Archive · 20 Sep 2025
Chess Community Outraged by Doctored Video
A content company, Curly Tales, created a video that used R Praggnanandhaa's face on D Gukesh's body in a match against Magnus Carlsen.
This has upset the chess community.
Srinath Narayanan, a chess grandmaster, spoke out, saying the video was disrespectful.
The original match was between Gukesh and Carlsen, where Gukesh won.
Narayanan believes the doctored video undermines the achievements of chess players.
A video doctored by Curly Tales features R Praggnanandhaa.
Praggnanandhaa's face was used on D Gukesh's body.
The original video showed Gukesh's victory over Magnus Carlsen.
Srinath Narayanan criticized the video.
The chess community felt misrepresented.
- Who
- Srinath Narayanan and chess community
- What
- Criticized a doctored video
- When
- June
- Where
- Norway Chess
- Why
- Disrespect and misrepresentation of chess
Content Creators
Chess Community
Video Content
Content Creators
Edited video content
Chess Community
Misrepresentation and disrespect
- Subject
- Doctored video of chess match
- Content Creator
- Curly Tales
- Superimposed Face
- R Praggnanandhaa
- Original Player
- D Gukesh
- Match
- Gukesh vs. Magnus Carlsen
- Complaint by
- Srinath Narayanan
