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World Chess Champion GM Ding: Indian chess Grandmasters (GM) have sounded the warning bugle at the ongoing Tata Steel Masters chess tournament at The Netherlands which could be termed as a 'half-Candidates Tournament'.

Defeating the reigning World Chess Champion GM Ding Liren or humbling the once title challenger GM Ian Nepomniachtchi or holding the current Tata Steel Masters title GM Anish Giri are some of the notable achievements of the three young Indian GMs - Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, R.Praggnananddhaa, and D.Gukesh.

World Champion Liren, after drawing his first round against Gujrathi, tasted Indian blood in the third round against Gukesh but was defeated by Praggnanandhaa in the fourth round.