Chess

"When the game starts, I imagine the picture of the board with the pieces. As it progresses, my opponent announces every move, and I visualise the pieces accordingly."

Played all over the world with a lot of passion, these 5 famous games have origins in India!

Chennai’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa beat worthy opponents with his style of playing, and is now at 2nd spot in the Gredine Open.

Raunak is the youngest IM from Maharashtra and the second IM from Nagpur. The first IM from Nagpur is Anup Deshmukh, who secured the title in 1999.

Things were looking up for 20-year-old Ikramul in his career, until a few months ago when he was diagnosed with an illness.

A simpler variant of chess, the game can be played on a mobile or computer, and has the simplest set of rules.

The Arjuna awardee and the Bronze medal winner at the recent Women’s World Chess Championship will impress you with her dedication to achieving excellence in her sport!

The class 1 student and chess prodigy from Puducherry is taking the world by storm.

Meet one of India’s best chess players, who has received recognition all over the world for her skills. Despite the lack of funding and acknowledgement from the Government, this young lady continues to revolutionise the game.

The girl from Guntur is making waves by winning two Golds and a Bronze and coming 9th in the Blitz category of the 16th ASEAN age group chess championship.