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 a 9 games IWM norm in
spite of losing her game with GM Kotronias of Greece
from White side of Sicilian Kan opening. R. Bharathi (6)
of Chennai was lucky to pocket a full point against IWM
Nadia Carolina of Colombia in Sicilian Defence.
Pallabi Roy (4.5) and Rucha Pujari (4.5) lost to
Fernando Martinez and Vazquez Torres Adrian
respectively. In an encounter between two Indians,
Shrishti Shetty (4) lost to experienced Devangi Patankar.
In another all Indian affair, Aditya Udeshi (6) overcame
stiff resistance from Deepthamesh Reddy (5). K.
Priyadarshan (6.5) scored a smooth victory over Garcia
Gata Jorge of Spain. Debashish Das (6) had no difficulty
to overcome Sanchez Victor of Spain. 12 year old Girish
Kaushik (5.5) of Mysore was lucky to emerge the winner
against Rodriguez de Castro of Spain. Rakesh Kulkarni
(5.5) of Mumbai played well to hold IM Soltanici Ruslan
of Moldavia to a draw.
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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