File photo of Aravindh Chithambaram. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam At 25, Aravindh Chithambaram is a late bloomer when compared to teenaged sensations like D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa who are ruling the global chess circuit right now but the manner in which he maneuvered the odds in his life through 64 squares, he…
Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev stirred up controversy at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament after he refused to shake hands with India’s Grandmaster R Vaishali. In a clip of the incident that went viral on social media, Vaishali can be seen extending her hand before the start of a fourth-round contest against Yakubboev, who sat down without…
World champion D Gukesh and compatriot R Praggnanandhaa were left in awe as the duo paused their respective games at the ongoing Tata Chess Masters to witness 11-year-old Faustino Oro stun 19-year-old Indian International Master (IM) Divya Deshmukh. Known as the ‘Messi of Chess’ Faustino hails from Argentina – same as legendary Lionel Messi –…
