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Maxim maitains lead Jan 31, 2010

Russian grandmaster Maxim Turov (7.5 points) maintained his half point lead over Uzbek GM Marat Dzhumaev and unstoppable Anwesh Upadyaya of Orissa at the end of the eighth round of the LIC & ONGC sponsored Chennai Open 2010 international chess tournament organised by Sports promotion Foundation at the Multipurpose Indoor stadium.........More News

IM Lalith Babu shocks GM Zubarev, Maxim Turov in sole lead  Jan 29, 2010
On a day with mixed results on the top boards IM Norm aspirant R Siddharth lost his game against Russian GM Maxim Turov in the 6th round of Chennai Open 2010 an International Grandmaster Open Chess Tournament , being held at the Multipurpose Indoor stadium at Chennai.... More News

Eight players share lead  Jan 27, 2010

Untitled Indians are in the forefront, as three of them R. Sidharth of Tamil Nadu, Ankit Rajpara of Maharashtra and Anwesh Upadyaya of Orissa lead with four points each, along with three foreign grandmasters and two Philippino international masters....   More News

Shirov Beaten - By Arvind Aaron Jan 25,2010
Finally, Alexei Shirov's brilliant run ended in his first defeat when Hikaru Nakamura, the American defeated him in the seventh round of the Corus Chess Tournament on Jan 23. Seven rounds are completed in all the three sections and six rounds remain to be played.

Top seeded Eshan Ghaem Maghami of Iran held to a draw Jan 25,2010
The 2nd Chennai International Open Chess tournament sponsored by LIC and ONGC, supported by government of India and Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu and organized by Sports Promotion Foundation got off with a bang....  More News

Chennai Open 2010 Games  - Jan 25,2010

Maghami clinches title in a tie-break  Jan 23,2010
Third seed Iranian Grandmaster Maghami Ehsan Ghaem ensured a thrilling end to the 8th Parsvnath International Chess Tournament by setting for a draw with Bangladeshi Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman in the eleventh and final round at.....

Maghami back to sole lead; Deep Sengupta shocks Turov    Jan 21,2010

Shirov Zooms Ahead  Jan 21, 2010

Shirov Leads With 3/3 -  Jan 19, 2010

Chennai Open  - 2010

On Arrival at Chennai, all players are requested to register at Tamilnadu State Chess Association Office at Room No.75, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Periamet, Chennai – 600 003 any time after 10.00 AM on 24.01.2010. Please note that accommodation will be arranged only after you register at the above place. Kindly note that the Inaugural ceremony will be held at 04.00 PM on 24.01.2010 at the tournament venue.  - Click here for rooming list  -   Click here for list of participants  19 Jan, 2010

Maghami maintains sole lead; Tania holds Liem  19 Jan, 2010    More News

Overnight sole leader Grandmaster Maghami Ehsan Ghaem of Iran maintained his slender half point lead in the ongoing 8th Parsvnath....

Indian Team Felicitated

Seven players including third seed Iranian Grandmaster Ghaem Maghami Ehsan share the lead with perfect score at the end of fourth round matches in the ongoing

More News    17 Jan, 2010

Dave holds Lenic - BY Mr.Bharat Singh 15 Jan, 2010 - The 8th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament got off to a surprising start as Shiv Shankar Dave of Air India held second seed Grandmaster Lenic Luka of Slovenia....  More News

Accolades Pouring in  13 Jan, 2010

Bronze Medal For India 13 Jan, 2010

India finished with three victories in a row to win the bronze medal on maiden appearance in the World Team Championship that came to a close at Turkey on Jan 13.       More News.

India Shock Israel  13 Jan, 2010

India Scares Russia  11 Jan, 2010

FIDE Confirms Five Titles On Indians 09 Jan, 2010
 

India Win Third Match, In Joint Lead 09 Jan, 2010

World Team Chess Championship LIVE GAMES CLICK HERE 07 Jan, 2010

India Lose 1-3 To USA 07 Jan, 2010

All India Chess Federation wishes "Happy New Year 2010"

All India Technical Conference, Bhubaneswar  List of Successful candidates - By R.Anantharam  02 Jan, 2010

Tournament Calendar for the Year 2010 31 Dec, 2009

Indian Ratings for Jan 2010 FRL   31 Dec, 2009

India & Vietnam inch closer to title in the Asian Team Championship, Ganguly impressive in victory
- By Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua   27 Dec, 2009
For the second day in a row Grandmaster Surya Sekhar Ganguly powered top seeds India "A" to a head start victory in the Tata Steel Asian Team Chess Championship at Town Hall, Kolkata. After the fifth round India "A" lead with 10...

XVIII National Youth Chess Championship-2009 - Somak Palit wins at Calicut   By I.A. DHARMENDRA KUMAR 29 Dec, 2009

 National Under - 7 Chess Championship at Ahmedabad  21 Dec, 2009

List of confirmed Grandmasters for the Delhi and Chennai Open 2010  21 Dec, 2009

Asian Team Chess Championship games  21 Dec, 2009

Utkal Ranjan Sahoo and Lasya Champions -  19.12.2009

Better tie break score helped Orissa lad Utkal Ranjan Sahoo to clinch the National Under-13 Open title here at Bapu Samaj Sewa Kendra on today. In a nail biting finish, World Under-10 champion Girish Koushik and top seed Vaibhav Suri of Delhi along with Utkal....

