Gukesh Dommaraju, Arjun Erigaisi, Divya Deshmukh and Harika Dronavalli (left to right) (Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com) New Delhi: Last Sunday was International Women’s Day. Unless you’ve completely given up on digital devices, your feed is likely buried under a mountain of Instagram Stories and WhatsApp statuses celebrating the day. You may like some of them, respond … Read more
Aarav Dengla becomes India’s 93rd grandmaster (special arrangement) New Delhi: “Chess is war on the board.” This line, often attributed to former world champion Bobby Fischer, has long defined the brutality of the 64-square. For some, gaming is a battlefield. For others, it’s an escape from reality.However, for India’s 93rd Grandmaster (GM) Aarav Dengla, chess … Read more
Arshiya Das (Special arrangement) NEW DELHI: Northeast India, a region of blurred mountains and valleys, has no shortage of talent. What it lacked for decades was attention. Chinese athletes have long defined a disciplinary culture that rarely seeks mainland approval.Now, riding on the apparent chess craze in India, there is a new craze in the … Read more