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| Photo Credit: HANDOUT_E_MAILmore-inFive-time world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand inaugurated the Dr.
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Mahalingam Chess Academy at the Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT) here on Tuesday. In an exclusive chat with The Hindu, Anand said that this Academy would become a focal point for chess in Coimbatore. World chess champion V.
Anand (left) and B.K. India’s first International Master Manuel Aaron (centre) being conferred with the Arutchelvar Dr.
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Mahalingam award at KCT in Coimbatore on Tuesday. Later, the champion star gave away awards and scholarship amounts of ? 25,000 to three young champions of Coimbatore..