#MukeshChoudhary finished as the third-highest wicket-taker with 15 wickets in 6 matches at an economy rate of 8.81, for Maharashtra, in the recently-concluded #SyedMushtaqAliTrophy.

"I’m looking forward (to #IPL2025). Fit and fine, raring to go."

#ChennaiSuperKings

#Gukesh on accusation that #DingLiren deliberately lost in the last round: “...you come for the last game at a World Championship, you are pretty much dead at that point. We are basically two dead people playing chess. Mistakes happen in those moments.”

#WorldChessChampionship

#Gukesh walked out of the airport terminal to be accorded a grand and boisterous welcome by the waiting crowd!

#Gukesh went into a lounge in his casuals and emerged in a blazer with his World Championship trophy in hand and the Indian flag draped on him.

The youngest and newest World chess champion is here! Everyone wants a piece of #Gukesh - airport officials and airline employees included - even before he could walk out of the airport terminal!

#Gukesh's mentor & former coach #VishnuPrasanna: "It (chess) is going to be a huge sport in India, I hope. I'm sure the title will stay in India for a while... So, I'm sure that more people would be engaged with the sport and there will be more heroes in chess."

GM #LeonLukeMendonca (18) spoke about the popularity of chess in Goa, his travels for training, how GM #VishnuPrasanna changed his playing approach, his breakthrough #TataSteelChallengers (Wijk aan Zee) title win in January, and the inspirational performance of India men @ the #ChessOlympiad2024👇🏻

At the #ChennaiGrandMasters2024, R.B. Ramesh spoke about whether the current crop of talented young Indian players are the country’s best ever, what sets apart the present batch, and what could be done to sustain India’s dominance in chess.

On the Special Sports page of Nov. 27 The Hindu epaper👇🏻