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India’s road to 100 Grandmasters
An interactive chess-history story traces India’s path to 99 Grandmasters, with each player represented as a pawn on a board.
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- Chess fans and readers of Indian sports history
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- The board distinguishes Tamil Nadu in orange, other states in blue, and women Grandmasters with rings.
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The page explains the Grandmaster title as a FIDE lifetime title requiring tournament norms and a rating of at least 2500. Its timeline names milestones including the federation’s 1951 formation and Viswanathan Anand becoming India’s first Grandmaster in 1987. The account also describes the Tal Chess Club’s 1972 opening in Madras, where the Soviet connection included a hall, Russian-made sets and clocks, and chess publications.
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