India, Nov. 23 -- In Goa, where rural rusticity intersects with urban glitz, where the days are slow and the nights are short, the Chess World Cup trickled in this month almost surreptitiously. A resort tucked away in Arpora, a neighbourhood where beachside revelry ends and local humdrum begins, was charged by a strange IYKYK energy. Here, on a sunny Thursday afternoon, the Hungarian Peter Leko, 46, in blue tapered jeans, white shirt and a black linen jacket, walked into the tournament hall to face his fears a few minutes ahead of schedule. Now a celebrated chess commentator, Leko became a Grandmaster in 1994, at 14 years, 4 months and 22 days old - the youngest to get the tag at the time. The seat across the board from him was soon filled ...