Chess related news in nutshells.
These are the words of 14-year-old Rishabh Kumar from Indore, Madhya Pradesh. I met Rishabh at the 1st Burhanpur Open Rapid Rating Tournament 2026 and was really amazed by the sincerity of this boy. Here is our interview incase you want to read. Else you can watch it here – https://youtu.be/LPkkj7FYanc?si=vgJURR78JV-0LlOn Aditya Sur Roy: Hello…
How Chess Can Rewire a Generation Lost to Screens? The Addiction That Crept Into Every Pocket There was a time when parents whispered about television the way communities once spoke of moral failings. A child glued to the set on a weekday evening invited raised eyebrows. Two or three serials… The Addiction That Crept Into…
Beyond the Grand Trunk: Finding the Heart of Bengal’s Chess in Raiganj. As I drove away from Raiganj, I realized that Adrik and Orna represent a silent revolution. The democratization of chess knowledge means a Grandmaster can now emerge from a district headquarters just as easily as from a metropolitan academy. The barriers are real—the…
The Checkmate Economy: How to be a chess Grandmaster!!! The wooden pieces sit quietly on the board. Then someone moves. Then another. And somewhere between those moves, a life gets decided. In 2024, an 18-year-old from Chennai named Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion in history. His victory wasn’t just a personal…
A Gambit Worth Taking? Can someone in India take chess as a profession? Can they become wealthy doing it? Again, yes. But here’s where it gets interesting—and complicated. Ask whether someone can become an actor and earn like Shah Rukh Khan. The answer is technically yes, but the odds? Not even remotely close. Chess works…
