Kramnik Beats McShane For Lead - By Arvind Aaron - 12 Dec 2011

Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia wrested sole lead by defeating Luke McShane of England in the eighth round of the London Chess Classic on December 11, 2011.......Click here for More News
 

Nakamura Keeps Lead - By Arvind Aaron-  10 Dec 2011

Round six saw the standings remain status quo with all four games ending in draw in the London Chess Classic on Dec 9..... Click here for More News
 

National Team Chess Championship at Goa from 27 Feb to 03 March, 2012

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06 Dec, 2011

Anand Held By Howell - By Arvind Aaron - 06 Dec 2011

World champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by David Howell of England in the third round of the London Chess Classic...... Click here for More News

London Chess Classic Click here for Round Three video -  06 Dec 2011

London Chess Classic Click here for Round one video - 04 Dec 2011

Anand v Gelfand From May 10 - By Arvind Aaron -  30 Nov 2011
World champion Viswanathan Anand will take on challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in a neutral country, Russia from May 10-31, 2012.... Click here for More News .

The new World Under - 12 Chess Champion  -  By Arvind Aaron - Nov 30, 2011

The new world under-12 champion Karthikeyan Murali was given a grand reception when he returned home on Nov 29 from Brazil. Among those who received him....... Click here for more news

Karthikeyan Murali leads By M.S.Gopakumar, International Arbiter

Brazil (25 Nov 11) :- Karthikeyan Murali outwitted team mate and top seed Aravindh Chithambaram in the penultimate round to share the lead with Hungarian Fide Master Gledura Benjamin with seven points in the........click here for More News -  26 Nov, 2011

Carlsen, Aronian Finish On Top - By Arvind Aaron

Magnus Carlsen of Norway played a brilliant opposite colour bishop ending to defeat Hikaru Nakamura of USA to tie with Levon Aronian of Armenia for the first place in the Tal Memorial .........click here for More News -  26 Nov, 2011
 

Hou Yifan Wins Third Game - By Arvind Aaron-  24 Nov, 2011

China's Hou Yifan moved closer to retaining her title against Koneru Humpy when she won the seventh game in a rook ending after 97 moves at Tirana, Albania on Nov 23, 2011............click here for More News

Vizag GM Chess Championship games -  24 Nov, 2011

Diptayan maintain joint lead - By M.S.Gopakumar, IA - 24 Nov, 2011

Brazil (23 Nov 11) :- Diptayan Ghosh maintained his joint lead in the Open section of Under-14 category after settling for half point against Bluebaum Matthias of Germany in the sixth round of the ongoing World Youth Chess Championship here at Caldas Novas on Wednesday........click here for More News 

Humpy Disappoints, Loses Again - By Arvind Aaron -  22 Nov, 2011

Koneru Humpy lost yet again with the white pieces after she failed to see Hou Yifan's attacking sequence in the sixth game of the best of ten match at Tirana, Albania on Nov 21, 2011............click here for More News

Mixed day for India - By M.S.Gopakumar, International Arbiter - 20 Nov, 2011

Brazil (19 Nov 11) :- The second day of World Youth Chess Championship at Caldas Novas, Brazil produced a mixed day for Indian camp as most of the players produced decisive results in their favour but some unexpected defeats made the day even for the team India.......click here for More News
 

Hou Yifan Wrests Lead  - By Arvind Aaron-  18 Nov, 2011

China's Hou Yifan drew first blood winning the third match game with the black pieces to move 2-1 up in the best of 10.  World Women's Championship series at Tirana, Albania...........click here for More News

Aruna Anand Writes...... Click here for more details -  18 Nov, 2011

Humpy Impressive With Black - By Arvind Aaron -  16 Nov, 2011

The second game ended in a fighting draw by repetition of checks by the Indian Koneru Humpy after 42 moves at Tirana in Albania on Nov 15, 2011..........click here for More News

Pratyusha Shocks Swati Ghate - By Arvind Aaron-  02 Nov 2011

Bodda Pratyusha of Andhra Pradesh shocked the 2006 champion Swati Ghate of Maharashtra with a splendid rook for bishop sacrifice to post a stunning rating performance after three rounds in the Velammal Educational Trust National Premier Women Chess Championship at the Nehru....click here for More News
 

Nov 2011 Indian Rating List  -  02 Nov 2011

AICF Greets Players On Account Of Diwali

- By Arvind Aaron 24 Oct 2011
 

The President, Secretary and office bearers of the All India Chess Federation greet the Indian chess players ......click here for news

49^th National Premier Chess Championship -  22 Oct 2011
By R.Anantharam, Chief Arbiter

Abhijeet Gupta clinched his maiden title in the National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Marathwada Chess Association at MIT, Aurangabad today. He remained unbeaten collecting 9.5 points from 13 rounds, half a point ahead of the runner up Deepan Chakkaravarthy of Tamil Nadu...... Click here for more news

Anand Finishes On Winning Note - By Arvind Aaron -  12 Oct 2011

World champion Viswanathan Anand finished the Sao Paulo, Bilbao Masters Final on a winning note to share the third to fifth...... Click here for more news 

Carlsen Beats Ivanchuk In Play-Off For Title - By Arvind Aaron-  12 Oct 2011

Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the blitz play-off to win the Sao Paulo, Bilbao Masters Tournament at Bilbao in Spain on ....... Click here for more news 
 

Click here for Video Report of the 4th Grand Slam Chess Masters Final Bilbao R 8 with Interviews with Anand Carlsen Nakamura and Leontxo Garcia -  08 Oct 2011

 08 Oct 2011 -  National Premier Chess Championship Games

Karthikeyan Murali maintains sole lead - By Gopakumar - Oct 06, 2011

New Delhi (06 Oct 11) : Overnight sole leader Karthikeyan Murali maintained his sole lead with six and half points after signing the peace treaty with second seed Sidhant Mohapatra of Orissa in the seventh round of the ongoing 25th National Under-13..........Click here for more news

First Report from Bilbao with Interviews of Anand Carlsen Ivanchuk Vallejo Aronian and Nakamura ans as summarise by Leontxo Garcia.....Click here for video - Oct 06, 2011

Bilbo video Link

Ivanchuk Ahead Of Anand, Carlsen In Bilbao Masters - By Arvind Aaron
The Bilbao Masters is a six-player double all-play-all happening at Sao Paulo in Brazil and at Bilbao in Spain.....Click here for more news   Oct 04, 2011

Seven share lead  - By Gopakumar 04 Oct, 2011

New Delhi (04 Oct 11) : Seven players including top seed and national junior champion Arvindh Chithambaram of Tamilnadu shares the lead with perfect score at the end of fourth round matches of ........Click here for more news

Smooth sail for seeded players - By Gopakumar -  04 Oct 2011
New Delhi (03 Oct 11) : Seeded players registered convincing victories in the third round and moved to the fourth round ...........Click here for more news

02 Oct 2011 - National Under - 13 Boys & Girls Chess Championship games

Radhika stuns Mahalakshmi - By Gopakumar  -  02 Oct 2011
New Delhi (02 Oct 11) :- 25th National Under-13 Open and Girls Chess Championships got off to a surprising start as third seed and World Youth Under-12 Girls bronze medalist M Mahalakshmi of Tamilnadu........Click here for more news

Click here to download Vizag Grandmaster Open Tournament  -  Sep 24,2011

Click here to download National Women Premier Regulations Sep 24,2011

Top Seed GM Aleksandrov Aleksej leads

Report by Mr.Vitthal Madhav  - Sep 22,2011

At the end of 9^th round of 4th Mayor’s Cup International Chess Tournament 2011 organised by Venus Chess Academy co-sponsored by LIC and hosted by Goregaon........Read More News >>

49th National Premier (National "A") Chess Championship 2011

Indian IM K Rathnakaran Leads-by Mr.Vitthal Madhav  - Sep 20,2011

At the end of 6th round of 4th Mayor’s Cup International Chess Tournament 2011 organised by Venus Chess Academy co-sponsored by LIC, Indian International Master K Ranthakaran (2386) is leading with 6 points followed........ Read More News >>.   