 16 New Titles For Tiny Indian Stars  17 Dec, 2009

signing  the contract

Anand v Topalov From April 23 For Rs.14 Crores   17 Dec, 2009

Chessdom.com website reports that the World Championship match between titleholder Viswanathan Anand and Veselin  Topalov is to start from April 23 (game one) and end May 12 (if there are tie-breaks). The prize money on the table is Rs.14 Crores or 2 Milliion Euros for the match. The website reports that Silvio Danailov and Aruna Anand have made this agreement after meeting in Athens recently.......      read news

Harika Wins the title 13 Dec, 2009

The top seed IM Dronavalli Harika of Airport Authority of India, AP proved her supremacy by winning the 36th National Women Premier Chess Championship which has concluded here today at the St.Joseph’s College of Engineering. Harika has been trailing behind Meenakshi....

All India Chess Federation wishes World Champion Vishy Anand on his 40^th Birthday, wishing many more returns of the day

 11 Dec, 2009

Shardul stuns Sayantan; four players share lead 15 Dec, 2009

University of Calcutta Lifted the Championship Trophy  Dec 09 , 2009

Bhakti Kulkarni Moves To Third Position   Dec 09, 2009

Adhiban who earned his GM norm is the sole leader and Sriram Jha completes his GM title requirements.  Dec 09, 2009

Caution     09 Dec, 2009

A set of disgruntled elements have announced that they have formed a Chess Association as rivals to the All India Chess Federation. In their mails the Chess Association of India has announced that, with the permission of World Chess Federation Inc (a rival to FIDE) they will organize an open tournament at Delhi from 23rd Dec with a Prize fund of Rs.15 Lakhs....   more news click here to read

Government comes down heavily on age fraud  Dec 03, 2009

Games National Premier Women Chess Championship at Chennai    Dec  03 , 2009

Click here for Pairing and Results of National Premier Women Chess Championship

Click here for daily reports and PGN games

National Premier Chess Championship at Mumbai games  Dec  01 , 2009

Click here for Pairing and Results of National Premier Chess Championship

Click here for daily reports and PGN Games download

National Premier Women - Meenakshi In Sole Lead     07 Dec, 2009

National Premier Women - Draws Dominate Round Three     05 Dec, 2009
 

National Women Premier - Five Players Share Lead  By Arvind Aaron  -    Dec 03, 2009
 

Savetha Shocks Aarthie   -  By Arvind Aaron  -  Dec 03, 2009
C.H. Savetha of Tamil Nadu shocked former champion Aarthie Ramaswamy of Air India in the opening round of the 36^th St Joseph's National Premier Women Chess Championship at the St Joseph's College of Engineering near Chennai on  December 2, 2009.      Read More

Sethuraman's Celebration  27 Nov, 2009

International Master S.P. Sethuraman of Chennai who won the World Under-16 title at Antalya, Turkey this week,  celebrated the success with chess friends of his family here at the heart of Chennai's Information Technology Corridor Food Court at Ascendas in Taramani on Nov 26.
 

One Gold, Three Silver, Two Bronze For India  27 Nov, 09

Warning by FIDE     25, Nov, 2009

Three Medal Winners Arrive at Chennai  - By Arvind Aaron

The chess fraternity in Chennai welcomed the three Chennai players who won medals at the World Youth Chess Festival that concluded at couple of days before at Antalya in Turkey.  S.P. Sethuraman, the under-16 champion, J. Saranya, the bronze medal in under-14 girls and Karthikeyan Murali, under-10 silver medal winner were given a nice reception by the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association....

World Youth Championship 2009- Round 9 report   -    21, Nov, 2009

By D.V.Prasad, International Master

IM B.Adhiban came into striking distance for the top place by scoring over IM Piorun Kacper of Poland and moved to 7.5 points trailing the Spaniard GM Salgado Lopez by half a point in the U-18 section. Adhiban employed the Sicilian classical variation and in a complicated struggle....

World Youth Championship 2009- 7th round results by Mr.D.V.Prasad, International Master 19 Nov, 2009

D.V.Prasad Reports from Antalya                Click here to Read news

Daklia's Win Powers Indians 15 Nov, 2009  - By K.Visweswaran

Shreyas Daklia the unassuming lad from Chattisgarh gave the first booster to the Indian launch pad .....

Kramnik takes first place 15 Nov, 2009

World Youth Chess Championship   Games

Anand Draws Morozevich - By Arvind Aaron  13 Nov, 2009

1st Lakecity International FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament at Udaipur from 17th to 22nd December, 2009

Vidit Gujarati and Rucha Pujari are National Sub Junior Champs - 13 Nov, 2009

Anand Beats Leko, In Lead- By Arvind Aaron  11  Nov, 2009  World champion Viswanathan Anand scored his second straight win with the white pieces to join Vladimir Kramnik in the lead after five rounds in the Tal Memorial Category 21 Tournament at Moscow on November 10..

Kramnik Wrests Sole Lead  - By Arvind Aaron  09  Nov, 2009
Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia moved into sole lead in the Tal Memorial at Moscow on Nov 8. Kramnik who lives in Moscow defeated countryman Peter Svidler of St Petersburg with the white pieces to move into sole lead with three points from four rounds.
 

Ten Draws In Moscow  - By Arvind Aaron  07  Nov, 2009
World champion Viswanathan Anand played his second draw in a row in the Tal Memorial Tournament and both of them are welcome results as he played black in these two encounters. Round two also produced five draws and there is no sign of victory in Moscow so far. Seven rounds remain to be played in this event which will be played from Nov 4-14.

