Amit Kamath
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Cover sports @ Indian Express. Ex-News9, Firstpost, HT, mid-day Robert Bosch Media Ambassador. Red Ink awardee. Covered Tokyo2020, Birmingham2022. Liver donor.
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At the Chess World Cup, a question for Grandmasters: What after work? Their reply: Take a walk @jestalt ✍️ #FIDEWorldCup
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Viswanathan Anand, when playing the Tata Steel Chess event in the Dutch town of Wijk aan Zee, has walked on the rest days to the neighbouring town of Beverwijk; For a sport that demands hours of...
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Ian Nepomniachtchi loses to Diptayan Ghosh in Chess World Cup, leaves in a huff after elimination @jestalt ✍️ #FIDEWorldCup
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Ian Nepomniachtchi was seen checking out and leaving the hotel where he was staying precisely an hour after his defeat to Diptayan Ghosh but not before he launched a vaguely-worded parting shot.
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#chess After elimination, Ian Nepomniachtchi grumbles about ‘conditions’, leaves official hotel in an hour ✍️ @jestalt
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Ian Nepomniachtchi was seen checking out and leaving the hotel where he was staying precisely an hour after his defeat to Diptayan Ghosh but not before he launched a vaguely-worded parting shot.
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Chess World Cup: Pentala Harikrishna's queen sacrifice variation, a 9-year-old ploy, gets him a win @jestalt ✍️ #FIDEWorldCup
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D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi also enter Round 3 at FIDE World Cup.
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Diptayan Ghosh, who once took a 2-year break to work in a bank, beats 2-time world championship contender Ian Nepomniachtchi at #FIDEWorldCup
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Within an hour of the defeat, the Russian was seen checking out of the hotel. His loss to the Indian grandmaster was the biggest upset of the tournament so far
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Vishy Anand on Vladimir Kramnik: ‘Quite disappointed with how he has behaved’ By @jestalt
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Anand’s comments come two days after FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich had said that Kramnik had gone “too far” with his allegations.
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Levon Aronian: ‘Vladimir Kramnik needs professional help… he has saviour complex’ | By @jestalt
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In the aftermath of the death of Daniel Naroditsky, whom the Russian had alleged to have cheated in online chess, former world champion has been described as 'the guy with the hammer who thinks...
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Levon Aronian: ‘Vladimir Kramnik needs professional help… he has saviour complex’ By @jestalt
https://t.co/QY9GmrsBWL
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In the aftermath of the death of Daniel Naroditsky, whom the Russian had alleged to have cheated in online chess, former world champion has been described as 'the guy with the hammer who thinks...
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FIDE World Cup: Divya Deshmukh eliminated in first round; IM Aronyak Ghosh defeats grandmaster to force tiebreaks By @jestalt
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The lone woman player in the field of 206 players, her second successive defeat ends her campaign in the first round at the World Cup.
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Grandmasters’ getaway: India’s vacation capital Goa turns into chess arena as it prepares to host the World Cup By @jestalt
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When the action starts from Saturday in a state that has become India’s vacation capital, ideas like ‘holiday’ and ‘relaxation’ will be a luxury for the players in attendance
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FIDE chief says he had asked Vladimir Kramnik to share proof of cheating before Daniel Naroditsky’s death, but got nothing from world champion By @jestalt
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Kramnik has now been accused by many in the chess world of bullying Naroditsky with a relentless stream of posts on social media.
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FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich tells Indian media at #FIDEWorldCup that Vladimir Kramnik was a "good friend". And before #DanielNaroditsky's death, he had "tried to persuade #Kramnik informally that he needs to be less aggressive."
FIDE chief says he had asked Vladimir Kramnik to share proof of cheating before Daniel Naroditsky’s death, but got nothing from world champion By @jestalt
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The Daniel Naroditsky the chess world knew and loved By @jestalt
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Chess fraternity comes together to pay tribute to a prodigy and 'a very kind guy' who was subjected to unsubstantiated cheating allegations from former world champion Vladimir Kramnik
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Faustino Oro interview: 12-year-old ‘Messi of Chess’ eyes youngest grandmaster record, but is unfazed by pressure | By @jestalt
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For a boy nicknamed the ‘Messi of Chess’, Oro is the complete antithesis of the football legend, who is famous for being notoriously shy in interviews. Oro is chasing the record for the world’s...
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Interview with the boy who is chasing the record for the world’s youngest grandmaster, #FaustinoOro, who goes by the nickname Messi of Chess.
Faustino Oro interview: 12-year-old ‘Messi of Chess’ eyes youngest grandmaster record, but is unfazed by pressure | By @jestalt
https://t.co/7KM176Wnd0
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In an interview with The Indian Express, @NorwayChess said that they had already spoken to a handful of players about the concept — such as world champions #MagnusCarlsen, D #Gukesh and #DingLiren — who gave positive feedback and expressed their intention to play the event
Coming in 2027, a fourth World Championship in chess that tests players in ‘fast classic’, rapid and blitz By @jestalt
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A fourth World Championship is arriving in chess.
Coming in 2027, a fourth World Championship in chess that tests players in ‘fast classic’, rapid and blitz By @jestalt
https://t.co/wPV0PrWpOh
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When Anand played Kasparov in 1995: Doors being banged, host city changed late in day, and a shock from Kramnik By @jestalt
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The PCA World Championship battle saw the Soviet Union legend at his boorish worst while the Indian challenger earned praise as the 'nice guy', and an 'excellent representative of chess sportsmanship'
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When Anand played Kasparov in 1995: Doors being banged, host city changed late in day, and a shock from Kramnik @jestalt ✍️ https://t.co/OaB7Fae71C
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The PCA World Championship battle saw the Soviet Union legend at his boorish worst while the Indian challenger earned praise as the 'nice guy', and an 'excellent representative of chess sportsmanship'
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