Mumbai Mayor's Trophy games Sep 16, 2011

Aug 30, 2011 -  All Indians Advance To Round Two - by Arvind Aaron
All the three Indians have moved into round two of the FIDE World Cup that is taking place at Khanty-Mansiysk in Russia on August 29..... More News

Aug 18, 2011 World Youth Chess Championship Participation Download Details 

Aug 16, 2011 - wiercz Dariusz & Cori T Deysi emerge Champions, Bronze for Sahaj Grover

By R.R.Vasudevan - More News

Hovhannisyan Keeps Half Point Lead - By Arvind Aaron -  Aug 14, 2011
Drawn encounters in the eleventh round made less to write about in the SDAT-Ramco World Junior Chess Championship that is taking place at Hotel The Vijay Park in Chennai on Aug 13......More News

 Southern Railway, Chennai is recruiting chess player under sports quota for group C post.  For details please click here for more details  
  Aug 12, 2011

Armenians Have Their Day - By Arvind Aaron - Aug 12, 2011
Armenians, Robert Hovhannisyan and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan won in the top two tables and wrested the lead and second position at the end of the ninth round of the SDAT-Ramco World Junior Chess Championship that is taking place at Hotel Vijay Park in Chennai on August 11........ More News

Aug 08, 2011 Click here to download National Under - 13 National Boys & Girls Chess Championship prospectus

Girish Koushik Surprises Sethuraman - By Arvind Aaron - Aug 08, 2011
Mysore's rising Indian chess star Girish Koushik scored an upset win over Indian favourite S.P. Sethuraman in a crucial sixth round game of the SDAT-Ramco World Junior Chess Championship that is taking place at Hotel Vijay Park, Chennai on August 7...... More News

Indian Oil Sports Scholarship 2011-12- Aug 06, 2011

Second Seeds Sjugirov, Savina Lose Second Round

By Arvind Aaron- Aug 04, 2011
Round two recorded huge surprises as second seeded Russians in both sections tasted their first defeats in the World Junior at Chennai..... More News

Aug 2 , 2011- 50th World Junior & 29th Junior Girls Chess Championship 2011  

Live Games l Official Website l Photo Gallery

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India Shocks Russia 2.5-1.5, Finish Eighth - By Arvind Aaron - July 26, 2011
India shocked Russia 2.5-1.5 with two victories in the middle boards via Krishnan Sasikiran and Surya Ganguly to complete the World Team Chess Championship engagements in style at Ningbo, China on July 26..... More News

Armenia Beat India 2.5-1.5 - By Arvind Aaron - July 24, 2011
Levon Aronian (Elo 2805) helped Armenia set up a narrow 2.5-1.5 victory over India in the sixth round of the World Team Chess Championship being played at China on July 23..... More News

India Lose Closely To Ukraine - By Arvind aaron
India went down to former Olympiad champion Ukraine by 1.5-2.5 with the lone defeat coming in the fourth board. India slipped to the ninth place in the World Team Championship which is in progress at Ningbo, China...... More News - July 20, 2011

Chief Minister Inaugurates National Under-17 At Pondy - By Arvind aaron  - The Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy inaugurated the National Under-17 Chess Championship on Sunday, July 17, 2011.  The Chief Minister ...... More News - July 20, 2011

Adhiban Wins In Amsterdam - By Arvind aaron - July 20, 2011

Former National champion, Grand Master B Adhiban of Chennai jointly won the Science Park Amsterdam Open Tournament .... More News

National Under 17 Chess Championship -  games - July 18, 2011

World Team Chess Championship -  July 18, 2011

India Hold Hungary 2-2 - By Arvind Aaron - More News  

India Meets Azerbaijan today - By R.B.Ramesh - More News

World Junior Chess Championship

click here for Confirmed Indian Entries - July 15 2011

World Title Match At Chennai In 2012 - By Arvind aaron
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has accepted to stage the Anand versus Gelfand World Chess title match either in April or in May of 2012... More News -  July 14, 2011

Circular for all State Associations - Click here  - July 12, 2011

Anand, Chanda, Negi On All-Time High Rating - By Arvind Aaron
Many of our leading players, world champion Viswanathan Anand, Sandipan Chanda and Parimarjan Negi are at their all-time high rating peaks in the July 2011 ratings that were released by FIDE this month...... More News  - July 08, 2011

Carlsen Goes Ahead Of Anand - By Arvind Aaron - Magnus Carlsen of Norway lifted his rating into the No.1 place after his excellent showing at the King Tournament in Medias..... More News  - July 08, 2011

Caruana takes draw in final round to win AAI Chess title; Sasi finishes second

By Gopa Kumar  -  July 04, 2011
New Delhi, July 2: Fabiano Caruana took no chances and played a solid 30-move draw against Wesley So of the Philippines to take the title at the inaugural AAI Grandmasters Chess tournament on Saturday. India’s Krishnan Sasikiran finished sole second, one point behind the winner...... More News

National Women Challengers  games - July 02, 2011

AAI hosts India’s highest-rated international event ever By Bharat Singh -  June 20, 2011
There is a sense of great expectancy as the six-player field descends into the Capital for the inaugural AAI Grandmasters Chess tournament from Tuesday, June 22...... More News

National Challengers Championship games - June 16, 2011

      

Official Website

 games

 Live Video Steaming

 Photo Gallery

 Pairings & Results

Schedule

Rules & Regulations

AAI International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2011

20th June to 3rd July 2011

 Venue: AAI Officers Institute, Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi, India

Mr. D V Sundar, Secretary of All India Chess Federation inagurated round 4 of AAI International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2011

Published on June, 26, 2011

The last date of entry for World Junior & Junior Girls  - June 01, 2011

Chess Championship 2011 has been extended upto 20-06-2011

Shyam Sundar Wrests One Point Lead - By Arvind aaron
Photos by Mr.K.Murugan, International Master06 June , 2011
Top seed Shyam Sundar of Chennai has established a one point lead after six rounds in the Asian Junior Chess Championship being played at Colombo...... More News

Three Indian Girls In Joint Lead - By Arvind aaron
Photos by Mr.K.Murugan, International Master

-  04 June , 2011

Top seed Bhakti Kulkarni of Goa who recently completed her final Woman Grand Master norm, Pon N. Krithikha and R. Bharathi of Chennai are leading the Asian Junior Girls Chess Championship after two rounds at Colombo.... More News

03^rd Orissa GM Tmt games -   May 28,2011

Anand To Face Gelfand - By Arvind Aaron -   May 28,2011
Boris Gelfand of Israel will challenge world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship title match in 2012. The World Chess Championship Candidates Match took place from May 3-27 at Kazan in Russia.... More News

25^th National U11 Boys and Girls

Chess Championship live games - 

26 May , 2011

Click here for Pairings  Boys  -  Girls

Click here to download the list of confirmed participants -  20 May , 2011

KIIT Cup - Orissa Grandmasters chess tourney - 2011

Debashis Das In Sole Lead - 

by Arvind Aaron -  20 May , 2011

Photos - Mr.T.J.Suresh Kumar
Second seed Debashis Das of Cuttack surprised top seed G.A. Stany of Shimoga to wrest sole lead in the Asian Under-18 section at Subic City.....  More News

Debashis Das Joins Stany At The Top - By Arvind Aaron - 18 May , 2011
Indians continued to be in sole lead in seven out of the 12 sections and stay in joint lead in one other section of the Asian Youth Chess Championships that is being played in the Philippines on May 17.....More News

World Junior chess championship - 2011 -  16 May , 2011

Click here - eligibility for Indian Players

Krishnan Sasikiran Wins Asian Blitz - By Arvind Aaron - 12 May , 2011
Krishnan Sasikiran of Chennai won the Asian Blitz Chess Championship that was held at Mashad in Iran on May 11.....More News
 

