Gautama Maharishi

Who Gautama Maharishi is

Gautama was a great sage, one of the seven seers in later tradition, who lived in a hermitage near Mithila with his wife Ahalya. When he returned to find Indra leaving his hermitage in his own form, he cursed Indra and cursed Ahalya to a long penance. He withdrew to the Himalaya for austerities, and when Rama's visit freed Ahalya, Gautama returned and lived with her again, honouring Rama.

“I judge every move strictly. Make no mistakes.”

How Gautama Maharishi plays chess

Stern and exacting: punishes every inaccuracy you make with precise judgement.

The Classicist: Sound, balanced chess: develops, castles and takes what the position offers.

Opening repertoire: Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Main) · Ruy Lopez, Zaitsev (Main) · Nimzo-Indian, Hübner

Defeat Gautama Maharishi in a full game from the normal starting position to earn the achievement Beyond Reproach and open the way to the next guardian.

Sources

• Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda

Placement on the path reflects chess difficulty only — a game-design choice, not a ranking of anyone's spiritual standing.