The Queen's Sacrifice
The notification came at 12:47 AM.
Meera was already awake — had been for an hour, lying in the dark with the ceiling fan doing its slow indifferent work above her, her mind doing the other kind. She picked up her phone from the bedside table out of habit, not expectation.
The chess Twitter feed had gone completely still for ten seconds and then erupted all at once.
Historic. First ever. Indian woman. FIDE Women’s Candidates.