ROUND FOUR REPORT & RESULTS - By MADHAV GORE  -  12 May , 2011

Three players Ashvin K.Makwana (1854) ( GUJ), Shirish Patil (1826) and Gaurav Gadodia (1807) both(Maharatshtra) with 3 points apiece...... More News

Harika, Eesha, Four Others In Lead - By Arvind Aaron   May 10,2011
The women's section of the Asian Individual Chess Championship is heading for a photo-finish with as many as six joint leaders before the start of the ninth and final round at Mashad in Iran on May 10..... More News

Munguntuul Beats Harika  - By Arvind Aaron-   May 06,2011
The Mongolian second seeded Munguntuul Batkhuyag defeated top seed Dronavalli Harika in the fourth round to establish a clear one point lead in the Asian Individual Women's Championship at Mashad in Iran on May 5, 2011.....More News

ABHIJIT GUPTA WINS DUBAI OPEN -  Apr 20, 2011

by Vijay Kumar

Grandmaster Abhijit Gupta defeated GM Parimarjan Negi and lifted the coveted Dubai Open Cup and a hefty purse of $8000 First Prize.... Click here for Video ; Click here for More News

Parimarjan Negi beat Sasikiran to take Sole Lead at Dubai Open  -

by Vijay Kumar   Apr 18, 2011

GM Parimarjan Negi is in the sole lead at the Dubai Open Chess Championship at the end of Round 6...... click here for More News      Click here for Video
 

Parimarjan Negi and Sergey joint Leaders at Dubai Open - By Vijay Kumar
Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi, who came late for his 4th round game against compatriot International Master M R Lalith Babu, In this unusual Caro Kann opening Lalith Babu gave........ More News  -   Apr 14, 2011

Click here to download Applications and regulations for  - Apr 06, 2011

Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Dronacharya Award

AAI International Tmt - 2011- Press Release -  Apr 06, 2011

02 April, 2011-  04th Mumbai Mayors Cup - 11 Download Prospectus

World Junior Chess Championship  2011 -

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Regulations & Entry Form  -  02 April, 2011

Anand Beats Gashimov 1.5-0.5 - By Arvind Aaron -  24 March , 2011
World champion Viswanathan Anand moved from joint third place to clear third position with a 1.5-0.5 win over Gashimov of Azerbaijan in the tenth and penultimate round of the Amber Chess Tournament being played at Monte Carlo on March 23......More News

Anand Keeps Winning - BY Arvind Aaron -  16 March , 2011
World champion Viswanathan Anand kept winning in the Amber Chess Tournament at Monte Carlo on March 15. Anand beat Alexander Grischuk of Russia 1.5-0.5 in the fourth round of this blindfold and rapid composite chess tournament organised by Association Max Euwe..... More News

AICF Officials visit Sikkim  -  14 March , 2011
The Sikkim Chess Association had invited the AICF officials to visit Sikkim to see activities of the State Chess Association and to meet the Minister, Incharge of Sports..... More News

Koneru Humpy Wins Women's FIDE Grand Prix- ByArvindAaron - 06 March, 2011
World No.2 Koneru Humpy of Vijayawada won the Women's FIDE Grand Prix 2011 at Doha, Qatar after a gripping final round on March 5...... More News
 

Anand Rules The Chess World - By Arvind Aaron  04 March, 2011
Viswanathan Anand rules the chess world in numbers as the No.1 ranked player in the March 2011 rating list. The Chennai player has reached his all-time high rating number in the current list.... More News

Air India Triumphs - BY Arvind Aaron - 04 March, 2011
Air India won the Red Chilly National Team Chess Championship for women that concluded at CUSAT in Kochi on Feb 28, 2011... More News

PSPB Regain Title - BY Arvind Aaron -  28 Feb, 2011
Top seed Petroleum Sports Promotion Board won the 31st Red Chilly National Team Chess Championship that concluded at CUSAT.... More News

Recruitment of Sportspersons in LIC of India -

click here to download the application -  26 Feb, 2011

Grandmaster S.S.Ganguly Wedding Photos - click here -  14 Feb, 2011

SRIKRISHNA UDUPA WINS NATIONAL-B CHESS TITLE FOR THE BLIND
By Charudatta Jadhav -  04 Feb, 2011
Both Srkrishna Udupa and Kishan Gangolli of Karnataka with 8 points each out of a possible 10 rounds tied for the tile in the National-B.......More News

01^st St.Josep's FIDE Rating  2011 CLICK HERE  for LIVE GAMES - 28  Jan, 2011

Bangalore Sitting Pretty - BY Arvind Aaron  04 Feb, 2011
Bangalore is sitting pretty with a big lead after six rounds in the National Cities Team Chess Championship that is being played in Nagpur..... More News

Three Share Lead in Blind Chess - By Charudatta Jadhav -  04 Feb, 2011
Three players Srikrishna Udupa, Kishan Gangolli ( 2^nd and 3^rd seed from Karantaka) and the eighth seed Madan Bagayatkar (Maharashtra) with 6.5 points were joint leaders at the close of the crucial eighth round....... More News

Pune In Lead BY Arvind Aaron -  02 Feb, 2011
Pune 'A' is leading the 12th National Cities Chess Championship that is in progress at Nagpur...... More News

Nine Title Norms Recorded At Chennai - By Arvind Aaron - 28  Jan, 2011
Any tournament is remembered for the memorable games it produces and the FIDE title norms it is able to produce. The Chennai Open 2011 is going to be remembered for the nine norms that it helped players to make in the eleven rounds that ran from January 18-26....More News

Bhakti Kulkarni Makes WGM Norm - By Arvind Aaron -  28  Jan, 2011
Asian Under-18 champion Bhakti Kulkarni of Goa completed her maiden Woman Grand Master norm at Czech Republic on January 22, 2011...More News

Kravtsiv Martyn is Chennai Open 2011 Champion, Adhiban shares the second spot - 20-year-old Ukraine Grandmaster Kravtsiv Martyn emerged the champion of The India Cements Ltd 3rd Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament with a hard fought final round...... More News  - 26 Jan, 2011

Anand Draws Anish Giri - By Arvind Aaron 30 Jan, 2011
World champion Viswanathan Anand drew Dutch talent Anish Giri with the white pieces in the twelfth and penultimate round of the Tata Steel Grand Master Chess Tournament at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands..... More News

Anand Back In Joint Lead - By Arvind Aaron  -  24  Jan, 2011
World champion Viswanathan Anand drew nemesis Levon Aronian of Armenia in the eighth round to move to joint lead in the Tata Steel Grand Master Chess Tournament at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands on Jan 23..... More News

GM Henrik Danielsen cutting the cake with P Phoobalan & Bansi Prathima, also celebrating their birthdays on the same day (23.01.2011). Chief Arbiter Rathinam Anantharam looks on

Alon Greenfeld & Tamir Nabaty share lead, Prantik Roy & Nubairshah Shaikh achieve Norms -  24 Jan, 2011 - Israel duo Grandmaster Alon Greenfeld and International Master Tamir Nabaty shared the lead with 8.0 points after the ninth round of the The India Cements Ltd 3rd Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament at SDAT Multipurose Indoor Stadium, Chennai. Ukraine Grandmaster trio viz., Alexander Areshchenko, Kravtsiv Martyn, Oleksienko Mikhailo follow the leaders at 7.5 points. Baskaran Adhiban, Sundararajan Kidambi, M S Thej Kumar....More News
 

Anand Shares Lead With Nakamura - By Arvind Aaron -  22 Jan, 2011
America's Hikaru Nakamura joined World champion Viswanathan Anand in the lead with 4.5 points from six games in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament at Wijk aan Zee on Jan 21, 2011...... More News
 

Chennai Open - 2011   -  20 Jan, 2011

Adhiban shares lead, Gopalakrishnan holds Sethuraman - Local star Grandmaster Baskaran Adhiban won his fourth game in a row and jointly led the field after..... More News

