Anirudh

Neeraj, Pant, Vinesh, Vishy...Gukesh walks in footsteps of champions who defied odds, ignored convention Belief. It's the one quality that describes Gukesh -- and with him, elite Indian sport -- the best.

On the monumental triumph that is Dommaraju Gukesh's World Championship win:

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Gukesh garu!! What a performance, that, to claw it all back at the end after what felt like a terrible mid-game. Superb stuff from the man who now leads the World Championship 6 - 5

Is that a rhetorical question? 😂

Bored games: After six straight draws, time for chess world championship to tweak the format If chess becomes boring for Magnus Carlsen, what chance do the rest of us have?

If FIDE's aim was to bring chess to the masses, make it more accessible, a more enjoyable watch, the current tournament format does the exact opposite.

On the too-much-ness of Ding vs Gukesh:

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How Punjab FC's Mushaga Bakenga channeled his inner Rashford to score a goal for life Mushaga Bakenga won the FIFPro Marcus Rashford Award for championing 'programs and actions that have a positive impact on their communities'.

Mushaga Bakenga is off the mark in the ISL with a lovely swivel and hit against defending champs Mumbai City...

...any excuse to plug this interview with a most remarkable human:

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100% and through and through Carrington hero

Oh damn exactly. Was thinking if Ney and Mbappe couldn't get change off Axel...

Shame we let him go, really.

Messi in Kerala: government's decision to invite Argentina serves little purpose Bringing Messi and Argentina to Kerala seems a grand endeavor, but what exactly does this serve to achieve?

Messi in India? In Kerala? Sounds spectacular... but what exactly does spending this much serve to achieve?

On #Messi, #Kerala and most of all #IndianFootball

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Chess 101: Explaining the sport Ahead of the Chess World Championship, let's break down the complex sport of chess in the simplest way possible.

As for the #chess n00bs @anirudhvm.bsky.social has you covered : www.espn.in/chess/story/...

The 2024 season was bad for the Indian football team, but 2025 will be far better The Indian men's football team finished the year 2024 without a single win, but there's still cause for hope in 2025 and the primary reason for that is Manolo Marquez.

For the few #IndianFootball fans on here, @anirudhvm.bsky.social reflects on India’s awful 2024 season, but has seen enough from Manolo Marquez to know 2025 will be better.

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How is it Rafa Nadal's last tournament already? Close my eyes and I can still see the ludicrous sleeveless tee/three-fourth combo I used to imitate as someone not all that younger than the man (and with a fraaaaction of the muscle mass). Sigh.

Reading David Peace's Munichs and the start is so chaotic and intense and incredible and deeply sad.

For an MUFC fan with no connections to Manchester it takes you back to what the city, the club, the people...all those people... were going through during that cold, cold February in 1958.

That's the thing, isn't it... there's always a brave new world out there.

Hello, Bluesky :)