{
  "id": 3659845,
  "title": "Northeast's first GM, 17-yo Mayank and pupil Pratitee become Asia's chess champions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/northeasts-first-gm-17-yo-mayank-and-pupil-pratitee-become-asias",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-27T02:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/northeasts-first-gm-17-year-old-mayank-chakraborty-and-pupil-pratitee-bordoloi-become-asias-junior-chess-champions/articleshow/133547352.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A remarkable teacher-student story from the Asian Junior Chess Championships, where India’s 94th GM and Northeast’s first GM, 17-year-old Mayank Chakraborty, and his 13-year-old pupil Pratitee Bordoloi won the classical titles in Mumbai. The story explores their three-month mentoring journey, the pressure of being top seeds, Pratitee’s WGM norm, and Mayank’s rise while balancing his own career…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}