FIDE Arbiters' Seminar held at

New Delhi, INDIA - Click here for report 20 Jan, 2011

03^rd Chennai Intl Open - 2011 games - 18  Jan, 2011

click here for pairings and reports

Sai Krishna & Vikramaditya Kamble stun Grandmasters in the opening day

Andhra lad G V Sai Krishna stole the show scoring a stunning win over Uzbek Grandmaster Marat Dzhumaev in the inaugural round of the The India Cements Ltd 3rd Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament at Multipurose Indoor Stadium...... More News - 18 Jan, 2011

List of confirmed participants for the Chennai Open - 2011 -  18  Jan, 2011

Nomination of Arbiters for all National

Chess Championships - 201116 Jan, 2011

Parimarjan remains in joint lead - By Gopa Kumar - 14 Jan, 2011
New Delhi (13 Jan 2011) :- Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi remained in joint lead after settling for a draw with Luka Lenic of Slovenia in the eighth round of 9th Parsvnath Int ....... More News

Areshchenko and Kuzubov share lead; CRG Krishna stuns Ukrainain Grandmaster - By Gopa Kumar   - 14 Jan, 2011
New Delhi (15 Jan 2011) :- Ukrainian Grandmaster duo top seed Alexander Areshchenko and Yuriy Kuzubov share the lead with eight and half points after penultimate round of the ongoing 9th Parsvanth International Open Chess Tournament here at Ludlow........More News
 

Negi takes sole lead - By Gopa Kumar  - 12 Jan, 2011
New Delhi (11 Jan 2011) :- Local favourite and national champion Parimarjan Negi defeated International Master Rahul Sangma in the sixth round to emerge as the sole leader in the........ Negi takes sole lead

National Cities chess championship at Nagpur 

Click here for regulations

 10 Jan, 2011

Sumit Grover shocks Bykhovsky - By Gopa Kumar  -  10 Jan, 2011
New Delhi (09 Jan 2011 ) : - In major upset, young Sumit Grover of Jammu & Kashmir stunned Russian Grandmaster Avigdor Bykhovsky in the third round of the 9^th Parsvnath International Open.....  More News

09^th Delhi Grandmasters Open  games  - 08 Jan, 2011

Sumit Grover shocks Bykhovsky - By Gopa Kumar  -  10 Jan, 2011
New Delhi (09 Jan 2011 ) : - In major upset, young Sumit Grover of Jammu & Kashmir stunned Russian Grandmaster Avigdor Bykhovsky in the third round of the 9^th Parsvnath International Open.....  More News

Kind Attention : All Participants of the FIDE Arbiter Seminar - 2011 at New Delhi - From 12th to 15th January, 2011. -  06  Jan, 2011

Dear Friends  -   The FIDE Arbiter Seminar will be held at the following venue, where the Parsvnath International Chess Tournament will also be conducted

Ludlow Castle Sports Complex, Civil Lines, New Delhi.
(Its five minutes walking distance from Kashmiri Gate Metro Station and please exit from Gate No. 4 /5 ).

Please Contact Mr.Bharat Singh, mobile No : 09810000007 or delhichess64@gmail.com, through mail to know accommodation details, for those who have registered for the same.

Parimarjan, Abhijeet to lead Indian challenge - By M.S.Gopakumar - 06  Jan, 2011
New Delhi (06 Jan 11) :- The 9th edition of prestigious Parsvnath International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament thats gets underway here at Ludlow Castle Sports Complex, Civil Lines from Friday...... More News

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PLAYERS - Delhi International Open - 2011

Click here read  04  Jan, 2011

Soumya Wrests Sole Lead - By Arvind Aaron -  04  Jan, 2011

Former world junior girls champion Soumya Swaminathan of Pune jumped into sole lead with a round nine victory over Swati Mohota on Jan 3..... More News

SHYAM HOLDS HOWELL GM ROMAIN IN LEAD - By Neeraj Kumar Mishra
International Master & FIDE Trainer - 4 Jan, 2011

International Master M Shyam Sundar of India was lucky to escape with a draw against the third seed David Howell of England..... More News

Gujarat enters Guinness Book of World Records for Simul Chess  - by Mayur Patel  - 04  Jan, 2011  - In a rare exhibition of simultaneous chess 20,017 players played against 1024 masters at G.M.D.C. Ground, Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 24.12.2010 breaking the previous record of 13440 players in Mexico..... More News

AlCF wishes members

Happy New Year

2011 !

ONGC Asian Schools Chess Championship starts on Saturday

By Gopakumar, International Arbiter   -   15 Dec, 2011
New Delhi (15 December 2011) :- Riding on the success of World Champion Vishwanathan Anand, the Indian Chess is on an all-time high with its players tasting success regularly at the international........Click here for more information - Official Website

India Take 1-2 In London's FIDE Open - By Arvind Aaron -  13 Dec 2011
Indians dominating open events in the United Kingdom is not new. Our dominance there forced the British Chess Federation to close their event so that our players do not take away the money.......Click here for More News
 

07^th Asian Schools Chess Championship - Venue Changed -   09 Dec, 2011

- Click here to download the revised regulations

London Chess Classic Click here for Round FIVE video - 09 Dec 2011

London Chess Classic Click here for Round Four video - 07 Dec 2011

Nakamura Shocks Anand - By Arvind Aaron  -  07 Dec 2011
Hikaru Nakamura became the first American player to defeat a reigning world chess champion in tournament play when he did that feat in the fourth round of the London Chess Classic on December 6....... Click here for More News

Nakamura, Kramnik Join Carlsen In The Lead - By Arvind Aaron - 05 Dec 2011
Hikaru Nakamura of United States of America and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia posted round two wins to join Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the lead with a win and a draw each in the London Chess Classic on..... Click here for  More News

Adhiban Qualifies At Wijk aan Zee - By Arvind Aaron -  01 Dec 2011
Former National Champion Grand Master B. Adhiban of Chennai won the Tata Steel Qualifying tournament at Wijk aan Zee in the.....Click here for more news

Karthikeyan Murali wins Gold; Five medals for India  -   27 Nov, 2011

By M.S.Gopakumar, International Arbiter

Brazil (26 Nov 11) :- Tamilnadu youngster Karthikeyan Murali won the Gold medal in the Under-12 Open Category of the World Youth Chess Championship here at Caldas Novas...........Click here for More News

Diptayan and Karthikeyan leads - By M.S.Gopakumar, International Arbiter

Brazil (24 Nov 11) :- Diptayan Ghosh in Under-14 and Karthikeyan Murali in Under-12 kept the Indian hopes alive for the yellow metal finish in their respective categories after registering contrasting victories in the seventh round of the ongoing.........click here for More News -  25 Nov, 2011

Hou Yifan Defeats Koneru Humpy 5.5-2.5 - By Arvind Aaron -  25 Nov, 2011

China's Hou Yifan retained her world women's chess title by defeating Koneru Humpy 5.5-2.5 in a one-sided match with two games to spare at Tirana in Albania on Nov 24, 2011.............click here for More News

Diptayan Ghosh and Bommini Akshya at top; Debashis holds Fedoseev -   23 Nov, 2011
By M.S.Gopakumar, International Arbiter
Brazil (22 Nov 11) :- Diptayan Ghosh in Under-14 Open and Bommini Akshya in Girls Under-8 category are sharing the joint top spot in their respective categories after fifth round matches of the ongoing World Youth Chess Championship here at Caldas Novas on Tuesday. Dipatyan drew his........click here for More News

Anand Undefeated In Moscow - By Arvind Aaron -  21 Nov, 2011

World champion Viswanathan Anand has drawn all his five rounds in the Tal Memorial Super Category Chess Tournament......Click here for more details

Humpy Trails 2-3 At Half Way Stage - By Arvind Aaron -   21 Nov, 2011

Koneru Humpy drew the fifth game with the black pieces using the same Open variation of the Ruy Lopez to trail 2-3 at the half-way mark of then 10-game World Women Chess Championship match against...........click here for More News