Anand In Moscow- By Arvind Aaron 05  Nov, 2009

The strongest chess tournament for this year is to begin today at Moscow. It features the World Champion Viswanathan Anand and his new big rival Magnus Carlsen of Norway in a 10-player single all-play-all league from Nov 5-14. It has everyone except Veselin Topalov against whom Anand will be defending his title next spring.
 

National Sub Junior Chess Championship Games  01 Nov, 2009

Soumya Swaminathan Is World Junior Champion - By Arvind Aaron 04  Nov, 2009

Soumya Swaminathan achieved what only five other Indians have achieved in world chess. She won the World Junior girls chess championship at Puerto Madryn in Argentina on November 3, 2009....

 

World Junior Soumya Slips To Second Spot - By Arvind Aaron   03  Nov, 2009

World Junior - Soumya Swaminathan In Sole Lead - By Arvind Aaron   02  Nov, 2009

World Junior - Soumya Swaminathan In Joint Lead - By Arvind Aaron  31  Oct, 2009

World Youth Chess Championship photographs of closing function  - Pune Coaching camp   30 Oct, 2009

World Youth Chess Championship rooming list for Indian Contingent   30 Oct, 2009

Guidelines on protection from exposure to Tobacco smoke Pg1  Pg2  Pg3 Pg4 Pg5 Pg6 Pg7 Pg8 Pg9 Pg10 Pg11  26  Oct, 2009

World Youth Chess Championship   -   20  Oct, 2009
National Coaching camp begins at Chennai, Bhuvaneswar and Pune

Chennai Camp Report             Bhuvaneswar Camp Report        

Pune Camp Report- Best conditions for coaching camp says IM.D.V.Prasad 

Anand v Topalov Match In Sofia  18  Oct, 2009

 AICF Greets Players click here for news

Participants of the Pre – World Junior Coaching camp at the dinner hosted by All India Chess Federation on 14th October, 2009

47th National Premier Chess championship at Mumbai  Download prospectus here    10  Oct, 2009

National women Premier ( National Women "A" )  - Important Announcement   10  Oct, 2009

The National Women Premier will not be held at Kolkata.  The dates will remain same.  The new venue will be intimated to you soon.  This is for the information of all players concerned.

The Laxman Party  10  Oct, 2009

The parents of India's latest grandmaster R.R. Laxman of Chennai took a cue from the parents of Adhiban but had a small party for a handpicked elite gathering at Adyar in south Chennai on October 9. "Set new, bigger, higher goals," advised....

Asian Team Chess Championship at Kolkata download prospectus here

Russia Catch Up With India   30  Sep, 2009

Sethuraman, Bhakti Win National Junior   28  Sep, 2009

International Master S.P. Sethuraman of Chennai and Bhakti Kulkarni of Goa won the Stree Seva Mandir Diamond Jubilee National Junior Chess Championship which concluded at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Sep 28......

India Taste Defeat, But Still Lead On Points   28  Sep, 2009

Coaching camp for Players - World Youth  -  2009   28  Sep, 2009

India Wins Four Matches   28  Sep, 2009

Bhakti Kulkarni Regains Title   28  Sep, 2009

India Starts Bang Bang In Turkey   26  Sep, 2009

Two-time champions India who are seeking a hat-trick in the World Youth Chess Olympiad at Turkey.  In the opening round, second seeded India blanked Sri Lanka 4-0 and in the second we have defeated ninth seed England also by 4-0. With this new power in our Under-16 Sub-Junior teams,  ....
 

One Seeding For Junior Champions.....26  Sep, 2009

The All India Chess Federation Central Council decided to give one seeding to the National Junior Champion in boys and girls to the National Premier Championship and National Women's Premier championship and scrap the seeding to the National Challengers Championship and National Women's Challengers....

Bhakti Kulkarni Closer To Tape  26  Sep, 2009

Ratnakaran Keeps Title  26  Sep, 2009

Lalith Babu Wrests Sole Lead  26  Sep, 2009

Bhakti Kulkarni Emerges Sole Leader    24  Sep, 2009

Raghunandan Gokhale, Manuel Aaron and Prof. Ananthram visit the Youth Olympiad camp at Chennai   22  Sep, 2009

39^th National Jr & 24^th National Jr Girls Chess Championship at Chennai Games   20  Sep, 2009

National Junior Pairing and Results                   National Junior Girls Pairing and Results

FIRST FIDE RATED TOURNAMENT AT KATNI, MADHYA PRADESH  14  Sep, 2009

The First ever FIDE rated tournament at SYNA Open, Katni, Madhya Pradesh has attracted record number of 175 Rated players upto 12th September, 2009. This 4 lakh Prize Money tournament has also attracted entries from 8 International Master headed by IM Sri Ram Jha & IM Himanshu Sharma – by Mr.Niklesh Jain, Organising Secretary
 

Important Announcement

National Junior & National Junior Girls championships  - 2009 at Chennai

Further to the eligible players listed in the prospectus, all IM's are seeded to play in the open section and all WIM's are seeded to play in the girls section subject to age limit.   All officially selected Players are requested to report at Tamilnadu State Chess Association office, Room.No.75, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai - 600 003. which is adjacent to The Chennai Central Railway Station for accommodation.

World Women Team - China - Report Round Seven   10  Sep, 2009

Mary Ann Gomes played a crucial game to beat China Team two in the tournament. Harika and Eesha drew quickly, Kruttika had a better position on the 4th board for along time against Wang Xiaohui and it was expected to be a 3-1 score....

