The Indian GM – on the cusp of 2700 Elo – hasn’t had a full-time coach since 2021. There appears to have been a change on that front since this year along with a fresh focus on playing more classical ...

R Ashwin playing chess against Gukesh Dommaraju, the youngest world chess champion. Ashwin keeps up a steady prattle (or maybe it's commentary), admitting he started the game off off a little too ...

Playing against the chief minister was 17-year-old Mehak Maqbool, who first learnt the rules watching her cousins play when she was around six years old. Seven years later, at age 13, she formally ...