Nandhidhaa on sole lead - By M.S.Gopakumar, -   21 Nov, 2011

Brazil (20 Nov 11) :- Tamilnadu youngster Nandhidhaa P V taken sole lead with perfect score after fourth round matches in the Under-16 girls’ category of the ongoing World Youth Chess Championship at Caldas Novas, Brazil on Sunday. Playing with white pieces.......click here for More News

Humpy Overcame - By Arvind Aaron -  19 Nov, 2011

Koneru Humpy overcame a few anxious moments before holding champion Hou Yifan of China to a 58-move draw at Tirana in Albania on Nov 18 2011. Humpy opted for the ...........click here for More News

World Youth Chess Championship begins; bright start for Indian players - By M.S.Gopakumar, International Arbiter - 19 Nov, 2011
Brazil (18 Nov 11) :- The World Youth Chess Championships-2011 got off to a rousing start here at Caldas Novas, Brazil on Friday evening. A total number of 1120 players from 80 countries are partcipating in fourteen different categories of this prestigious event......click here for More News
 

Harika Formally Becomes GM - By Arvind Aaron -  17 Nov, 2011
FIDE confirmed Dronavalli Harika of Guntur as Grand Master at the Krakow FIDE Executive Board meeting recently..........click here for More New
 

Humpy Held To A Draw - By Arvind Aaron -  15 Nov, 2011
Challenger Koneru Humpy was held to a marathon 80-move draw by Hou Yifan of China in the opening game of their World Women's Chess Championship match at Tirana, Albania.........click here for More News
 

World Women Chess Championship games -  15 Nov, 2011

Humpy's Title Challenge From Today - By Arvind Aaron -  13 Nov, 2011
Koneru Humpy, the World No.2 ranked women player will play for the world women's chess title for the first time at Tirana, Albania from November 14........click here for More News
 

Mary Ann Gomes Champion On Tie-Break  - By Arvind Aaron -  09 Nov, 2011

Chennai produces new champions and many of it might surprise ........click here for More News

Mary Ann Gomes In Sole Lead - By Arvind Aaron -  07 Nov 2011

Mary Ann Gomes of Airport Authority of India defeated her Bengal team-mate Nisha Mohota in the ninth round of the Velammal Educational Trust National Premier Chess Championship at the Nehru Stadium on Nov 7, 2011. Mary Ann leads with seven points from nine rounds and needs half a point from two games for her third and final International Master norm......click here for More News
 

Mr.Bharat Singh, Hon.Secretary, inaugurated the 09th round of the National Women Premier - 2011 Chess Championship.  Photo Caption : left to Right : Mr.Balagunasekaran, Dep Arbiter, Mr.D.V.sundar, Vice President FIDE, Mr.Bharat Singh, Hon.Secretary, AICF and Mr.R.C.Chaterjee, Chief Arbiter  -  07 Nov 2011

Padmini Rout Wrests Lead - By Arvind Aaron -  05 Nov 2011

Second seed Woman Grand Master Padmini Rout of Orrisa accepted the Schleimann gambit of top seed Tania Sachdev of Delhi to win a tight ending in the sixth round of the Velammal Educational Trust National Premier Women Chess Championship at the Nehru Stadium on Nov 3.....click here for More News

Anand wins Corsica Masters and Sasi wins the open rated eventNov 1, 2011

By Arvind aaron
World champion Viswanathan Anand blanked Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan 2-0 in the finals to win the Corsica Masters another time on October 31, 2011. The 15th edition had a Swiss FIDE Rated competition for 184-player Open section which was won by Chennai's Krishnan Sasikiran with 7.5/9. Sasikiran and 13 others qualified for the 16-player knock out section for which Anand and Mamedyarov were seeded. On course to the title, Anand had defeated Sasikiran in the semifinals. The event had a Euro 95,000 prize fund.

Asian Schools Chess Championship - Important Notice -  Oct 31,2011

Four Players Share Lead - By Arvind Aaron -  31 Oct 2011

Posting two victories from as many games, Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa), Mary Ann Gomes, Nisha Mohota (both WB) and S. Meenakshi (TN) are jointly leading in the Velammal Educational Trust sponsored 38th National Premier Women Chess Championship that is taking place at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai.......click here for More News
 

Soumya, Tania Are Favourites - By Arvind Aaron -  29 Oct 2011
Defending champion Soumya Swaminathan of Pune and Tania Sachdev of Delhi are the players to watch out for in the Velammal Educational Trust 38th National Women Premier Chess Championship that gets underway at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai on October 29.......click here for news

38^th National Women Premier Championship at Chennai games - 29 Oct 2011

49^th National Premier Chess Championship -  19 Oct 2011
By R.Anantharam, Chief Arbiter

Abhijeet Gupta of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board enhanced his lead to one point by defeating P. Shyam Nikhil of Tamil Nadu in the tenth round of the 49th National Premier Chess ...... Click here for more news 

49^th National Premier Chess Championship  17 Oct 2011
By R.Anantharam, Chief Arbiter

Birth day boy Abhijeeth Gupta of PSPB celebrated with a win over his team mate MR Venkatesh to keep his lead over his nearest rival GN Gopal also of PSPB and Deepan Chakravarthy...... Click here for more news 

49^th National Premier Chess Championship inaugurated -  11 Oct 2011

49 players including 15 Grandmasters, 3 WGM, 21 IM have participated in 49^th  National Premier Chess Championship at MIT.....Click here for more news 

ASIAN SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS-2011 -  11 Oct 2011
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Chithamabaram and Monnisha champions - By Gopakumar - Oct 11, 2011

New Delhi (10 Oct 11) : Top seed Aravindh Chithambaram of Tamilnadu ensured a thrilling end to the 25th National Under-13 ...........Click here for more news

Monnisha takes sole lead - By Gopakumar- Oct 07, 2011

New Delhi (07 Oct 11) : Defending champion G K Monnisha of Tamilnadu beat Hilmi Parveen of Kerala in the eighth round to take sole lead with seven points in the girls category of ongoing National Under-13 championship here at Kulachi Hansraj Model School on Friday..........Click here for more news

Mohapatra joins Murali at top - By Gopakumar - Oct 07, 2011

New Delhi (08 Oct 11) : Second seed and former Commonwealth Under-12 champion Sidhant Mohapatra of Orissa joined overnight sole leader Karthikeyan Murali at top of point table after registering a contrasting victory over Y Grahesh of Andhra Pradesh in the ninth round of the National Under-13 Open Chess Championship here at ..........Click here for more news
 

Karthikeyan Murali on sole lead - By Gopakumar - 05 Oct, 2011

New Delhi (05 Oct 11) : Karthikeyan Murali of Tamilnadu jumped to sole lead with six points after shocking top seed and state mate Arvindh Chithambaram in the sixth round of the National Under-13 Open Chess Championship at Kulachi Hansraj Model School, Ashok Vihar on Wednesday.........Click here for more news
 

 01 Oct 2011 - Central Council Meeting of AICF at New Delhi

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GM Aleksandrov Aleksej bags the title Sep 25,2011

Report by Mr.Vitthal Madhav 

The top seed GM Aleksandrov Aleksej (ELO 2657) of Belarus emerged Champion as expected here in the 4th Mayor’s Cup International Chess Tournament 2011 organised by.......Read More News >>

GM Aleksandrov Aleksej inches closer towards title
Report by Mr.Vitthal Madhav  - Sep 23,2011

At the end of 9th round of 4th Mayor’s Cup International Chess Tournament 2011 organised by Venus Chess Academy co-sponsored by LIC and hosted by Goregaon........Read More News >>

Rao, Rout, Navin Kanna needs a draw to make their norms

Report by Mr.Vitthal Madhav  - Sep 21,2011

At the end of 8th round of 4th Mayor’s Cup International Chess Tournament 2011 organised by Venus Chess Academy co-sponsored by LIC and hosted by Goregaon Sports Club.......Read More News >>

Dombivali Player IM Prasanna Rao holds the top seed - by Mr.Vitthal Madhav

Local Lad IM Prasanna Rao (ELO ) held Top Seed Aleksandrov Aleksey (ELO 2618) of Belarus to earn a precious half point in the 4th round of 4th Mayor’s Cup International Chess Tournament 2011 organised by Venus Chess Academy..........Read More News >>.

