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From Chaturanga To Chess: The History Of An Immortal Game - Priyadarshan Banjan (Chess Player)

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Priyadarshan Banjan is a chess player, coach, promoter and marketer. He also manages famous chess players like child prodigy Nihal Sarin. Priyadarshan was also the editor of ChessBase India and ChessBase.com which are among the biggest chess news sites in the world. He also handled the growth of Chess Playing platform WowChess. He has also served as the Media Adviser of the Indian Chess Federation (AICF) in 2017-2020. He continues to advise the federation occasionally.

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