Central
Council of the All India Chess
Federation 03-01.2012
Central
council decides to write to the Government to confer “Bharat
Ratna to Vishy Anand
The Central Council of the All India Chess Federation met at
Chennai today the 03rd January, 2012 and unanimously decided to
recommend Grandmaster V.Anand for the coveted “Bharat Ratna” to
the Government of India.
It was also decided to explore the possibility of tying up with
Tenvic Sports ( Founded by Anil Kumble, International Cricketer
) with regard to setting up a National Chess Academy which will
basically try to promote Chess coaching, to regulate coaches and
to brought base the game throughout the Country.
The Central Council unanimously decided to disaffiliate West
Bengal Chess Association and formed an Ad-hoc committee to run
the affairs of the West Bengal Chess. The members of the Ad-hoc
committee are 1. Debashis Barua 2. Atanu Lahari ( Convener ) 3.
Tharun Banerjee.
The Central Council unanimously placed on record its
gratefulness to the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamilnadu for
having decided to implement chess in school program ( 07 – 17
years ) from the next academic year and thanked her
wholeheartedly.
Mr.J.C.D.Prabhakar, President , All India Chess Federation
President over the meeting
Bharat Singh
Hon.Secretary
All India Chess Federation
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