‘CoE cannot be only for contracted players’: VVS Laxman on India’s cricket pipeline

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1. Sun, 30 August 2026

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   • Times of India02:48first to report
     ‘CoE cannot be only for contracted players’: VVS Laxman on India’s cricket pipeline

     Synopsis: Sicily, Madrid, France and Berlin have all left their mark on chess vocabulary. The Sicilian Defence dates back to Giulio Cesare Polerio, while Ruy López gave the Spanish Opening one of its first systematic analyses. The French Defence emerged from a 1834 correspondence match between Paris and London. Berlin Defence, meanwhile, was revived by Vladimir Kramnik in his 2000 world championship match against Garry Kasparov.

   • Times of India03:21
     Italian jobs, French connections and Berlin walls: Chess’s European tour

     Sicily, Madrid, France and Berlin have all left their mark on chess vocabulary. The Sicilian Defence dates back to Giulio Cesare Polerio, while Ruy López gave the Spanish Opening one of its first systematic analyses. The French Defence emerged from a 1834 correspondence match between Paris and London. Berlin Defence, meanwhile, was revived by Vladimir Kramnik in his 2000 world championship match against Garry Kasparov.