Shakira Luster stares at the chessboard, picks up her pawn and moves it precisely two spaces forward. The Queen’s Gambit, her signature opening. She taps the clock and waits for her opponent’s ...

Aarini Lahoty, a five-year-old chess prodigy from Delhi, has achieved a remarkable feat by earning FIDE ratings in classical, rapid, and blitz chess formats. She is the youngest girl globally to ...

Aarini Lahoty, a five-year-old chess prodigy from Delhi, has made history as the youngest Indian player to achieve FIDE ratings in classical, rapid, and blitz formats. Born in 2019, she is the first ...