Vaishali Rameshbabu: The fearless queen of Indian chess

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...

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