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[Om Prakash Yadav @opyadav93]

@Datarsahab *rule out

[Om Prakash Yadav @opyadav93]

@Datarsahab Now you are starting to sound rude and obnoxious...after a game it's always a similar set of questions..for example as I follow cricket more it's just about how was the pitch and conditions and how was your time on the pitch so and so..to rule basic questions is not necessary

[Om Prakash Yadav @opyadav93]

@Datarsahab That's the thing there's very little room for improvisation when there's so little time... One question here and there and the internet will tear you down... that's why the improvisation is reserved for the long interviews...but you are entitled to your opinion and I'm to mine

[Om Prakash Yadav @opyadav93]

@BroccoliChess This paparazzi is necessary to popularize the sport.cricketers for example draws all sort of cameras then why not chess players.don't think recording and putting them on a public sphere isn't too wrong.and these long standing connections have been made through these videos mostly

[Om Prakash Yadav @opyadav93]

@Datarsahab Well for a 2 minute interview thoughts and how are you feeling are sort of valid questions...you would want to capture what the player went through the match and if there's anything else that needs to be covered should be asked at a different time

[Om Prakash Yadav @opyadav93]

I've been asked to register another complaint on another portal...why this mockery if there's no intention of solving anything... I've got their contact online but you guys couldn't... just leaving mails and if you don't respond to them...feel free to go @jagograhakjago

[Om Prakash Yadav @opyadav93]

@jagograhakjago Registered an online complaint against a Gurugram based packers and movers company on National Consumer Helpline via Whatsapp...the company was sent 2 mails to which they did not respond and hence after a month of not doing anything the case is disposed

[Chess.com - India @chesscom_in]

♥️ Gukesh's dad after he realized that his son had won the World Championship 👇#GukeshDing #DingGukesh

[Om Prakash Yadav @opyadav93]

@analoghr @FIDE_chess No it doesn't.... portions of India's territory has been shown as Pakistan and China's territory

[ChessBase India @ChessbaseIndia]

17-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh is the Champion of FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2024!!

Gukesh scored 9/14 points to clinch the first place. A huge moment for Indian Chess! After Vishy Anand, he is only the second Indian player to win the Candidates Tournament.

With this amazing victory, Gukesh will challenge the reigning World Champion Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship match!

#chess #chessbaseindia #GukeshFTW #Candidates2024

[ChessBase India @ChessbaseIndia]

It's 23.15 at night here in Canada and I am sitting alone in the press room. I am overwhelmed with emotions. Overwhelmed with what life is bringing my way. As my video of Gukesh's vlog renders, as Amruta struggles to go back to sleep at 8.45 a.m. in the morning in India, as my team members try to edit game videos at rapid pace, I cannot keep my emotions to myself. And so I begin scribbling here! Be with me my friends and feel what I felt today!

I felt tremendous love and care from the 100+ people who turned up at the first ever meetup of ChessBase India at a park here in Toronto. I felt goosebumps as half of these individuals actually walked with me to the tournament hall and then chanted the names of players as they entered. I saw a 17-year-old boy deliver under pressure. When I see Gukesh play chess, I see someone completely focused on the task at hand. Away from the world of noise, the world of expectation and the world of achievements. He plays chess, because chess is what he knows. It's the best way he can express himself.

As Alireza resigns the game and Gukesh takes sole lead in the tournament, the image of the first time I interviewed Gukesh runs through my mind. 30th of November 2017. 11-year-old Gukesh beats his opponent and becomes the under-11 national champion of India. In my interview with him he tells me "I want to become the youngest World Champion ever in the history of chess!" Almost every little talent I interview, tells me something like this. But Gukesh was and is special.

I bring back my attention to Gukesh. 8.5/13 at the FIDE Candidates 2024. Half a point ahead of some legends like Nakamura, Nepo and Caruana! Didn't Magnus Carlsen also have the same score in 2013? Wasn't it the start of a new era when he won the London Candidates? Wow, are we on the cusp of another era beginning in chess?

I try to control my emotions. Tomorrow is a big day. Hikaru will come with all the ammunition he has got in the house to unload it on Gukesh. The American GM will also have the white pieces. Caruana will also try and squeeze the life out of Nepo. Technically 4 people have chances to win the title. If Gukesh wins, there are no questions. He is the champion. But if Gukesh draws, and Fabi or Nepo win, then we have tiebreaks on the 22nd of April 2024. The funny thing is that because Gukesh won, now there cannot be more than 2 people in the tiebreaks, no matter what the scenario.

Will Guki really become the Challenger to the World Title? If that happens wouldn't he have an upper hand over Ding Liren in the match? If the match does happen in November 2024 and Gukesh wins it, wouldn't he become a World Champion at 18.5 years? Will the match happen in Chennai? Will we get to witness the magic unfold in front of our eyes.

Stop dreaming Sagar! As I end this write up and zip up my jacket to walk down to my apartment in 5 degree celsius cold, I have a smile on my face! The dream could become real. I cannot contain my excitement! How will I sleep tonight? Maybe I need to learn a thing or two about discipline. Sure! Gukesh is my inspiration here as well! :)

Photos: Maria Emelianova

[ChessBase India @ChessbaseIndia]

This is what makes @viditchess special! :)

[Om Prakash Yadav @opyadav93]

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Whenever I looked at him, he had the same glare, piercing through my soul. His sound made all the noise from outside just go into a void. It seemed only one man existed, and, it was him.

Family vs Love

[Om Prakash Yadav @opyadav93]

It is all dark or is it all light
Whatever it is,it is all extreme
Welcome to a blind man's world
Where his own voice becomes a scream
https://t.co/eA6aFHkySV

[Om Prakash Yadav @opyadav93]

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Gods are all black to him
He makes no note of your skin
You laugh at his misery
He feels how your souls suffer from within
The star was luminous in itself
All he was a guy lacking sight
Welcome to a blind man's world
Where he fell in love with the night

[Om Prakash Yadav @opyadav93]

@Shivans62339953 @MPPoliceDeptt @Dial100_MP @DGP_MP Upar wala sb dekh rha hai thoda dekh k boliye 😂😂

[Om Prakash Yadav @opyadav93]

@Shivans62339953 @asgarhid Aaj tak mana tha kya ye sb krna

[Lucknow Super Giants @LucknowIPL]

KL is a keeper. 😂
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[ChessBase India @ChessbaseIndia]

Massive moment for Indian chess! The two Vs - Vidit Gujrathi and Vaishali R. have won the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023! Both have qualified for the FIDE Candidates 2024!

#chess #chessbaseindia #fidegrandswiss