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Three Chess Officials of
Indian Chess Mr.D.V.Sundar, Mr.R.M.Dongre and Mr.Bharat Singh received
further recognition in the various meeting held at Turin, Italy during the
FIDE Congress.
Mr.D.V.Sundar, 55, the Honorary Secretary of the AICF from Chennai will
represent Asian Continent in the FIDE Board meetings. He was elected as
one of the Board members to represent Asia in the FIDE Board. It is hoped
that Sundar's presence in the FIDE Board will benefit Indian players
immensely. India under him and with a presence in FIDE should help major
international competitions be held in the land from where chess
originated.
Mr.R.M.Dongre, the Vice President of the AICF from Mumbai was elected the
Deputy President of the Commonwealth Chess Association. Dongre had
organised the Commonwealth Championships in Mumbai through his Venus Chess
Academy.
Mr.Bharat Singh Chauhan, 46, Honorary Treasurer of the AICF from Delhi was
elected President of Asian Zone 3.2. He was elected unanimously as
President of Zone 3.2. Besides these, he is the dynamic Secretary of the
Delhi Chess Association and organises the Parsvnath International Open
each year in the capital.
"I feel this position will give me more opportunity to invite sponsorship
for this noble game. What we need is more and more Corporate support to
let the game flourish in our country. Right now we have 14 Grandmasters I
am sure by 2010 there will be 30 and we can then expect to top the world
in events like the Olympiad," Chauhan said from Turin adding that AICF
will now look forward to have more and more international events.
Along with the World Chess Olympiad at Turin, FIDE also had its Congress
and important decisions were taken. Chiefly, in the elections that were
held, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov of Elista, Russia got re-elected by a 96-54 vote.
The Bessel Kok panel largely supported by European nations was defeated.
By Arvind Aaron, Press
Officer
Published on 05.06.2006
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