It was in the winter of 2001-02 that I made the e-acquaintance of an Italian systems engineer. During the course of an extended e-mail dialogue (we were playing correspondence chess) I lamented......
IMAGE: India's Arjun Erigaisi in action against Vidit Gujrathi. Photograph: Doordarshan Sports / X World No. 4 Indian Arjun Erigaisi beat compatriot Vidit Gujrathi after five hours of end-to-end......
IMAGE: Kolkata born Anish Sarkar's chess jouney commenced a year ago. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shahid Ahmed via ChessBase India While most children his age are absorbed in cartoons like Peppa Pig......
IMAGE: Divya continued a winning run and scored a regulation win against Sofiia Hryzlova. Photographs: Kind courtesy ChessBase India/X A shock defeat for D Harika on the top board did not deter......
IMAGE: Aravindh Chithambaram faced defeat in the seventh round.Photograph: ChessBase India/X A late blunder cost Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram dearly as he not only lost the game to......
'I am truly grateful to him and wouldn't have been close to what I am now if it wasn't for him.' IMAGE: D Gukesh gets a hug from his mother Padma on his arrival at Chennai airport on......