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WHO recommends to restrict the screen view time to 1 hour maximum for children up to age 5. Even eliminating that one hour is better for the child’s growth. It also recommends to avoid exposing children under 1 year to any kind of screen. WHO came down hard on the lifestyle change which parents might impose on their babies. Lack of physical activity can bring adverse health issues to the children. Because the first few years are the crucial time since there will be lot of growth happens during that time. Parents should involve kids in physical activities. Also completely avoid screen time for babies. Screen time includes all kind of electronic devices which includes the TV as well.

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Chess, one of the famous games played throughout India. Many achievements created by our Indian chess players both at national and international levels. Our Vishwanathan Anand is a perfect example. He is ruling the chess championship and takes on players all around the globe. Many did not know this kid who became the Chess Grandmaster at 16. Chidambaram Aravindh, from Madurai is the new talk of the nation. He came to the limelight when nobody was even expecting him to perform well. He worked silently, clinched victories in many tournaments which took the opponent to surprise.

Aravindh was born on 1999, a native of Madurai. He loves to play cricket more than chess and he admits with a cute smile even now. He is still crazy about cricket and played a lot of games. But he feels that chess suits his physique much better. This young grandmaster’s journey kicked off when he asked his grandfather to play cricket with him in childhood days. His grandfather taught him chess and a path full of achievements made on that day itself. His mother even now remembers how badly he wanted to play cricket but turned out so well as a chess champion.

Aravindh’s path to success is not made of carpet. He lost his father at 8, to a heart attack. Even before this tragedy, he had a firm grip on chess. So his mother, Deivanai, supported him by all means for a bright future. She is an insurance agent and always have work in Madurai office. She travelled to Chennai with Aravindh after her husband’s demise and joined him in Chess Gurukul. She used to travel to Madurai every weekend to balance the work pressure. Meanwhile R B Ramesh, the coach at Chess Gurukul took good care of his chess career.

Aravindh is quick with calculation and holds the fort of defence well. He also surprises the opponent during final minutes of the game. However, he still has scope for improvement during the beginning of the game. He trained well and silently which made everyone to be surprised when he won the bronze medal at World Junior Chess championship. In that tournament, nobody was looking at Aravindh because he was not the expected person to clinch medal for India. Aravindh grabbed the attention of Chess enthusiasts after that win. Even that bronze medal was about to be a gold, only the tie breaker kept him away from clinching gold medal.

He became the Under 19 Chess championship at 12. His first major tournament victory came in 2013, where he scored 9/11 with a performance rating of 2728 at Chennai Grandmaster International Open. He made this remarkable achievement by defeating four grandmasters, two International Masters. He moved forward with confidence and earned his first International master title in 2014, and his Grandmaster title in 2015. He became the Grandmaster at 16.

He enjoys the stay in Chess Gurukul, which feels like a home to him. His mother is all happy about it and hoping a bright future for her kid. His coach acknowledges that Aravindh never take his victories to his head and always stays down to earth. It is a very crucial quality to have while climbing high in our life. He is cool, calm with a lot of potential to achieve great success in Chess game. He is involved in yoga exercises as he needs to strengthen his mind to move forward. Aravindh is studying Commerce at SRM University. His short term goal is to reach 2700 mark in ELO ratings. He clarified that for a long term; he wants to take life as it comes to him. Vishwanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen are his role model. He loves to read chess books, playing cricket, online chess games, etc.

Young generation is creating new paths of success and we all should be proud about it. We wish this kid to go forward and clinch more victory for our nation.

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India, our country is well known for making prodigies in the chess game. Our country makes an army of chess contestants. But this child is the giant killer of the chess world. Because she mastered the chess at 4 while other kids learn to play with toys. She became the youngest ever contestant in Bihar State level tournaments. She is the new focus of the Chess world because she has the potential by nature to break so many records that were set in the last by many legends. Meet Pari Sinha, the giant killer of Chess world.

Pari Sinha is from Bihar, his father Jay Prakash Sinha is a businessman. He was also an accomplished state level chess player. Chess game comes naturally to Pari. She has mastered the game at 4; she had beaten the opponents who are twice as her age group. She defeated few with podium finish by checkmate. It is great progress for a child in her age group. He became the youngest player to compete in State open chess championship at Easter Bihar of Kishanganj. She had finished 3rd in the Under 7 category.

Aravind kumar Sinha, the secretary of All Bihar Chess Association was all proud about her and noted that it is a record for the association to bring in a contestant at such a young age. He also wrote to the All India Chess Federation to recognize Pari’ s performance as a National Record. Pari is fantastic with initial moves and builds a strong base for the rest of the game. She knows how to proceed further from there onwards.

Subhanelu Chakraborty, a famous coach is training her. But she learned the basic of the chess game from her uncle Veel Prakash Sinha, who is also a reputed national level chess player. He observed that Pari’s game is so strong in the beginning and she could beat him one day. It would be a proud moment for her uncle, dad and for herself. The coach and parents don’t want to pressurize her now. So they are taking this one baby step at a time.

She is being trained for one hour each day for the chess game as she has to focus on her academics. She loves to play chess and the favourite opponent is her uncle. They both play as long as the game goes on. Her uncle is confident that one day she could beat him in a tournament.

Pari Sinha is the child prodigy of Chess. We could expect some remarkable achievement from her in the coming years. Every child has a natural talent, and it is the parent’s duty to identify it and nurture him / her as a champion. It will not be a painful process if the child loves that field. We wish this child champion to conquer the chess world as a warrior queen. Pari Sinha is the dominating queen in a game which is widely known as the game of the Kings.