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Chess

Coverage of Indian chess at the elite level: FIDE rating cycles, the country's Top 10 contenders, and how a generation trained against engines is changing what 'clutch' means at the board.

What we track

  • · FIDE rating list movements
  • · Indian grandmasters in elite tournaments
  • · How engine-era training is reshaping competitive psychology
Illustrated triptych portraits of Indian grandmasters R Praggnanandhaa, D Gukesh, and Arjun Erigaisi with chess pieces and city skylines behind them

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The Illusion of the Cohort

Arjun Erigaisi's solitary place in chess's global Top 10 dismantles the comforting myth of India's "Golden Generation" — and reveals how differently elite players choose to take on risk.

No. 1 of 7 · Vikram Rao

Illustration of Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa shaking hands with an opponent across the board at the Norway Chess tournament

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The Deconstruction of "Clutch" in the Silicon Age

How a 20-year-old grandmaster's triumph in Oslo exposes the psychological rewiring of chess by a generation raised on neural networks.

No. 5 of 7 · Vikram Rao

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