Sports: Hailing from UP, where chess is still gaining prominence, Vantika has already left significant mark on the sport, proving that talent knows no regional boundaries ...

With all the pieces visible to both players and all the rules much pretty set in concrete, it’s hard to think of a good April ...

I picked up Walter Tevis’s The Queen’s Gambit in the kind of used bookstore where the shelves are too full, the air smells ...

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 ...