Making of India’s 90th GM Ilamparthi AR: Travelling alone at 16, MS Dhoni-esque hands, ailing brother at home | Chess News
Ilamparthi AR became India’s 90th Grandmaster at the age of 16. NEW DELHI: The year was 2022. The Tamil Nadu Chess Association had organised a camp in Pollachi for the state’s strongest junior players, those who had qualified for the junior nationals. Ilamparthi, then only 13, wasn’t one of them. Yet, clutching his grandfather’s hand,…