by Amrita Priya | Sep 10, 2025
(September 10, 2025) When R Vaishali sat across the board from Belarusian Grandmaster Olga Badelka at the ongoing FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 at Samarkand in Uzbekistan, she had little more than a minute on her clock. For most players, that kind of pressure would be...
by Amrita Priya | Aug 12, 2025
(August 12, 2025) On July 28, 2025, in Batumi, Georgia, 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh scripted a chess history defeating former world champion Koneru Humpy in a tense rapid tiebreak to win the FIDE Women’s World Cup. The victory instantly earned her the Grandmaster...
by Charu Thakur | Dec 27, 2024
(December 27, 2024) At just 15, Sohum Lohia is one of England’s brightest chess players. From first noticing a chessboard as a curious child to becoming a serious competitor on the British chess scene, Sohum’s story highlights his hard work, patience, and love...
by Charu Thakur | May 12, 2024
(May 12, 2024) Ever since she was little, R Vaishali found herself drawn to an 8×8 square grid with alternating dark and light squares – a chessboard. She would spend hours learning the game and coming up with strategies to oust her opponents. She harboured...
by Charu Thakur | Jul 9, 2023
(July 9, 2023) Shreyas Royal was just nine when he made the ceremonial opening move for the Viswanathan Anand-Magnus Carlsen game at London in 2017. This speaks volumes about his genius skills in the game of chess. London-based Indian-origin Shreyas is now 14, and it...
