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Dommaraju Gukesh's win enhances Chennai's stature as the hot city of chess
The world may just be beginning to appreciate the talent and potential of 17-year-old Indian GM Dommaraju Gukesh, who became the youngest player ever to qualify for a world title match, but his hometown of Chennai has long been known as a cradle of chess champs.
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Chess: Magnus Carlsen calls Ding Liren ‘broken’ as teenage star Gukesh emerges
The former world champion fears for the current holder, who is out of form before title defence against 17-year-old Gukesh DommarajuMagnus Carlsen fears that Ding Liren may have been “permanently broken” following the world champion’s poor performances at Wijk aan Zee in January and in the Freestyle event in Germany in March. Carlsen, who remains the world No 1 despite abdicating the title in 2023 after a 10-year reign, made his comments on a podcast last week in which he and David Howell also...