Laxman Becomes Grand Master  10  Sep, 2009

Norms Galore at Kolkata Open  10  Sep, 200

National Challengers Women ( Women "B") Games  8 Sep , 2009 

National Junior Chess Championship at Chennai from 19 - 28, September, 200912 Aug, 2009   

Le upsets Ganguly to take sole lead   8  Sep , 2009  

Sandipan continues to lead   6 Sep , 2009  

National Under - 13 Boys & Girls Chess Championship at New Delhi Click here to download prospectus 5 Sep , 2009

Five Leaders at Kolkota Open   4 Sep , 2009 

World Women Team - China - Report Round Three   4 Sep , 2009 

Everything happened in silence! As the Hebrew proverb says “If a word is worth a coin, silence is worth two” The Tournament hall is 570 square meters International Conference hall, of the New Century Grand Hotel at Ningbo. This hall has exquisite decorations with a giant screen displaying...

Yinzhou Cup 2^nd World Women Team Chess Championship-Report   - 2 Sep , 2009

04^th Kolkata Grandmaster Open - Reports  -  2 Sep , 2009

Soumya shocks Artur Kogan  07 Aug, 2009

Woman Grand Master and National Junior girls champion Soumya Swaminathan scored one of the biggest wins of her career so far by defeating GM Artur Kogan in the 7th round....

Adhiban in sole second position   07 Aug, 2009

Pon N Krithika on sole lead   05 Aug, 2009

Shyam Nikil holds Salem A R Saleh  05 Aug, 2009

Rajesh holds Beliavsky  05 Aug, 2009

In a sensational result, India’s young boy VAV Rajesh(2249) held top seed GM Aleaxander Beliavsky (2662) to a creditable draw in the 5th round of Vlissingen open......

Asian Youth Chess Championship at New Delhi - 2009  Games  03 Aug, 2009

Lalith Babu Wins Six Games  31 July, 2009

17 FIDE License Trainers for India 29 July, 2009

The first ever Orientation Workshop for Coaches which was held from 20-22 June 2009 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, India and conducted by FIDE Trainer Peter Long and FIDE Instructor Praful Zaveri, was a big success......

Anish Giri keeps the lead with a draw  29 July, 2009

Memorable fortnight For Indians   27 July, 2009

Sasikiran Scores Fifty Percent   27 July, 2009

Anish Giri extends his lead  27 July, 2009

Spain Trip Final Round Report  25 July, 2009

Netherlands Trip Three Share lead  25 July, 2009

The Indian final list  for the Asian Youth Chess Championship to be held at New Delhi from 01st to 09th August, 2009.

All Players listed below are requested to send ( if not already sent ) the entry fees and the entry form directly to Mr.Bharat Singh, the organizer of the tournament at New Delhi.  Further, kindly inform the organizers if you need accommodation on payment as per  the link http://www.delhichess.com   Click here for the list  23 July, 2009

Indians have a good day   23 July, 2009

Arun Prasad Wins Strongest Scottish Championship 21 July, 09

Karthikeyan Murali and Ivana bag Gold in the National Under - 11 Boys & Girls Chess Championship - 2009

Lalith Babu Wins Leiden Open, Daklia and S.Harini got norms 19 July, 2009

XIV International Open Chess tournament of Balaguer , Spain - Round - 6 Report  19 July, 2009

Netherlands Trip Lalith Babu in lead! Harini makes IWM norm!   19 July, 2009

Netherlands Tour Karthikeyan and Lalith Babu in Lead!  

17 July, 09

Spain Tournament GM Kiril Georgiev of Bulgaria takes the lead   17 July, 2009

Netherlands Tour - Shyam, Adhiban,Lalith Babu in Joint Lead!  15 July, 2009

XIV International Open Chess tournament of Balaguer , Spain 13 July, 2009

Netherlands Tour Shyam Sundar in lead!  13 July, 2009

Villa De Benasque  final day report  

13 July, 2009

R.Bharathi (7) won the Best Women prize after scoring a thumping victory over Rodriguez Fernandez of Spain after the last round of the Villa De Benasque Chess tournament.......

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Opening-match

Round One Report

Indian Junior team comprising 6 boys and 6 girls are playing in 3 International... 

 11 July, 2009

Report for 9th round   11 July, 2009

Shalmali Gagare (6) of Maharashtra scored an upset victory over IM Emodi Gyula with White pieces in the 9th round of the Villa De Benasque Chess tournament. J. Sharanya (5.5) of Chennai made.....

Report for seventh round   09 July, 2009

National Sub-junior girl's champion R. Bharathi continued her good show by defeating Fenil Shah of India from White side to jump to 5 points at the end of the 7th round.....

Seventh consecutive victory for Padmini Rout  07 July, 2009

Padmini Rout of India scored her seventh consecutive victory to remain alone at the top at the end of the seventh round of the Asian Junior Girls’ Chess Championship in Colombo, Sri Lanka...

FIDE Arbiter Seminar held at Chennai from 24 - 27, July, 2009  01 July, 2009

list of successful candidates : The First FIDE Arbiter's seminar in India was held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai - 600 003.  from 24^th to 27^th June, 2009.  Mr.Casto Abundo, Deputy President of Asian Chess Federation was the resource person and lecturer.......

