Amit Kamath

On Friday night, under overcast skies, Pathirage was almost overhauled by Chopra before eventually winning the Lausanne Diamond League meeting with just nine centimetres separating their best throws

For nearly a decade, an Army centre has been handpicking soldiers with life-altering injuries and training them in competitive sport. The Indian Express travels to Pune's Paralympic Node, where soldiers do what they do best — put up a fight. It helps that some of them end up on a podium.

next tournament is the upcoming Global Chess League in Bengaluru, where she finds herself on the Alpine APL Pipers team. But beyond chess, there will be other things on Divya's mind: studying for her university exams.

"For Gukesh, I understand. Last year he played a lot of tournaments and he didn't feel very good mentally. He might have felt that he needed to work on certain things. But in my opinion, he's a very, very strong chess player," says Sindarov.

A day after his Grand Chess Tour Final triumph, Praggnanandhaa sat down with The Indian Express for a free-flowing interview on all things chess.

Who plays board 1 for India at the upcoming Olympiad is going to be a hotly-debated topic, with at least three contenders — Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi — in the mix.

Pragg's comments came in response to Nakamura's recent remarks, where he asserted that arrogance is a prerequisite for success at the highest level.

In an Instagram Story that Gukesh shared recently, he showed a screenshot of someone telling him that it was time to retire, to which Gukesh coolly replied: “Thanks, bro.” When the troll asked him if he would want to play a game of chess against him, Gukesh added: “Sorry I’m retired bro.”

The five-time world champion has no say in the decision, but shares his read on how Srinath might set the lineup

Praggnanandhaa and Vaibhav Suri might often differ on opinions. Where they don’t, though, is their insatiable hunger to win trophies.