‘People ask, ‘Chess is fine, but what do you really do?”: Arjuna awardee

Vantika Agrawal, inspired by chess as a child, became a double gold medallist at the 2024 Chess Olympiad and recently received the Arjuna Award. Despite challenges such as a lack of chess culture in north India, she remains dedicated, training rigorously with support from her mother, and aims to prove herself on the global chess stage.

​Vantika Agrawal, inspired by chess as a child, became a double gold medallist at the 2024 Chess Olympiad and recently received the Arjuna Award. Despite challenges such as a lack of chess culture in north India, she remains dedicated, training rigorously with support from her mother, and aims to prove herself on the global chess stage.