Cramling Holds Humpy   15^th June, 2009

Fide Arbiter Seminar at Chennai from 24th to 29th June, 2009   04^th  June, 2009

01st SCS GM Chess Tournament - 2009 at Orissa Games 

National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship - 2009 games

Orientation workshop for coaches    27^th  May, 2009

Leko Anand's Press Conf, Opening Ceremony and Interviews

Five Indians Qualify From Philippines    27^th  May, 2009

Ganguly First, Meenakshi Fourth      25^th  May, 2009

FIDE President Praised Vishy Anand and Indian Chess Players           11^th May, 2009

Chief Arbiter and Deputy Arbiters for National Chess Championships - 2009   05^th  May, 2009

Anand To Defend Title At Mainz      05^th  May , 2009

Mumbai Mayor's Trophy Pairing, Results and Live Games 01^st May,09

Anand Blanks Morovic 2-0            30^th April, 2009

GM Alon Greenfeld of Israel conducts a 7 day Chess coaching camp at Jalandhar, Punjab  08 April, 09

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Jan 28, 2010

The National Team Chess Championship to be held at Haryana from 21^st to 28^th February, 2010 will henceforth be called “NATIONAL CLUB TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP”

The FIDE has introduced World club team chess championship to be held at Abu Dhabi, UAE from 11^th to 28^th July, 2010. The All India Chess Federation will recommend the team on the basis of Ranking obtained from this National Club Team Chess Championship.

R. Siddharth of Tamil Nadu on song  Jan 28, 2010

Former under age category national champion R. Sidharth of Tamil Nadu displayed a giant killing act defeating Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh in the fifth round of the Chennai Open 2010 International chess tournament... More News

Ankit Rajpara upsets Saidali  Jan 26, 2010

Ankit Rajpara of Maharashtra shocked grandmaster Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistan to be among the leaders with 3 points at the end of the third round of the LIC and ONGC sponsored Chennai Open 2010 chess tournament organized by Sports Promotion Foundation here today....  More News.

Chennai Open inaugurated  Jan 24, 2010

R. Anantharam, International Arbiter - Press & Media Incharge

The Chennai Open 2010, the prestigious international grandmaster chess tournament sponsored by LIC and ONGC...    more news

Chennai Open Inauguration Video

Maghami and Lenic share lead; Deep Sengupta held top seed  Jan 22,2010

Dzhumaev and Tolstikh joined Maghami at the top Jan 20, 2010

Anand Starts With Two Draws 18 Jan, 2010

Anand Looks For Sixth Title  18 Jan, 2010

Ganguly, Arun Prasad Win Board Prizes 14 Jan, 2010

Gopal Helps India Defeat Egypt  12 Jan, 2010

India Holds Armenia To A Sensational Draw 10 Jan, 2010
 

Birthday Boy Krishnan Sasikiran powers India to Stunning Victory over Azerbaijan For Place In Lead 08 Jan, 2010

Arun Prasad Helps India Win 06 Jan, 2010

Salem Grand Master S. Arun Prasad defeated Grand Master S. Halkias to help India score a round one victory over Greece in the World Team Chess Championship at Bursa in Turkey on January 5......

30^th National Team & 08^th National Team Women Championship at Haryana from 21 -28 Feb, 2009  download image file here  04 Jan, 2010

India In World Team Championship - By Arvind Aaron  02 Jan, 2010

National Under-13 Chess Championship heading for an exciting finish  -  18.12.2009

Asian Team Chess Championship Chief Arbiter Report  28 Dec, 2009  -  While India A men met with little resistance in capturing the Tata Steel Asian Team Chess Championship, their B team women counterparts were instrumental in Vietnam clinching the women championship. The tournament was well organized by Dibyendu Baru....

National Under-13 Chess Championship heading for an exciting finish  -  18.12.2009

6 Medals for India in the Commonwealth Chess Championship  - 2009 at Singapore 14 Dec, 2009

Adhiban Wins National Premier Chess Championship   14 Dec, 2009

Michelle Catherina on sole lead14 Dec, 2009

Fourth seed Michelle Catherina of Tamilnadu take sole lead with five points from as many rounds in the girls section of ongoing 23rd National Under-13 (Open & Girls) Chess Championship at Bapu Samaj Seva Kendra...

Prajapati holds Shiven      12 Dec, 2009

23rd National Under-13 (Open & Girls) Chess Championship got of to a surprising start as second seed and Asian Under-14 champion...

IM Vidit Gujrathi Stuns GM Neelotpal Das and Lead remains status quo   -   12 Dec, 2009

23^rd National Under - 13 boys & girls chess championship at Delhi games

23^rd National U - 13 B & G click here for Daily reports and pairings 10 Dec, 2009

All India Technical Conference & Sr Arbiter Examination 29, 30 & 31 December, 2009 at Bhubaneswar, Orissa Dec 08, 2009

 Government Directive Compliments AICF  By Arvind Aaron     Dec 04 , 2009

6 Medals for India in the Commonwealth Chess Championship  - 2009 at Singapore 14 Dec, 2009

Adhiban Wins National Premier Chess Championship   14 Dec, 2009

Michelle Catherina on sole lead14 Dec, 2009

Fourth seed Michelle Catherina of Tamilnadu take sole lead with five points from as many rounds in the girls section of ongoing 23rd National Under-13 (Open & Girls) Chess Championship at Bapu Samaj Seva Kendra...

Prajapati holds Shiven      12 Dec, 2009

23rd National Under-13 (Open & Girls) Chess Championship got of to a surprising start as second seed and Asian Under-14 champion...

