International Master Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia is close to
winning the World Junior girls chess championship after
defeating Bhakti Kulkarni in the eleventh round in Poland on
August 14.
Muzychuk leads with 10/11 and leads by a full point. Two rounds
remain to be played. Olga Girya of Russia is behind on nine
points. Padmini Rout who posted a win is in clear third place
with 8.5 points.
Bodda Pratyusha won with the white pieces and is on 5.5 points
from eleven games.
Top seed Dmitry Andreikin of Russia maintained his lead in the
World Junior win a win to reach 9/11. Negi won to reach seven
points and Sethuraman lost to remain on 6.5 points.
Other Indian placings: 44 Swapnil Dhopade 6; 57 Debashis Das
5.5; 61 Anwesh Upadhyaya 5.5; 62 M.R. Lalith Babu 5.5; 72 Arun
Karthik 5.5; 86 Ashwin Jayaram 5.
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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