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COVER STORY
The fantastic Four: Inside the Minds of
Chess Grandmasters
Meet BPCL’s Chess Icons Who Have Redefined Dedication and Discipline
Within every grandmaster’s story lies a symphony of focus, strategy, and relentless self-belief.
At Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, excellence is not just encouraged, it is lived. And some
of its finest embodiments are four distinguished individuals whose brilliance on the chessboard
has echoed across international platforms: Gopal G Narayanan, Venkatesh M R, Vaibhav Suri,
and Abhijeet Gupta.
Their lives are a rare blend of precision and persistence, balancing the quiet intensity of chess
with the responsibilities of professional life. Their success is not accidental. It is earned, every
day, through countless hours of preparation, study, and reflection. Supported by BPCL’s sports
ecosystem, these four grandmasters have not only reached individual milestones but have
become symbols of what sustained support and individual discipline can together create.
In this special feature, we delve into the journeys, philosophies, and quiet victories of these four
masters of the 64 squares. What fuels them, what challenges have shaped them, and how they
continue to inspire through their unwavering pursuit of greatness, on and off the board.
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