Aravindh, Krithikha Claim Junior Titles - By Arvind AAron Sep, 15, 2011
A new record was made at Goa. Aravindh Chithambaram of Tamil Nadu, the country's highest Under-12 rated player became the youngest to win the National Junior Championship that concluded at Goa on Sep 14........Read More News >>

Anand Wins, Humpy Disappoints -  By Arvind Aaron
World chess champion Viswanathan Anand won the Botvinnik Memorial Rapid Chess Tournament by a wide margin at Moscow on September 2-3, 2011.   Anand, the 1969-born NIIT Brand Ambassador, scored three wins and three draws to win the four-player double all-play-all with a huge 1.5-point lead.......Read More News >>

World Chess Cup 2011

Abhijeet Gupta Bows Out Of World Cup
By Arvind aaron - Sep,05,2011

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Tournament Calendar Finalization..... More News Aug 17, 2011

India Preferred Choice For 2013 World Championship - By Arvind AAron.......More News

Hovhanissyan, Olga In Lead  - By Arvind Aaron  Aug 15, 2011
Robert Hovhanissyan of Armenia and Olga Girya of Russia scored twelfth round victories with the white pieces to maintain and wrest a slender half point lead in the SDAT-Ramco World Junior Chess Championship which is taking place at Hotel Vijay Park in Chennai on August 14........More News

Aug 15, 2011 Saurabh, Priyanka Win Titles - By Arvind aaron .... More News

Adhiban Moves Close To The Leader  - By Arvind Aaron -  Aug 13, 2011
India's title hope Baskaran Adhiban played a brilliant combination mid-way through his tenth round game to crush Axel Rombaldoni of Italy. India's main stars, Adhiban (7.5) and Sethuraman (7) won this round .......More News

Girish, Vidit Lift Indian Spirits - By Arvind Aaron - Aug 11, 2011
Girish Koushik of Mysore and Vidit Gujrathi of Nasik won important round seven games in the SDAT-Ramco World Junior Chess Championship that is taking place at Hotel Vijay Park on August 9, 2011...... More News

National U - 9 Boys & Girls Chess Championship at Bhubaneswar games - Aug 07, 2011

Rombaldoni, Olga Girya Ahead - By Arvind Aaron- Aug 07, 2011
Italy's Axel Rombaldoni and Olga Girya of Russia won five games in a row to lead their respective sections in the SDAT-Ramco World Junior Chess Championship that is in progress at Nesam Hall of Hotel Vijay Park in ...... More News
 

Bidding for National Championship 2012 Aug 5 , 2011

Padmini Among Six Leaders - By Arvind Aaron -  Aug 5 , 2011
Indian title hope, Padmini Rout is among the six leaders on full three points after six rounds in the SDAT-Ramco World Junior Girls Chess Championship which is in progress at Hotel Vijay Park in Chennai on August 4..... More News

Niranjan, Monnisha Win Under-17 Titles  - By Arvind aaron - July 27, 2011
Navalgund Niranjan and G.K. Monnisha, both of Velammal School, Chennai won the National Under-17 Chess Championships that came to a ...... More News

Mr.Bharat Singh distributed the prizes for the National Under - 7 chess championship held at pune  : click here for more news  July 25, 2011

Congratulations  -  July 23, 2011

Harika becomes India's 25th GM

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Mohan, Rakshitta In Lead - By Arvind aaron - July 23, 2011 Mohan Kushagra of Andhra Pradesh and Rakshitta Ravi of Tamil Nadu are leading the National Under-7 section after nine rounds at Pune on July 22..... More News
 

India Lose To USA 1-3 - By Arvind Aaron - Photos Grandmaster R.B.Ramesh
India lost on the two black boards to lose the round five match against United States of America by 1-3 margin..... More News - July 23, 2011

Harikrishna Helps India Shock Israel - By Arvind Aaron  - July 21, 2011
Pentala Harikrishna shocked Emil Sutovsky with the black pieces on the top board to set up India surprise 2.5-1.5 victory over Israel in the World Team Chess Championship being played at Ningbo in China on July 20...... More News

Fide President visit to India - Click here for Page 1 and page 2 - July 15, 2011

DCA Feliciatated Sh. Bharat Singh Chauhan -  July 11, 2011

Mr.Bharat Singh Chauhan Feliciatated by the Delhi chess Association Click here for more news

Arun Prasad Wins Paris Open - By Arvind Aaron - July 11, 2011
S. Arun Prasad of Bharat Petroleum, Chennai won the Paris Open that ran from July 2-10 in the French capital..... More News

British Triumph At Johannesburg - By Arvind Aaron - July 05, 2011

Gawain Jones and Nigel Short tied for the first place to make this edition of the Commonwealth Chess Championship an English triumph. They remained undefeated on 9.5/11 to take the top two slots at Johannesburg on July 3.... More News
 

Standing Ovation For Sundar - By Arvind aaron -  July 01, 2011

The All India Chess Federation Annual General Meeting that took place at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai on June 30, 2011 turned into a grand farewell for D.V. Sundar who served as General Secretary from 2005 to 2011. A great moment in the history of the 60-year old AICF overshadowed the excitement of knowing the list of newly elected members for 2011-2014..... More News

All Indian Chess Federation welcomes new office bearers, Grandmaster Vishy Anand greets the newly elected office bearers at a colourful function. - By Arvind aaron - July 01, 2011
World chess champion Viswanathan Anand made a rare public appearance when he turned up for the All India Chess Federation's function to introduce its newly elected office bearers at Hotel Ambassador Pallava in Chennai.... More News

July 07, 2011 National Under - 9 Boys & Girls Chess Championship  - 2011

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May 31,2011 National Under - 17 Chess Championship - 2011 

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June 09, 2011National Junior Boys & Girls Chess Championship-2011 prospectus

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Penultimate Round - AAI international tmt - By GOPA kUMAR
The penultimate round of the ongoing AAI Grandmasters Chess Tournament was inaugurated by Shri. Arup Roy Choudhary, Chairman and Managing Director NTPC in presence of Shri. V P Agrawal, Chairman Airport Authority of India and Shri. Bharat Singh, Secretary All India Chess Federation. Shri. Choudhary interacted with all players and conveyed his good wishes. -  July 01, 2011

AICF AGM 30.06.2011

Sahaj Holds Short To A Draw  - By Arvind Aaron -  June 29, 2011
International Master Sahaj Grover of Delhi held former world championship challenger Nigel Short of England to a creditable draw in the sixth round of the Commonwealth Chess Championship...... More News

Sahaj Grover Among Four Leaders - By Arvind Aaron  -  June 27, 2011

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Delhi International Master, Sahaj Grover, the ninth seeded player is among the leaders in the Commonwealth Chess Championship......... More News

Commonwealth Chess Championship round 1 video - June 27, 2011

Narayanan wins second prize -  June 27, 2011
C.G.S.Narayanan, Editor of AICF Chronicle and a problemist of international repute, has won the second prize for his two-move composition in the seventh Belgrade Internet composing tourney 2011 (which was part of 7th Belgrade Problem chess festival held from May 13th to 15th May 2011) results of which have been announced recently in the website

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Gujarat Player Banned June 13, 2011

Shyam Sundar, Bhakti Kulkarni Win Asian Junior - By Arvind aaron - June 09, 2011

Picture by Mr.K.Murugan, IM
M. Shyam Sundar of Chennai and Bhakti Kulkarni of Goa won the Asian Junior Chess Championship that concluded at Colombo on June 8. Significantly, India completed podium sweeps in both the sections..... More News

