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What Gukesh and Other Young Chess Masters Teach Us
Something is fascinating about watching a young chess player stare at the board — calm, still, calculating moves most adults can’t even imagine. You wonder, “How can someone so young think so deeply?” It’s exactly the kind of curiosity that inspires the idea behind What What Gukesh and Other Young Chess Masters Teach Us. In the last few years, chess has been flooded with young stars — Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Abhimanyu
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Praggnanandhaa’s Journey with Chess Coach R.B. Ramesh: A Story of Strategy, Talent, and Mentorship
Young Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa, one of India’s brightest chess talents, owes much of his success to his coach, R.B. Ramesh. Becoming a Grandmaster at just 12, Praggnanandhaa has since competed
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