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Gukesh Dommaraju: How the Indian teenager became youngest world chess champion BBC.comGukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest world chess champion after horrific Ding Liren blunder The GuardianExclusive: Viswanathan Anand 'Surprised' By D Gukesh's Chess Championship Triumph. Explains Why NDTV Sports'Not part of this circus anymore': Magnus Carlsen's shocker, says not interested in challenging D Gukesh Hindustan TimesIndian Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, becomes the youngest ever chess world champion CNN

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Violent superflares explode from sun-like stars every 100 years Space.comOur sun may be overdue for a 'superflare' stronger than billions of atomic bombs, new research warns Livescience.comObservations suggest sun-like stars emit superflares once per century Phys.orgThe sun may spit out giant solar flares more often than we thought New ScientistSuperflares Erupt From Stars Like Our Sun Once Every 100 Years The New York Times

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