Anand Downs Shirov 4.5-1.5 At Leon - By Arvind aaron -  07 June , 2011

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World champion Viswanathan Anand won the Leon Rapid Chess Match on June 5 defeating Alexei Shirov of Spain by 4.5-1.5.... More News

Ten Titles For India - by Arvind Aaron -  21 May , 2011
Indians won ten out of the twelve titles in the Asian Youth Chess Championship that concluded at Subic City in the Philippines on May 21..... More News

Asian Youth Chess Championship 2011 held at Philippines - 17 May , 2011

Indians Ahead In Seven Sections-By Arvind Aaron / Photos by T.J.Suresh Kumar

Indians boys and girls are leading in seven sections and are sharing the lead in two other sections after four rounds of the Asian Youth Chess Championship which is in progress at the Philippines...More News
 

Harikrishna, Harika Win Asian Championship - By Arvind Aaron

  May 11,2011
Two players from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh have won the Asian Championship. Pentyala Harikrishna who since moved to Hyderabad had not achieved much after winning the World Junior at Kochi and also the Asian Games gold medal at Doha 2006.......More News

Harika Joins Eesha In Lead - By Arvind Aaron -  May 09,2011
Dronavalli Harika of Guntur defeated Mary Ann Gomes of Kolkata in the seventh round to join the leaders platform of the Asian Individual Chess Championship that being played at Mashad in Iran on May 8..... More News

Harikrishna Moves To Second Place - By Arvind Aaron -  May 07,2011
Pentyala Harikrishna of Hyderabad moved to second place with a fifth round win with the black pieces in the Asian Individual Chess Championship on May 6. Yu Yangyi of China leads with 4.5/5 and Harikrishna is on four points....More News

DD Sports Channel will telecast Four Exclusive Highlights of the recently Concluded 13th DUBAI OPEN INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 Held at DUBAI, the Video Highlights Directed by Vijay Kumar will be telecast as Under

Ist Episode on 9th May 2011 at 2230hrs [ 1700 hrs GMT ][ 2100hrs Dubai Time]
2nd Episode on 10th May 2011 at 2230hrs
3rd Episode on 11th May 2011 at 2230 hrs
4th Episode on 12th May 2011 at 22030hrs

The telecast will also be available on FREE TO AIR on INSAT 4 B Satellite in 48 countries of Europe, Middle Easr and South East Asia. -  05 May , 2011

Bu Beats Negi For Sole Lead - By Arvind Aaron -  May 05,2011
China's seed 5 Bu Xiangzhi defeated seed 9 Parimarjan Negi of Delhi to move into sole lead after three rounds in the Asian Individual Chess Championship that is being played at Mashad in Iran on May 4...... More News

Negi Among Leaders - By Arvind Aaron -   May 05,2011
Parimarjan Negi of Delhi is leading the Asian Individual Chess Championship along with three others on full points after two rounds at .... click here for more news  

Kind Attention : Important Announcement to All Players and State Associations

Medical Evaluation of the age of Chess Players

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Three Indians In Lead - By Arvind Aaron  - 03 May , 2011
Top seed Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan was held to a draw by Dao Thien Hai of Vietnam in the opening round of the Asian Individual Chess Championship at Mashhad in Iran on May 2. When Kasimdzhanov won this event in 1998, Dao was runner-up at Tehran..... More News

Asian Individual Championship From Today - By Arvind Aaron -  01 May, 2011
Former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan and Dronavalli Harika of Guntur, India start the Asian Championships as top seed at Mashad, in Eastern Iran on May 1, 2011...... More News

Akshat Khamparia Wins Sydney Open -By Arvind Aaron -   May 01,2011
FIDE Master Akshat Khamparia of Indore has won the Sydney International Open that concluded at Sydney on May 1, 2011..... More News

Anand Keeps No.1 Rank - By Arvind Aaron -  01 May, 2011
World champion Viswanathan Anand retained the No.1 rank in the world when FIDE announced the Elo ratings for May 1, 2011 today...... More News

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Indians Shine at Dubai Open 2011 - By Vijay Kumar -  April 13, 2011
International Master M R Lalith Babu gave a crushing defeat to a much higher elo rated Grandmaster Yuiry Kuzubov of Ukraine in the 3rd Round of the Dubai Open Championship...... More News
 

Dubai Open - 2011 - By Vijayakumar -   Apr 11, 2011

India's Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran is the Top Seed at the 13th Dubai Open Chess Championship which started on Sunday the 10th April at Dubai Chess .... More News

Vishy Anand blessed with a baby Boy

  Apr 09, 2011

Aruna Anand wife of Grandmaster Vishy Anand delivered a healthy baby boy this morning. The child and mother are doing fine.  AICF Congratulates Anand & Aruna
 

AICF Players Registration 2011 – 2012 - Apr 01, 2011

 
Players are requested to register between 01^st to 15^th April, 2011 and get discount of Rs.50/- from registration fee ( otherwise after 15^th April the AICF Players registration will be Rs.250/- ). Kindly avail the benefit. Demand Draft favouring All India Chess Federation, Payable at Chennai should be sent along with the duly filled players registration form through the respective State Chess Associations. Click here to download player’s registration form
 

Anand Finishes In Podium - By Arvind Aaron  -  25 March , 2011
World champion Viswanathan Anand downed Anish Giri of the Netherlands 2-0 to finish clear third with 13 points in the Amber Chess Tournament that concluded at Monte Carlo on March 24. In addition, Anand was clear second in blindfold and third in rapid events...... More News

Black Wins In Carlsen v Anand Games - BY Arvind Aaron -  21 March , 2011
White has an advantage in chess and it is sometimes more than making the first move. In the blindfold game, World Champion Viswanathan Anand won against Magnus Carlsen of Norway with black and in the reverse rapid game, the Norwegian won with the black pieces for a 1-1 score in round nine.... More News

Aronian Beats Anand 1.5-0.5 - BY Arvind Aaron  -  21 March , 2011
Levon Aronian of Armenia is one of the few players in the world to enjoy a good score against Viswanathan Anand. In the eight round of the Amber Chess Tournament, Aronian beat Anand in the rapid game for a 1.5-0.5 win on March 20..... More News

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Anand Held By Nakamura - BY Arvind Aaron -  21 March , 2011
The Wijk aan Zee champion Hikaru Nakamura of United States held world champion Viswanathan Anand to two draws, once in blindfold and again in rapid in the seventh round of the Amber Tournament being played at Monte Carlo.... More News

Ivanchuk Shocks Anand - BY Arvind Aaron -  19 March , 2011
Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine shocked world champion Viswanathan Anand 1.5-0.5 in the sixth round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament in progress at Monte Carlo on March 18.... More News

Anand Makes Two Draws With Karjakin - BY Arvind Aaron -  19 March , 2011
World champion Viswanathan Anand remained quiet in round five which followed the free day on March 17. The world champion played two draws to move to 6.5/10 and improve from clear third place......More News 

Anand Beats Gelfand 1.5-0.5 - BY Arvind Aaron -  15 March , 2011
World chess champion Viswanathan Anand missed a sweep against Boris Gelfand of Israel and finally settled for a 1.5-0.5 win in the third round of the Amber Chess Tournament at Monte Carlo on March 14.... More News

Anand draws Kramnik 1-1 - BY Arvind Aaron -  15 March , 2011
The second round of the Amber Chess Tournament featured a contest between the players who won the most titles in this unique event featuring blindfold and rapid chess.... More News

Anand Defeats Topalov 1.5-0.5 - BY Arvind Aaron -  13 March , 2011
World No.1 and world champion Viswanathan Anand defeated Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the blindfold game and then drew the rapid chess game with the black pieces to start the ...... More News

C.G.S.Narayanan wins third prize in FIDE World Cup for chess composition  -  11 March , 2011
C.G.S.Narayanan, Editor AICF Chronicle, has won the third prize in the three-move section of the ‘1st FIDE World Cup for Chess Composition’ held in 2010 the results of which have been brought out by FIDE in........  More News

