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Deekshita Modipalli (1857, Telangana) became the Champion of National Schools Chess Championship in Girls U-13 category, scoring 8/9 points. We caught up with Deekshita after the closing ceremony for a short interview! Watch as we discuss her play, preparation for this event, action in last two rounds, and much more. Video: ChessBase India Interview: Himank Ghosh #Chess … [Read more...] about Immediate goal WIM, Ultimate Goal GM! | National Schools Girls U-13 Champion – Deekshita Modipalli

FWD by Myntra recorded 3 ads with Gukesh and Vishy Anand. The first one is the long one which is around a minute, the second and third are 15 seconds each! Enjoy the banter between two World Champions! If you would like to check the collection of FWD by Myntra: https://www.myntra.com/clothing?src=bc Video: ChessBase India #Chess #ChessBaseIndia #gukesh … [Read more...] about All versions of the crazy Gukesh and Vishy Anand Ad for FWD by Myntra

The National Schools U-11 Girls Chess Champion 2025 is Samhita Pungavanam (1692, Telangana), scoring 7.5/9 points. We caught up with Samhita, her coach and her mother for a short interview after the closing ceremony! We talk about her performance, preparation for this event, goals in chess and much more. Video: ChessBase India Interview: Himank Ghosh #Chess #ChessBaseIndia … [Read more...] about “I want to be youngest World Champion!” | National Schools U-11 Girls Champion -Samhita Pungavanam

GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB, 2659) faces GM R Vaishali (IND, 2476) in the fourth round of Tata Steel Challengers 2025. Who ignored their back rank issues? Replay the game https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/game/?p=A8M4EjqlM00UZ5kDKwVHBjH3AAvQd7HTXK0WM5QKJrgKDLfxshI/f695SVkI9hkR Video: ChessBase India #Chess #ChessBaseIndia #TataSteelChess #Challengers #Classical … [Read more...] about Back Rank issues haunt – GM Yakubboev v GM Vaishali | Tata Steel Challengers 2025

In round 3 at the Tata Steel Masters 2025, Gukesh was up against Caruana and the game ended in just 24 moves. Everyone was left thinking, was Gukesh fighting until the very end only as a strategy at the World Championship? Well, not really! The youngster is now back fighting 100% until the end. Check out the battle from round 4 against Alexey Sarana. Video: ChessBase … [Read more...] about The World Champion’s fighting spirit | Sarana vs Gukesh | Tata Steel Masters 2025