(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...
(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...
(June 8, 2023) Prraneeth Vuppala’s parents introduced him to a variety of sporting activities when he was just six. Tennis interested him and so did football. Like most children, he loved swimming too. But it was chess that fascinated him the most. He only took about...
(February 2, 2023) Alana Meenakshi Kolagatla was barely four when she first got the feel of the king, queen, rook, bishop, and pawn on the chess board. The child hardly had any understanding of the game, yet she was just about able to arrange the pieces in order. By...
