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.

Swiss King Saravana Krishnan

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] [rockthemes_heading bold_color=”#152840″ regular_color=”#94618e” details_color=”#a5a7a8″ bold_text=”Swiss King” light_text=”Saravana Krishnan” details_text=”” heading_font_size=”” html_tag=”h1″ align=”left” use_icon=”yes” border_bottom=”yes” disable_margin=”no” ] When a chess player wins back to back swiss league events, who wouldn’t want to know the inside story? My curiousness…

How Good is your tactical vision?

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] [rockthemes_heading bold_color=”#152840″ regular_color=”#94618e” details_color=”#a5a7a8″ bold_text=”How Good is your” light_text=”tactical vision?” details_text=”” heading_font_size=”” html_tag=”h1″ align=”left” use_icon=”yes” border_bottom=”yes” disable_margin=”no” ] After the series on survival tools, a tactical test is allowed. Isn’t it? I have picked some of the…

Survival Tools to Sherlock a Position II

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] [rockthemes_heading bold_color=”#152840″ regular_color=”#94618e” details_color=”#a5a7a8″ bold_text=”Survival Tools to” light_text=”Sherlock a Position II” details_text=”” heading_font_size=”” html_tag=”h1″ align=”left” use_icon=”yes” border_bottom=”yes” disable_margin=”no” ] We welcome you to the second part of Survival Tools to Sherlock a Position. If you haven’t studied…

Survival Tools to Sherlock a Position

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] [rockthemes_heading bold_color=”#152840″ regular_color=”#94618e” details_color=”#a5a7a8″ bold_text=”Survival Tools to” light_text=”Sherlock a Position” details_text=”” heading_font_size=”” html_tag=”h1″ align=”left” use_icon=”yes” border_bottom=”yes” disable_margin=”no” ] In her recent interview, Hou Yifan mentioned that she once dreamt of becoming a detective and coincidentally, (not so…

Tactical Indians – Solution to the puzzles

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] [rockthemes_heading bold_color=”#152840″ regular_color=”#94618e” details_color=”#a5a7a8″ bold_text=”Tactical Indians – ” light_text=”Solution to the puzzles” details_text=”” heading_font_size=”” html_tag=”h1″ align=”left” use_icon=”yes” border_bottom=”yes” disable_margin=”no” ] In the previous article, I have present fifteen tactical positions from 2016. I have handpicked positions from…

Tactical Indians

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] [rockthemes_heading bold_color=”#152840″ regular_color=”#94618e” details_color=”#a5a7a8″ bold_text=”Tactical ” light_text=”Indians” details_text=”” heading_font_size=”” html_tag=”h1″ align=”left” use_icon=”yes” border_bottom=”yes” disable_margin=”no” ] In this article, I present fifteen tactical positions from 2016. I have handpicked positions from the games of Indian players.Consider the set…

Why Chess?

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] In an era where cricket has got a lot of tempo and space advantage, chess obviously needs to cement clarity and awareness among the people to attain equality in terms of considering it a game. I consider…

Chess Oriented Short Films You Cannot Afford to Miss!

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] [rockthemes_heading bold_color=”#152840″ regular_color=”#94618e” details_color=”#a5a7a8″ bold_text=”Chess Oriented” light_text=”Short Films” details_text=”” heading_font_size=”” html_tag=”h2″ align=”left” use_icon=”yes” border_bottom=”yes” disable_margin=”no” ] Before moving on to something different, I thought of extending the mood of my previous article by sharing some lesser known…

Chess Movies You Cannot Afford to Miss!

[rockthemes_specialgridblock avoid_sidebar=”regular” skip_sg=”true”] Watching a chess movie has its own wave, a curiosity so unique, that you watch the movie because it has a chess flavor; an element enough for any chess player. Join me as I take you through…