Beyond the Olympiad: India’s chess boom | Data Point podcast
The 44th Chess Olympiad, hosted in Chennai, put a renewed spotlight on the sport. With India now having 75 grandmasters, chess legend Viswanathan Anand hopes the buzz around the sport…
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R.B. Ramesh — The man who guided India to two Olympiad medals
Just a few days after coaching India 2 to a bronze medal at the Chess Olympiad, R.B. Ramesh has moved on to his next assignment. He has landed in the United States to help his ward R.…
8-year-old girl from Palestine, the darling of Olympiad | Chess News – Times of…
MAMALLAPURAM: Randa Seder, an eight-year girl from Palestine can’t be missed in the sea of participants at the ongoing Chess Olympiad. With photo requests from players and spectators the…
Pakistan pulls out of 44th Chess Olympiad over torch relay passing through J&K
The announcement from Islamabad came two days after the Chess Federation of Pakistan (CFP) said that a ten-member team would travel to Chennai to participate in the Olympiad
The…