Published 19:27 IST, August 25th 2023
As R Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh shine, is India the new talent-churning machine in chess?
Four Indian players -- R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh and Vidit Santosh Gujrathi -- reached the quarterfinal of the FIDE World Cup at Baku in a first for the country in a sport dominated for long by erstwhile Soviet Union and later Russia at various points.
R Praggnanandhaa in the Chess world Cup final (Image: FIDE_chess/Twitter) | Image:
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19:27 IST, August 25th 2023