Harika Dronaveli Special | ‘Empty Minds’ and Bold Leaps: How a Veteran Cracked Freestyle Chess for the First Time | Chess news.

Harika Dronaveli Qualifies for FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship (Special Arrangements) New Delhi: Indian women’s chess is telling two very different stories today. In Cyprus, Vaishali Ramesh Babu and Dwiya Deshmukh are locked in a fierce battle among the women’s contenders, chasing the right to challenge the reigning world champion. Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers away,…

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No handshake! India’s Harika Dronaveli breaks her silence on Uzbek GM’s ‘Namaste’ special Chess news.

Uzbekistan GM Nodirbek Yakubboev makes ‘Namaste’ gesture against Harika Dronavali (screengrab) New Delhi: In this digital age, when every gesture is scrutinized under the microscope of social media, a momentary exchange at the recently concluded Greinke Freestyle Open sparked a massive social media debate.When India’s Grandmaster (GM) Harika Dronavali extended his hand to Uzbekistan’s GM…

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