Board set for Nihal Sarin to leave an imprint after pause and plaudits

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Floating under the dizzy heights reached by his peers, Nihal Sarin was looking for…

FIDE WORLD CUP: Five less famous Indians to watch out for

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay The rise of the leading trio of Indian chess happened at such a rapid…

FIDE World Cup – Arjun Erigaisi’s best chance to make Candidates cut

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Can Arjun Erigaisi qualify for Candidates 2026? He couldn’t make it in 2024, when…

Gukesh Out of Top 10: More of a blip than a pattern

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay There appears to be something called the world champion’s syndrome in chess. In the…

PBG Alaskan Knights secure Gukesh-Erigaisi double, as GCL comes to India

Shamik Chakrabarty, Mumbai A double whammy for PBG Alaskan Knights, as they snapped up world champion…

Can Divya become a consistent answer to China’s domination?

Atreyo Mukhopdhyay The ‘live ratings’ help understand the task Divya Deshmukh will be facing after winning…

India’s Double-Queen end game at Chess World Cup

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay It’s tempting to find similarities between the triumph of D Gukesh against Ding Liren…

Divya’s World Cup diary: Taming the Chinese, reaching the final and yearning for sleep

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Asked what she wants to do after achieving her best performance till date at…

Delhi, Chennai contenders for Chess World Cup, with Ahmedabad in the mix

Hosting the FIDE World Cup later this year will be a fitting feather in the cap…

It’s Humpy and another Indian versus China in women’s chess World Cup semis

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay India versus China — there is a subplot brewing in the heat of the…