erigaisi 🇮🇳 wins the 2022 Tata Steel Challengers edition with a round to spare!
@ArjunErigaisi qualifies for the 2023 #TataSteelChess Masters Group.
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BREAKING!
Viswanathan Anand 🇮🇳 beats the World Championship Challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi 🇷🇺 in round 5 of the Croatia @GrandChessTour Blitz B event.
@vishy64theking has now beaten both Garry Kasparov and @lachesisq in the Blitz portion in Zagreb.
📸 #GrandChessTour
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Arjun Erigiasi 🇮🇳 wins the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid event! 🏆
@ArjunErigaisi scored an incredible 6.5/9 to clinch sole first place at #tatasteelchessindia
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World #3 Ding Liren 🇨🇳 is trying his best to play 30 rated games before 1st May to qualify for the 2022 Candidates!
Ding will play a quadruple round-robin against 2500-rated Chinese GMs.
So, “12 rated games in 8 days”!!
Tournament details ⬇️
chess-results.com/tnr622928.…
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Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 beats Ian Nepomniachtchi 🇷🇺 in 136 moves!
@MagnusCarlsen is the first player to win a WCC classical game since 2016 and over 1000 moves ago!
#CarlsenNepo
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Driving through Chennai and saw @rpragchess on this massive billboard 🙌🏻
Can’t wait for the atmosphere here during the #ChessOlympiad2022 in 4 months time!
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India 🇮🇳 B Team Appreciation Tweet!
The ONLY team to have a perfect score of 12/12 at @chennaichess22 😍
These kids are on 🔥
#ChessOlympiad2022
#ChennaiChess2022
📸 @aicfchess 🙌🏻
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Vishy Anand is looking super fresh for the Croatia @GrandChessTour in Zagreb 🇭🇷
This is will be @vishy64theking first OTB event after March 2020.
Super exciting Rapid & Blitz event from 7th July.
Can't wait for: ⬇️
🤩 Vishy vs Kasparov!! (@Kasparov63)
#GrandChessTour
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Flying back home from the #ChessOlympiad ✌🏻
64% of the flight passengers are Chess players, FIDE officials including President Dvorkovich and Team Norway! 🙌🏻
Wishing everyone a pleasant journey back home! 😍
Thanks everyone for making this such a memorable Olympiad ❤️
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Arjun Erigiasi is now India's #1 ranked player in the FIDE Blitz rating list!
@ArjunErigaisi with 2765 became #1 after Vishy Anand slid down to world #16 in the Gashimov memorial.
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The Mumbai crowd goes wild after Gukesh rejects Ding’s repetition and plays on Qh4, going for the Win! ❤️
Game 6 of World Championships has always been historic! 🔥
Come on Gukesh! 🙌🏻
#GukeshDing
#DingGukesh
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India’s B 🇮🇳 team is on a roll! 😍
2 crucial wins against Spain 🇪🇸 today already at @chennaichess22 ❤️
BIG thanks to Gukesh for scoring 5/5 at the #ChessOlympiad 🙌🏻
GGs @DGukesh & @adhibanchess 🇮🇳
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A well-deserved welcome to the World Champion, Gukesh D! ❤️
Congratulations @DGukesh 🙌🏻
#GukeshDommaraju
#GukeshWorldChampion
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Arkady Dvorkovich is re-elected as the FIDE President!
Indian legend Viswanathan Anand 🇮🇳 is now the @FIDE_chess Deputy President!
@chennaichess22
#ChessOlympiad #ChennaiChessOlympiad
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15-year-old star Gukesh 🇮🇳 gets the FIDE President's (@advorkovich) wildcard for the FIDE World Cup.
@DGukesh will debut at the @FIDE_chess World Cup 2021 in Sochi, Russia 🇷🇺 next month.
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Now, Here’s a dream scenario!
India 🇮🇳 wins the bid!
Chennai hosts the match.
Vishy Sir inaugurates the event.
Gukesh becomes the World Champion! ❤️
11 years later, India gets the World Championship title back in the same city of Chennai where it lost it! 😍
#GukeshDing
🌟🌟 Good News!!
India to bid for the 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship match!
- @aicfchess
The AICF secretary, Dev Patel mentioned that the Gukesh D 🇮🇳 vs Ding Liren 🇨🇳 match probable host states could be Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh!
#GukeshDing
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Silver 🥈 for Team India 🇮🇳 at the Women's World Team Chess Championship!
Super proud of the this amazing Team!
@HarikaDronavali
@TaniaSachdev
@Bhaktichess
@chessvaishali
Mary Ann
Coaches:
@chessgmkunte & @Shyam_chess
Congrats @aicfchess
#WWTC2021
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Team India won't be playing in the #ManchesterTest today, but another Team India is playing today!
Come and join us to Cheer the Indian Chess Team at the #ChessOlympiad
Day 3 action starts at 4:30 pm today!
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Legend Viswanathan Anand 🇮🇳 is unstoppable 🔥🚀
@vishy64theking beats Wang Hao in the Armageddon game in round 3 of #NorwayChess ❤️
The Tiger of Madras leads the event with 7.5/9 😍
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Pragg!! 🔥🔥🔥
Indian star Praggnanandhaa 🇮🇳 scores an incredible win over World #2 Ding Liren 🇨🇳 (A World Championship Challenger for 2023) ❤️
Incredible stuff from the 17-year-old prodigy! Go @rpragchess 😍
#TataSteelChess
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India 🇮🇳 to bid for the 2022 FIDE Chess Olympiad.
Decision after FIDE announced Russia will not be hosting it.
It would be India's first time hosting the biggest Team Competition in Chess!
Bravo @aicfchess 🙌🏼
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