The 10th Mayor’s Cup opened grandly on 4th June 2017 and was successfully completed to 11th of June. The man who has been working day and night to make this tournament possible, Mr. Ravindra Dongre, gave an exclusive interview about the tournament. Himself being so passionate about chess, one can make out his efforts to bring this tournament to such a big level not only in India but also all over the world.

Suhaani Lohia is just 7 years old and one of the youngest Woman Candidate Masters in the world. The thing that makes Suhaani unique is that she is not just a great chess player, but she excels at just about everything she does! S he has thrice in a row bagged the star athlete award in her school, plays soccer, is about to have her first piano recital very soon and attends speech and drama classes. Get a peek into the life of this young talent and also gauge her chess skills by means of one of her best games.

"Despite being occupied with chess, she doesn’t ignore her studies. In fact she is quite brilliant in academics," is what Mrudul's mother Archana Dehankar says. Meet Mrudul Dehankar, one of the most talented young chess players in India. The seventh standard student of Bhavan's Vidya Mandir manages her school, studies and chess to perfection. She recently won the silver in the under-12 World Cadets and is improving her rating at a lightning pace. G. Nagesh tells us more about this girl from Nagpur.

Aditya Savalkar is a talented chess player from Kolhapur. With his father being a peon at the Shivaji University in Kolhapur and his mother sewing clothes to make ends meet, the family has a hard time to pursue their son's passion for the game of chess. But giving up is not an option. Most recently I2V chess centre in Mumbai came to Aditya's aid as they helped him enroll for the under-11 nationals that took place a fortnight ago in Chattisgarh. The Savalkars' dreams are slowly but surely coming true. Where there is a will there is a way!