Orissa's chess sensation, Padmini Rout is among the four leaders
at the end of the fifth round in the World Junior Chess
Championship for girls being played at Poland.
In the fifth round, Padmini Rout beat untitled Khayala Mardan
Abdulla of Azerbaijan with the black pieces.
Bhakti Kulkarni of Goa drew her fifth round game and is now tied
for the fifth place with four points. Bodda Pratyusha is on two
points.
Parimarjan Negi of Delhi and M.R. Lalith Babu of Andhra won
their fifth round games to move to joint second place on four
points from five rounds in the World Junior Championship which
is taking place in Poland. This event is 13-rounds and runs
until August 16.
Other Indians: Anwesh Upadhyaya 3.5, Debashis Das 3, S.P.
Sethuraman 3, Sagar Shah 2.5, Arun Karthik, Ashwin Jayaram 2
each.
Grand Master Dariusz Swiercz of Poland leads with 4.5/5.
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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