The Women’s Chess World Cup final turned into a fantastic fairy tale journey for 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh. She won the second-largest prize in women’s chess, taking home $50,000 as prize money and ...
The World Cup winner isn’t from a traditional chess centre like Chennai, but from Nagpur. This is indicative of how deep the sport has taken root in India, even as its global centre is shifting to ...