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From father’s surgery to playing silent role in R Vaishali’s Grand Swiss glory: The story of ‘Karthi Anna’ | Chess News

Vaishali Rameshbabu and Karthikeyan Murali. NEW DELHI: In Tamil, the word “Anna” means elder brother, someone who watches your back, even if there is no blood relation. Bollywood gave its own version in “Shaadi Se Pehle”, with Sunil Shetty, playing a gangster, coming up with a one-liner: “Apun Anna 24 ghante chaukanna.” (I’m Anna, always…

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Chess | ‘I decided not to play Grand Swiss’: How R Vaishali’s Chennai nightmare earned her a 2026 Candidates ticket | Chess News

R Vaishali won the FIDE Grand Swiss for second edition running. (Image: FIDE) NEW DELHI: Grandmaster R Vaishali became the third Indian – after Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy – to qualify for the Women’s Candidates tournament 2026 on Monday, having won the Women’s Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, for the second time in a…

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