IM Vidit Gujrathi Stuns GM Neelotpal Das and Lead remains status quo   -   12 Dec, 2009

23^rd National Under - 13 boys & girls chess championship at Delhi games

23^rd National U - 13 B & G click here for Daily reports and pairings 10 Dec, 2009

Girish and Shardul share lead 16 Dec, 2009

Adhiban scores fifth straight win  -   10 Dec, 2009

Anand Turns Spectator, At St Joseph's  - By Arvind Aaron  Dec 08, 2009 - World champion Viswanathan Anand was given a big welcome when he turned up this morning to visit the..

Kolkata Open Highlights on DD Sports  Dec 08, 2009

Arunachalpradesh news Lingi wins State level chess championship  Dec 08, 2009

National Premier Women  - Two Players Share Lead  06 Dec, 2009
 

National Premier - Himanshu upsets Abhijit Dec 04, 09

world Champion and Bronze Medalist visit AICF Office   26, Nov, 2009

S.P.Sethuraman Under 16 World Champion and J.Saranya Under 14 Bronze Medalist who did the Nation proud at the recent World youth chess Championship at Turkey visited the office of the All India Chess Federation Shri D.V.Sundar, Hon. Secretary congratulated the winners on their achievements.

S.P.Sethuraman Wins Gold   - World Youth Chess Championship - 2009 - Six Medals for India

World Youth Championship 2009- Round 10 report    22, Nov, 2009

Indian medal hopes brightened with many victories 20  Nov, 2009    By D.V.Prasad, International Master

IM’s Vidit Gujrathi and S.P.Sethurman continued their neck and neck race for the top honours by continuing to be in the joint lead with 7 points each after scoring facile victories against the Polish pair of Vahe Baghdasaryan and Ilya Nyzhnsk respectively in the U-16 section. Vidit thwarted off white’s threats in the black side of English opening and won a Pawn

World Youth  Chess Championship Round 6 Report by Mr.D.V.Prasad, International Master 18 Nov, 2009

XVIII National Youth (Under-25) Chess championship at Calicut - Download prospectus here   16 Nov, 2009

Anand Takes Two Point Lead - By Arvind Aaron 16 Nov, 2009

World Youth Round Four - Report by IM   D.V.Prasad 16 Nov, 2009

Anand Held By Carlsen- By Arvind Aaron   12 Nov, 2009

India won Mixed Team Bronze - Sasikiran and Harika win bronze in the Individual Rapid event of Asian Indoor Games at Vietnam

Cash Award Application sent to MYAS - 2009

Barua Chess Academy organizes Asian Team Chess Championship at Kolkata  - 2009

India Bounces Back, Beats Uzbekistan   29  Sep, 2009

India Beats Georgia 3-1    27  Sep, 2009

Adhiban, Padmini Rout Lose In Round Seven   25  Sep, 2009

Kind Attn: All Players – World Youth Chess Championship at Turkey.  23  Sep, 2009

India Seeks Hat-Trick In Olympiad   - By Arvind Aaron    23  Sep, 2009
The Indian Youth Chess Olympiad team which underwent a training camp at Chennai until September 24, received a pep talk from Grand Masters Sundararajan Kidambi, Rajaram Laxman and Magesh Chandran and International Master M.R. Venkatesh before leaving for Turkey.
 

National Sub Junior  & National Sub Junior Girls Chess Championship at Mumbai from 01 - 09, November, 2009  -   23  Sep, 2009

National Under - 7 Chess Championship at Ahmedabad from 16 - 24, Dec, 2009  -   23  Sep, 2009

Padmini leads - World Junior Chess at Argentina   29  Oct, 2009

WIM Padmini defeated second seed WIM Zhang Xiaowen of china in a fine game to take..

Premier National Women Chess Championship  - 2009 at Chennai - regulations - list of qualifiers  27  Oct, 2009

Premier National Chess Championship  - 2009  at Mumbai  click here for list of Qualifiers    27  Oct, 2009

 World Junior Chess Padmini Jumps to second spot  27  Oct, 09

Eventful day at Pune AICF Coaching camp   - 23^rd Oct, 2009.

36th National Premier women ( National Women "A") will be held at Chennai from 02 - 12 Dec, 2009 , Arrival date is 1st December, 2009. Players can book their journey accordingly.  List of  Eligible players : All Woman Grandmasters, Top 06 (including WGMs) from Previous National Woman ‘A’, top 20 from Current National ‘B’ held at Nagpur, the current National Junior Girls Champion and two nominees of AICF Secretary.  Prospectus will be published on 26.10.2009  23  Oct, 2009

Mr.D.V.Sundar, Hon.Secretary, AICF and Mr.Bharat Singh, Treasurer AICF with FIDE President Mr.Kirsan Ilyumzhinov during the FIDE Congress at Halkidiki, Greece - 2009

FIDE allots world Junior 2011 to India 19  Oct, 2009

India had been allotted the right to organise the World Junior Chess Championship and World Junior Girls Championship of 2011 and the venue will be Chennai, said Mr.D.V.Sundar, Hon.Secretary of the All India Chess Federation and Member Executive Board - FIDE, who attended the FIDE congress which was held in Halkidiki, Greece from 11- 18, Oct, 2009.

