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Bharat Singh elected as
President of Commonwealth Chess Association
Mr. Bharat Singh Chauhan, Treasurer All India Chess federation
was elected President of the Commonwealth Chess Association (CCA)
in the FIDE election that are underway at Khanty Mansiysk in
Russia. Mr. Chauhan, who is also the President FIDE, Asian Zone
3.2, was elected unopposed.
Shri. Bharat Singh, President
Commonwealth Chess Association with all the members of
Commonwealth Chess Association
Ahead of the Commonwealth games,
in which Chess is not a medal sport yet, this could be a big
boost to Indian chess and Mr. Chauhan has made it clear that he
will no stones unturned to try for inclusion of Chess as a medal
sport in possibly 2014 or 2018 Commonwealth games.
Office bearers who were elected
for a four year term:
Bharat singh chauhan - India - President
Emelia Elappen - Deputy president - South Africa
Luxman vijay surya - Sri lanka - Secretary
Altaf chaudhary - Pakistan - treasurer
Board Members
GM.Nigel Short, England
Brian Jones, Australia
Stephen Kisuze, Uganda
Russell Smith trinad, tobacco
Commonwealth chess 2011 allotted to South Africa and 2012 to India
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on Sep 29th 2010
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