If D. Gukesh’s participation talks about hunger, then Divya Deshmukh’s ambition is a matter of ambition. (Photo Credit: Agencies)

New Delhi: When Fid Grand Swiss 2025 starts in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Thursday, all will be eyeing two Indians, who have already re -written chess screenplay in their own way, rule World Champion D Gukesh and Women’s World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh.For 19-year-old Gukesh, this is a surprising decision to take the field in a tournament, where the top two-usage for the candidates, the event that decides their next challenger.Being a world champion, he cannot play in candidates. Saying their choice to participate and is the only way to maintain speed and brush critics who branded him “not a worthy world champion”.And if everyone goes according to the plan, Gukesh will also participate in the upcoming Fide World Cup in Goa, where the top three finishers earn a place among the 2026 candidates. There too, for the World Champion, the only award that matters is the title.If Gukesh’s participation talks about hunger, Divya talks about ambition.The 19 -year -old Nagpur, who surprised the world by winning the Women’s World Cup, was already a luxury to leave the program. She is eligible for women candidates, where challenger for women world champions will be decided.Instead, he opted for an open section to test his subtlety against the strongest men and women in the scene.“इस उम्र में, विशेष रूप से, वह निश्चित रूप से बहुत महत्वाकांक्षी होगी और 2700 तक पहुंचने पर ध्यान केंद्रित करेगी, जो किसी भी खिलाड़ी के लिए एक सपना है। वह अब 2500 के करीब है, इसलिए यह एक मजबूत घटना में प्रतिस्पर्धा करने के लिए पूरी तरह से समझ में आता है। वह अधिक जीएम खेल रही होगी, और वह अपनी तैयारी का परीक्षण कर सकती है और वह एक कोच के साथ एक कोच के साथ काम कर रही है, जो कि एक कोच है, जो कि एक कोच है, ग्रैंड स्विस Confirmed his participation in the open section of 2025.During the Women’s World Cup, her guide Abhimanu Puranik will also take the ground in Samarkan. However, they had a different route for preparation.“The way I am approaching this tournament, I had a one -month holiday in Disneyland,” who recently finished third in the Challengers section of Chennai Grand Masters 2025, laughed during a special chat. “I don’t know if you have seen one of those X-men films. There is a saying for proper focus, you need to find that complete mental state between anger and peace. You have to concentrate and fight that instinct to fight hard, and this is what I want to achieve.,Representing the tricolor in Uzbekistan, Murali Karthikeyan was also clear: “Mainly, I will not focus too much about the title, but would like to go for candidates’ location, let’s see how it goes. I want to take it a game at a time. I do not want to play for victory in every round. And that is when things backfire. Like the Chennai Grand Masters, I lost the points because of that. But let’s see how it goes. ,For 19 -year -old Leon Mendonka, Grand Swiss would be about evaluating his progress.He said, “My first half of 2025 was not good at all, but the last few tournaments, they have gone very decenly. And I take it as a hint that whatever I am doing (to eliminate laps in my game) has some effect and is working for me,” he told Timesopyndia Dot Cum.India’s top-ranked Grandmaster R Praggananandha remains one of the favorite to secure his 2026 candidate berths, while Arjun Erigasi, Vidit Gujratha, Pantta Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin and Pranav V have added India’s record 15-Khiladi Open Section Squad.15 Indian players in open section

In the women’s section, Harika will lead Draonahalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, and Vantika Aggarwal Charge.3 Indian players in women’s section

Open in women’s award pools and USD 230,000 with USD 625,000, and two candidates are at stake, Grand Swiss promises high drama.Format:open11-Reound Swisstime control: 100+30, added with 50 minutes added after 40 and 15 minutes added after 60score: 1 point for a win, 0.5 for a draw, and a loss 0women11-Reound Swisstime control: 90+30, added with 30 minutes added after 40score: 1 point for a win, 0.5 for a draw, and a loss 0For India, however, it is already historic as a golden generation ready to shine on the world champion, Women’s World Cup winner, and the most grand stage of chess.

McLaren has described McLaren by McLaren, McLaren, a McLaren, a McLaren, a McLaren, a McLaren, the boss of McLaren, as an outrageous win in Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix after McLaren won the 12th season.

Last year, red bull Max Verustapane The driver’s title was secured, while Ferrari and McClayran scattered on the crown of the constructive, due to the belief that 2025 years could be the most competitive season.

However, McLaren has dominated the first 15 race of the season and now extends the standing of the constructs by 324 points. Oscar piastry And Lando Noris The drivers are in a private fight for the crowns.

The limit of McLaren’s profit was clear in the Dutch Grand Prix of the previous weekend, where its drivers fought the victory until an oil leakage forced Noris to retire.

Wolf pointed to restarting the final security car in the zandwort, which was easily pulled away from packs that packs rapidly rapidly, using slow hard compound tires, as a clear example of the difference between McLaren and the rest of the pack.

“You can see that in the end, on McLaren Hard Tires, vs we all new soft: this is an insult to all,” he said.

“You have a headline, don’t you?”

Wolf said: “This is not really good. I think at the end of this week, between Max, Ferrari and itself, it is a bit balanced at this time.

“Max was the fastest, but Ferrari was the only one.

“I would say that this is not satisfactory.”

After the Dutch Grand Prix, Wolf’s headline-garbing quotation was also kept as Principal Fred Wasasur of the Ferrari team, and when he said that McLaren’s advantage was clear in the entire race nor after the final security car, he reduced it to describe it as an insult.

“This is not just the last term, I think if you take a look at the rest of the race, in the middle of the second term, I don’t know if they decided to push or not, but they were much faster than everyone,” said Vasasur.

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“I think they managed their speed in the first 10 laps of the second stint before the VSC, and when they decided to push, they were miles away.

“Clearly, they are one step ahead in quality, but the rest of it is much higher than that. But insult, I will not go so far with it.”

Season 4 ICC of ILT20 starts just 2 months before men’s T20 World Cup (picture through X, Getty Image)

The DP World International League T20 (ILT20) returns to this December with its fourth edition, and its time may not be more important. With the 2026 ICC Mens T20 World Cup for February-March in India and Sri Lanka, the Gulf-based tournament provides an ideal platform for both international stars and UAE cricketers to speed up its skills. The ILT20 needs to field a minimum of four UAE players in its squads. While the UAE is still safe for next year’s World Cup, regulation ensures valuable risk for domestic talent with installed names.Many of those internationals are also likely to be part of their national squads when the global event stops. Season 4 will begin on December 2 at the Dubai International Stadium with a rematch of the last season final, as Dibia’s Dibai meets Capital Desert Wiper. The capitals provoked that competition in dramatic fashion, claiming their first title to win with four balls.

ILT20 season 4 stability list

The 34 match season will spread at three places-15 games at the International Stadium, 11 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, and eight at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. The playoff starts from 30 December, with the last set for January 4 in Dubai. Meanwhile, the big picture revolves around the 2026 T20 World Cup, which will once again have 20 teams and 55 matches. Hosts India and Sri Lanka are already confirmed by 13 others, including Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, West Indies, USA, Pakistan, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Netherlands and Italy. Five more spots will be fixed through the regional finals at the end of this year in Africa and Asia/East Asia-Pacific.

As seen in the USA and West Indies in 2024, the extended format provides sufficient opportunities for emerging countries. For UAE players, the ILT20 is a straight entrance in that competitive environment, while for global stars, it is a final tune in familiar circumstances. Season 4 promised a high bet on two fronts, with the first silver utensils in January, and a few weeks later preparations for the next global showpiece of cricket.