The All India Chess Federation congratulates Mr.Venkataraman Ramakrishnan on his winning Nobel prize for Chemistry    09  Oct, 2009

World Junior Chess Championship coaching camp by Grandmaster P Magesh chandran and WIM K Mrunalini Kunte begins at Chennai today    09  Oct, 2009

Praveen Kumar Triumphs   09  Oct, 2009

Happy News for World Youth Chess Championship  - 2009 Players    07  Oct, 2009

National Under - 17 boys & Girls Chess Championship   Games   07  Oct, 2009

21st Telegraphs Schools Postponed   07  Oct, 2009
 

Aaron Legacy continues...   07  Oct, 2009

5th CHESS OSCAR TO VISWANATHAN ANAND    03 Oct, 2009

Russia Wrest Title From India One Gold, Two Silver For India   03  Oct, 2009
 

Russia Pulls Ahead Of India    03  Oct, 2009
 

39th National Jr Boys and Girls Chess Championship 2009, Chennai Highlights on DD Sports  - 01 Oct, 2009

Coaching camp at Chennai for the selected players

for the World Junior Chess Championship - 2009   29  Sep, 2009

National Juniors Return To Chennai   23  Sep, 2009

Indian Junior chess has provided plenty for Indian and Asian chess. Five Indians have won the world junior so far. The path breaker is of course Viswanathan Anand of Madras who won the National Junior at Sangli in 1986 and followed it up by winning the World Junior at Bagiuo City in the Philippines in 1987.  photo caption : from Left to Right Mr.A.SuryanaNarayana Rao, B.Adhiban, Dr.N.Mahaligam, Mr.J.C.D.Prabhakar and Padmini rout

Coaching Camp begins at Chennai for the Indian team   17  Sep, 2009

World Women Team - China - Report Round Final   11  Sep, 2009

China won the second World Women Team Chess Championship held at Ningbo, China from 1st September to 11th September 2009. India beat America in the final round with a very convincing margin 3-1. But it was the last round of the tournament!

Three Indians achieve norms with a round to spare  9  Sep , 2009  

World Women Team - China - Report Round Six   9  Sep, 2009

Vietnamese were beaten by Indian eves by a 3-1 margin favouring India! In a way, there was some personal success for two players- Tania and Mary scored their first wins in this tournament. While, Harika made a quick draw, all the others got their dues from a full workout.

Three Indians achieve norms with a round to spare  9  Sep , 2009  

Corrected prospectus of National Under - 17 Boys and Girls Chess Championship  - 2009  15 July, 2009.

National Under - 13 Boys & Girls Chess Championship at New Delhi Click here to download prospectus 5 Sep , 2009

Padsalgikar Is No More   7  Sep , 2009 

N.V. Padsalgikar, the celebrated chess organiser from Sangli in south Maharashtra passed away this morning at Sangli in Maharashtra. He was 90.   Padsalgikar was noticed dead at 6.30 a.m. on Sep 7, 2009. ... More news

World Women Team - China - Report Round Five  7  Sep , 2009 

After the end of the 5^th Round Poland has emerged as the sole leader with 9 match points followed by China One & Georgia with 7 points each.  Indian girls have been responding unsuccessfully to the situation. Two of our players, apparently polarized by food habits and local conditions here are completely out of form, are yet to open their score cards. 

Sandipan Chanda, Laznicka Viktor and Le Quang Liem joint leaders  7 Sep , 2009 

World Women Team - China - Report Round Four  5 Sep , 2009 

At the end of the day things went bad for India. While the poor form of Tania Sachdev is continuing to disturb the points position and match points, a little bit of bad luck on Boards 1,3, and 4  resulted in 1-3 score giving away precious result to China. ...

Seven Indians among the fifteen leaders -  3 Sep, 2009

World Women Team - China - Report Round Two  3 Sep , 2009 

India had an early debacle as Woman Grand Master Tania Sachdev lost with in two hours of the match to her Armenian Opponent IM Mkrchian Lilit in 22 moves. However, Eesha Karvade compensated for this loss by playing a positional game and en-cashing a full point....

04^th Kolkata Grandmaster Open Games  1 Sep , 2009 

Strongest ever in Asia - Kolkata Grandmaster Open attracts record Grandmasters - Click here,31 Aug, 2009

2^nd Paleohora International Chess Championship on DD Sports - 31 Aug, 2009 

Corrected prospectus of National Under - 17 Boys and Girls Chess Championship  - 2009  15 July, 2009.

L’ Ami goes to sole lead   30 July, 2009

L’Ami joins Anish at top of table   30 July, 2009

Negi Wins Politiken Cup, S.P.Sethuraman finishes Eleventh  26 July, 2009

Asian Youth Chess Championship list of confirmed participants including India 24 July, 2009

Netherlands Trip Soumya shocks Karthikeyan  24 July, 2009

 XIV International Open Chess tournament of Balaguer , Spain Round - 9 Report  22 July, 2009

XIV International Open Chess tournament of Balaguer , Spain - Round - 7 Report  20 July, 2009

XIV International Open Chess tournament of Balaguer , Spain - Round - 5 Report    18 July, 2009

Netherlands Trip Lalith holds Van den Doel   18 July, 2009

National U-11 Boys & Girls Chess Championship games

Spain tournament Udeshi Aditya share the lead  16 July, 2009

Netherlands Tour - Sanikidze in lead  16 July, 2009

Spain Tournament Debashis Das held Second seed GM Vladimir Bumakin    16 July, 2009

Netherlands Tour - Shreyansh UPSETS Milos Pavlovic!!  12 July, 09

Spain Tour - report for Round 10  12 July, 2009

Report for round 8   10 July, 2009

J.Sharanya of Chennai scored a brilliant victory over FM Sanchez Jiminez to move to 5.5 points at the end of the 8th round of the Villa De Benasque..........

