India overcame Uzbekistan 3-1 in round six to march
towards a hat-trick in the World Youth Chess Olympiad in
progress at Turkey on September 28. Three rounds remain
to be played. India has so far beaten Sri Lanka
4-0, England 4-0, Georgia 3-1, Turkey 2.5-1.5, lost to
Russia 1-3 and now won the fifth match.
In the sixth round, Priyadharshan and Debashis Das won
on the top two boards while Aditya Udeshi and Deepthamsh
Reddy drew in the bottom boards. All our players were
impressive. Girish Koushik was rested. India are
on 17.5 points from 24 games. Rest of the 21 teams are
behind us in team points. On match points we are ten and
Russia is on 11. Placings after round six: 1 India
17.5/24; 2-3. Russia, Azerbaijan 16 each; 4-7. Georgia,
Turkey, Uzbekistan, Armenia 14.5 points.
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
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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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