Humpy's Woes

We may be stuck here in paradise but our coverage of world chess cannot cease. From The Hindu, we are informed of a problem faced by top woman player, India's Humpy Koneru. After losing her previous sponsor, BoB, to cricketer Rahul Dravid - the chess prodigy has found the going a lot tougher.

The Hindu's closing remarks are rather dark: "Only time will tell whether Humpy will be able to sustain interest in the sport or let her talent drift away to a point of no return".

Let's hope that The Hindu is proven wrong. Read here.