Indian Sub juniors at Spain  08 July, 2009

Indian Sub Junior contingent of 12 players showed a lot of promise at the end of the 6th round in the 29th Villa De Benasque Chess Open tournament at Benasque, Spain. National Sub-junior Champion......

Karavade Qualifies for IM Title    08 July, 2009

Dozen Titles For India   07 July, 2009

Important Decisions taken by the AGM of AICF on 29.06.2009  02 July,09

International Youth Team Chess Tournament - Russia -  01 July, 2009  International Youth Team Chess Tournament among Teams Representing Shanghai Cooperation Organization Countries was held at Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Region, Russian Federation some 1700km south-east of Moscow from June 15^{th -} June 24^th......

List of players from India for the Asian Youth Chess Championship to be held at New Delhi from 02^nd to 09^th August, 2009 22 June, 2009   for entry fee and Boarding & lodging details Click here

National Under - 9 Boys and Girls Chess Championship  - 2009Games

Click here to download Asian Zone 3.2 Prospectus and Click here to download Asian youth Chess Championship Prospectus  30^th  May, 2009

Full House For Chess Coaches Workshop  20 June, 2009

FIDE Arbiter Seminar-List of confirmed Participants

18 June, 2009

Confirmed Entries for FIDE Coaches Seminar  18 June, 2009

Drozdovskij Yuri wins 01st SCS International Open 16^th June, 2009

Anand Beats Leko 5-3 10^th June, 2009

28 GM's confirm for Orissa GM International Open Chess Tournament - 2009 28^th  May, 2009

FIDE World Beats Azerbaijan Easily In Baku     12^th May, 2009

Anand Receives Chess Oscar For The Fifth Time  08^th May,2009

Sports Medcon 2009 Congress     06^th  May, 2009

Venue for the National Rapid and National Blitz Chess Championships to be held at Hyderabad from 2nd June to 5th June 2009 is Jubilee Hills International Club, near Jubilee hills Check post, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad

National Sports Awards - MYAS Circular      04^th May , 2009

Anand Blanks Morovic 2-0             30^th April, 2009

National Under - 9 Boys & Girls Chess Championship at Chennai from 14 - 23, June, 2009   28^th April, 2009

Venue for the National Rapid and National Blitz Chess Championships to be held at Hyderabad from 2nd June to 5th June 2009 is Jubilee Hills International Club, near Jubilee hills Check post, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad

Prince Bajaj wins Under - 15 Delhi State Chess Championship  27^th April, 2009

Prince Bajaj wins Under - 15 Delhi State Chess Championship  27^th April, 2009

Sydney Open Chess Nisha Mohota makes IM Norm and Abhijit finishes 3rd   -  21^st April, 2009

The fourteen member Indian Chess Team dominated the nine-round Sydney Open International Chess Tournament which concluded on 19th April at Paramatta town hall, Sydney, Australia.The International Organizer Mr Brain jones hailed the performance and spirit of Indian players at the Prize giving ceremony

Sydney Open Chess Nisha Mohota makes IM Norm and Abhijit finishes 3rd   -  21^st April, 2009

The fourteen member Indian Chess Team dominated the nine-round Sydney Open International Chess Tournament which concluded on 19th April at Paramatta town hall, Sydney, Australia.The International Organizer Mr Brain jones hailed the performance and spirit of Indian players at the Prize giving ceremony

In Australia - Deep Sengupta gets his Second GM Norm and Pon.N.Krithika her third WIM Norm Reports Bharat Singh Click here 13^th April, 09

AICF Coaching camp at Chennai for the Kerala Chess Players 11 April, 09

National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship from 02 - 05, June, 2009 Click here for prospectus11 April, 09

AICF Coaching camp at Chennai for the Kerala Chess Players    11 April, 09

National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship from 02 - 05, June, 2009 Click here for prospectus11 April, 09

International Grandmaster Chess tournament at Bhuvaneswar, Orissa in June, 2009  Click here for Prospectus   09 April, 09

AICF proposes to bring out a regular  feature in its official magazine "AICF Chronicle"  on our Grandmasters / Women Grandmasters / International Masters and Women International Masters.  We Invite fact files along with photographs from   Indian GM,WGM,IM,WIM's  for consideration of publication  in AICF Chronicle  09 April, 09

International Grandmaster Chess tournament at Bhuvaneswar, Orissa in June, 2009  Click here for Prospectus09 April, 09

AICF proposes to bring out a regular  feature in its official magazine "AICF Chronicle"  on our Grandmasters / Women Grandmasters / International Masters and Women International Masters.  We Invite fact files along with photographs from   Indian GM,WGM,IM,WIM's  for consideration of publication  in AICF Chronicle 09 April, 09

Cash Award  Released by the Sports Ministry  07 April, 09

All India Arbiters Refresher Course  07 April, 09

Cash Award  Released by the Sports Ministry 07 April, 09

April 2009 INDIAN FIDE Ratings 01 April, 09

April 2009 INDIAN FIDE Ratings  01 April, 09

Applications for Cash Awards: Players / Coaches 26 March, 09

Chief Arbiter and Deputy Arbiters  for National Chess Championships - 2009 25 March, 09

Grand felicitation overwhelms chess players, organisations in Bhubaneswar, Orissa 24 March, 09

Mishra Conducts Seven Day Camp In Assam23 March, 09   International Master Neeraj Kumar Mishra of  Jharkhand is conducting the AICF's coaching camp from March 18-24 under the AICF's Coaching and ......