Niranjan Navalgund

Niranjan Navalgund

Niranjan Navalgund is a young chess professional who derives great pleasure in learning about life through the game of chess. He is a former National U-17 chess champion, Commonwealth U-18 Silver Medalist and the author of 'The Lively Library & An Unlikely Romance'. Unusual stories excite him. He hopes to visit the Panda Zoo, someday.

Fabulous Budapest

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] To mark the moment of being in a flight, I take pictures like these for myself. It can help in situations like these, where you are not sure how to begin a blog post. window seati continuelooking…

Beautiful Rook Endgame Studies

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] [rockthemes_heading bold_color=”#152840″ regular_color=”#94618e” details_color=”#a5a7a8″ bold_text=”Beautiful Rook” light_text=”Endgame Studies” details_text=”” heading_font_size=”” html_tag=”h1″ align=”left” use_icon=”yes” border_bottom=”yes” disable_margin=”no” ] Beautiful Rook Endgame Studies It is a great idea to solve studies while you are travelling. A friend of mine who…

10 Different Ways of Dealing With Your Losses

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] [rockthemes_heading bold_color=”#152840″ regular_color=”#94618e” details_color=”#a5a7a8″ bold_text=”10 Different ways ” light_text=”of dealing with your losses” details_text=”” heading_font_size=”” html_tag=”h1″ align=”left” use_icon=”yes” border_bottom=”yes” disable_margin=”no” ] We all have lost games, isn’t it? Have you paid attention to your approach after the…

Chess-Ing on the Internet

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] [rockthemes_heading bold_color=”#152840″ regular_color=”#94618e” details_color=”#a5a7a8″ bold_text=”Chess-Ing” light_text=”on the Internet” details_text=”” heading_font_size=”” html_tag=”h1″ align=”left” use_icon=”yes” border_bottom=”yes” disable_margin=”no” ] Chess-Ing on the Internet   If you are feeling guilty that the internet is taking a lot of your time, fret…

Story of a World Champion

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] [rockthemes_heading bold_color=”#152840″ regular_color=”#94618e” details_color=”#a5a7a8″ bold_text=”Story of a” light_text=”World Champion” details_text=”” heading_font_size=”” html_tag=”h1″ align=”left” use_icon=”yes” border_bottom=”yes” disable_margin=”no” ] I have spent no less than half an hour to come up with the first line for this post. Ultimately,…

5 Tips on improving your endgame skills

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] [rockthemes_heading bold_color=”#152840″ regular_color=”#94618e” details_color=”#a5a7a8″ bold_text=”5 Tips on improving” light_text=”your endgame skills” details_text=”” heading_font_size=”” html_tag=”h1″ align=”left” use_icon=”yes” border_bottom=”yes” disable_margin=”no” ] In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings…

Q & A with GM Harika

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] [rockthemes_heading bold_color=”#152840″ regular_color=”#94618e” details_color=”#a5a7a8″ bold_text=”Q & A with ” light_text=”GM Harika” details_text=”” heading_font_size=”” html_tag=”h1″ align=”left” use_icon=”yes” border_bottom=”yes” disable_margin=”no” ] Welcome to the Q&A show at 8cross8, India’s chess online store. I am Niranjan and this series is…

10 Different Methods of Working on Chess

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] [rockthemes_heading bold_color=”#152840″ regular_color=”#94618e” details_color=”#a5a7a8″ bold_text=”10 Different Methods of” light_text=”Working on Chess” details_text=”” heading_font_size=”” html_tag=”h1″ align=”left” use_icon=”yes” border_bottom=”yes” disable_margin=”no” ] There are a lot of ways to get better at chess. Trainers, books and other sources of chess…