In Australia - Deep Sengupta gets his
Second GM Norm and Pon.N.Krithika her
third WIM Norm
IM Deep Sengupta wins Doebral Cup and achieves his second GM
norm !!
Report by Mr.Bharat Singh
47th edition of the Doebral Cup International Chess Tournament
concluded at Canberra,Australia today on 13th April 2009.IM Deep
Sengupta made it a memorable tournament for India by winning the
event and gaining his second GM norm in process.GM Deepan
Chakravarthy who beat eventual champion Deep in the last round
finished third with seven points.Both Deep and and Deepan got
AUD 2700 each.
A strong Indian contingent of 15 players participated in this
tournament.WFM Pon.N.Krittika scored her 3rd and final IWM
norm.Other Indian prize winners were IM Sriram Jha (7th position
) and GM Abhijit Kunte (8th position ).
In the Blitz 960 Chess tournament which was organised on a big
scale the Indian IM trio of Satyapragyan,Sriram Jha and
K.Rathnakaran got first three positions amidst an Indian sweep.
July 07 2010 - This is to inform all chess
players / organisers / officials that any chess event organized
under the banner of "Chess Association of India" is not
recognized by the All India Chess Federation... more news
Kind Attention : Tournament Organizers / State
Associations
May 06 2010 - Please be informed that the FIDE has announced that, here after
all the rating tournaments should be registered 30 days in
advance. We therefore request all the organizers / State chess
associations to send their Bidform along with prescribed fee to
organize any FIDE rating events, 45 days in advance to All India
Chess Federation for onward submission to FIDE and enable us to
allot the FIDE / AICF event code for the event. Download the Bidform
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