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World Chess Champion D Gukesh and 2025 World School Team Championship winner (Agency/Fid Photo)

New Delhi: “Go Valamal, Valamal!” -The roar of the seven members representing the Villamal MHS School was held high with Tri-Rang, painted a big picture, in which the 64 square game is disappearing at any time on the day of India’s glory.Players and coaches have performed a iconic dominance that has enjoyed India in recent years, which has donated gold medals and holding the title of team championship of 2025 World Schools.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!And so there was Valamal in Virginia that he won all eight matches and sealed the title before the last round.

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With WFM Kerti Shree Reddy (Rating 1910), IM ASWATH S (2369), FM DAAKSHIN ARUN (2021), IM Ilamparthi A (2358) and FM Pranav KP (2090) play all the important roles, Chennai-based Schools won all the important roles.However, this is not the first time Valamal has been in the headlines. Some of India’s top chess players, including Grandmasters (GMS) D Gukesh, R. Pragnanandha, Pranava V, Vaidi Rameshbabu and Leon Luke Mendonka, have moved into its corridors.

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Valamal began a journey to its chess in the early 2000s, when the institution began nurturing and nurturing talent at the ground level.Under the Valamal Matriculation Higher Secondary School (MHS) and Valemal Vidyalayala, under the Velmal Educational Trust (Valemal Nexus), created a structured route for young players, creating a pair of academic flexibility with professional coaching.“We all know that Chennai is called the chess capital of India. It has a maximum number of Grandmasters. After Olympiad in Chennai in 2022, many people are interested in chess, and I think there will be many more GMS from Chennai in the coming years,” GM Pranav Venkatesh, Rening Field Junior Champion Champion, ““School also helps a lot in studies, not only in chess. They give leaves for the tournament, they have made a big contribution to my chess career so far. ,

2025 World School Team Championship winner (Fid Photo)

Valamal has produced athletes in athletics, volleyball, football and badminton, but the chess has become its signature, currently riding the country’s infallible chess boom wave.In Chennai, the deep roots of the game, together with the city’s active tournament scene and Vishwanathan Anand, made it an ideal focus.GM Shyam Sundar Mohanraj, who coaches many Valamal students at his Chennai-based academy, explained: “So, in Tamil Nadu … some school supports chess, sometimes financially, but more significantly to give the holidays, leave children more.“And they also support that they get a good performance, so they also provide any kind of financial assistance. For example, you should know that when Gukesh won the candidates, they were gifted a car.Gukesh was actually gifted by the Mercedes-Benz car by his school about Rs 90,00,000 ($ 103,450 USD).

D Gukesh receives a car as a gift from his school (X photo)

The gift came after Gukesh received two gold medals at the 2024 Chess Olympiad and became the youngest winner of the candidates for the establishment of his World Championship match against Ding Liren of China. This was a step that again exposes the school tradition of celebrating their stars, even though they were one step away from the “ultimate” goal that was the World Chess Championship in Gukesh’s case.After Gukesh became the youngest World Chess Champion, the same school honored him with a cash prize of Rs 1 crore.For Valamal, the 2025 World Schools Team Championship is another chapter in the growing legacy.Whether it is Gukesh rule on the world stage, pranav is dominating the junior level, or distributing some chess priests in the team’s programs, Valamal continues to justify his “India’s India” tag.In all, as gold medals shone in Virginia, “Go Valamal!” There were more than just cheers; He was a promise that India’s chess future is in safe hands.

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