(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
