From Anand becoming World Champion in 2000 to Gukesh doing the same in 2024, the city has produced top talent left, right and centre, tempting us to call it the New Moscow of chess. Robust support structures, notable academies, and the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai contributed significantly to this growth, with Tamil Nadu producing multiple Grandmasters and emerging as the new epicenter of world chess.
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