Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) The Global Chess League (GCL) is gearing up for its fourth season. The Season 4 Player Draft is scheduled for July 29 here, before the league begins in Bengaluru from September 3–13. This draft will see Magnus Carlsen return after a year’s absence, and Divya Deshmukh, the current FIDE Women’s World Cup champion, will make her debut in the league.The Season 4 player pool includes 36 Grandmasters from different generations, such as World Champions, World Cup winners, Olymp…
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Mumbai, June 6 (IANS) A few hours after Grandmaster (GM) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa made history by becoming the first Indian to win the Norway Chess title, his sister R Vaishali finished on the podium by claiming the title in the first event of the WR Women’s Chess Tour in Tokyo, Japan.Vaishali, the World Championship Challenger, shone bright in the eight-player rapid event with a time control of 15 minutes with a 10-second increment after every move.Vaishali finished ahead of Russians Alexandra…