Sarayu Velpula: The Tier-2 Girl Who Forced The Global Chess Circuit To Look Her Way

Sarayu Velpula: The Tier-2 Girl Who Forced The Global Chess Circuit To Look Her Way

Sarayu Velpula’s journey did not begin in an academy where children are trained from the age of five. It began in Warangal, a quiet city in Telangana, where dreams often face a lack of resources long before they take shape. She first picked up a chessboard at ten, out of innocent curiosity and not ambition. But something about the game caught her the silence, the fact that every move was entirely hers. No big city coaching, no sponsors waiting i…