Indian FIDE Ratings - Click here to download  -  01 March , 2011

Air India Holds Petroleum To A Draw - By Arvind Aaron 25 Feb, 2011
Delhi's G.B. Joshi helped third seed Air India hold top seed Petroleum Sports Promotion Board to a 2-2 draw in the fifth round of the Red Chilly National Team Joshi's win over M.R. Venkatesh on board four helped his team level the scores. Draws were recorded on Neelotpal Das v Bakre (board 1), Arun Prasad v Satyapragyan (board 3)...... More News

Unauthorised tmt at Pondicherry - Click here for news -  25 Feb, 2011

Air India Convincing - By Arvind Aaron  25 Feb, 2011
Top seed Air India, overcame Chess Gurukul 3-1 to fly into the top with four wins from as many matches in the National Team Championship for women which is in progress at CUSAT in Kochi on February 25, 2011..... More News

National Team Championship Games - 23 Feb, 2011

Medical Evaluation of the age of Chess Players -  19 Feb, 2011

National Sub Jr Chess Championship -

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Recruitment of Sports persons in LIC of India - Click here -  07 Feb, 2011

Airports Authority of India -  Scholarship and Contract Scheme

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Bangalore Wins Title - BY Arvind Aaron -  07 Feb, 2011
Bangalore won the National Cities Chess Championship that concluded at Nagpur here on February 5, 2011..... More News

Anand Finishes Second - By Arvind Aaron -  01 Feb, 2011
Hikaru Nakamura of United States won the Tata Steel Group A Chess Tournament by a clear half point margin on January 30, 2011 at Wijk aan Zee. In the final round, all seven games ended in draws. Nakamura's draw against Wang Hao of China took him to 9 points and he picked up the Euro 10,000 cash prize plus his appearance fee.... More News

Sole lead for Kishan Gangolli - By Charudatta Jadhav -  03 Feb, 2011
Third seed Kishan Gangolli(1953) of Karnataka with an unbeaten 5½ points in six rounds took the sole lead when he overcame the firm challenge of Darshan Patel (1869) of Gujarat..... More News

Bangalore Wrests Sole Lead - BY Arvind Aaron -  03 Feb, 2011
Bangalore wrested sole lead from Pune by defeating them 3-1 in round four and followed that up with a 4-0 sweep against Nagpur C in the National Cities Chess Championship at Nagpur on February 2, 2011.... More News

THREE SHARE LEAD - CHARUDATTA JADHAV, SECRETARY,AICFB -  01 Feb, 2011
Three players Krishna Udupa (2011) and Kishan Gangolli (1953) both Karnataka, and Dharshan Patel(1869) of Gujarat with 4 points are in joint lead at the close of the fourth round of the ongoing National –B chess..... More News

Watch World Open 2010 - Philadelphia On DD Today! 

 By Arvind Aaron - 01 Feb, 2011 - Doordarshan Sports channel will telecast the World Open Chess 2010 held at King of Prussia, USA in four parts from Jan 31 to Feb 3, 2010 from 10.30 p.m. for four days.  The Programmes can also be seen in 48 countries of Europe, Middle East and South East Asia on FREE TO AIR - PAS 10 satellite from 1700 hrs GMT

Anand Defeats Shirov - By Arvind Aaron -  27  Jan, 2011
World champion Viswanathan Anand and Hikaru Nakamura of the United States got their nose ahead into lead with seven points at the end of the tenth round in the Tata Steel Grand Master Tournament at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands on January 26..... More News

Aronian, Kramnik Join Anand, Nakamura At Top - By Arvind Aaron
Levon Aronian of Armenia and Vladimir Kramnik registered ninth round victories to join Viswanathan Anand and Hikaru Nakamura of USA in the lead with six points at Wijk aan Zee on Jan 25, 2011....... More News   27  Jan, 2011

Areshchenko among leaders, Shreyansh Daklia & Pradeep Kumar achieve Norms  25 Jan, 2011 - Israel duo Grandmaster Alon Greenfeld and International Master Tamir Nabaty, along with Ukraine GMs Alexander Areshchenko and Kravtsiv Martyn shared the lead with 8.5 points after the tenth and penultimate round of the The India Cements Ltd 3rd Chennai Open International Grandmaster.......  More News

Chennai Open - 2011  - 23 Jan, 2011

Maiden WIM Norm for Michelle Catherina, Shivananda becomes India's latest International Master -  The success of an International chess tournament is gauged by the number of International Norms made therein, and with three rounds to go, the The India Cements Ltd 3rd Chennai Open........More News

Anand Draws Carlsen With Black - By Arvind Aaron - Hikaru Nakamura of United States moved into sole lead after joint leader and World champion Viswanathan Anand drew Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the seventh round of the Tata Steel Grand Master Chess Tournament at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands on January 23, 2011..... More News
 

Chennai Open - 2011   21 Jan, 2011

 Michelle stuns Grandmaster Arun Prasad, Nabaty shares lead
Chennai girl Michelle Catherina stunned favorite and higher rated Grandmaster Arun Prasad in the fifth round of the The India Cements Ltd 3rd Chennai Open.....More News

Anand Dazzles, In Sole Lead - By Arvind Aaron -  21 Jan, 2011
World champion Viswanathan Anand moved into sole lead in the Tata Steel Grand Master Group A Chess Tournament at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands on January 20, 2011...... More News
 

Anand Beats Wang Hao - By Arvind Aaron -  19 Jan, 2011
World champion and five time winner of the event, Viswanathan Anand scored a brilliant victory over Wang Hao of China in round four to joint Hikaru Nakamura of USA in the lead in the Tata Steel.......  More News

Three players share lead; Vaibhav Suri holds Ragger Markus
By Gopa Kumar  - 13 Jan, 2011
New Delhi (12 Jan 2011) :- Sixth seed and leader of Indian hopes Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi along with Slovenian Grandmaster Lenic Luka and Ukrainian Grandmaster Mikhailo Oleksienko share the lead with six and half points after the seventh round matches of the ongoing 9th Parsvnath International Grandmasters Chess Tournament here.......   More News

Day of struggle for Grandmasters; Sydney Lewis stuns Rathnakaran
By Gopa Kumar  -  11 Jan, 2011
New Delhi (10 Jan 2011 ) : - Grandmasters are now feeling the heat in the Delhi’s winter as many as five of them satisfied with half point against their little known lower rated opponents......More News

Day of struggle for Grandmasters; Sydney Lewis stuns Rathnakaran
By Gopa Kumar  -  11 Jan, 2011
New Delhi (10 Jan 2011 ) : - Grandmasters are now feeling the heat in the Delhi’s winter as many as five of them satisfied with half point against their little known lower rated opponents......More News

Chinmay Kulkarni and Zeng Chongsheng up sets Grand Masters

By Gopa Kumar   - 09 Jan, 2011

New Delhi (08 Jan 2011 ) : The 9th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament sprung upsets in the very first round as unheralded Maharashtra youngster Chinmay Kulkarni stunned Grand Master..... More News

DEEP AND ARGHYADIP JOINT CHAMPION, PRASANNA GETS MAIDEN GM NORM
By Neeraj Kumar Mishra, Interantional Master and FIDE Trainer

Indian Grand Master Deep Sengupta played a beautiful game with white pieces against the top seed of the....... More News - 07  Jan, 2011

Soumya Swaminathan is the New Champion
by Arvind Aaron  -  05  Jan, 2011

Woman Grand Master Soumya Swaminathan shocked second seed and higher rated Pune city mate Eesha Karavade in a rook ending to become the new National Premier Women's Champion at Bhubaneswar on January 5, 2011...... More News

EDOUARD MAINTAINS HIS SLENDER LEAD  - By Neeraj Kumar Mishra -  05 Jan, 2011

Top seed GM Romain Edouard of France maintained his slender half point lead after a mutual draw with his practice partner GM Andrei Istratescu of Roumania, in the penultimate round of the Hastings Masters 2010, being played at Horntye Park Sports Complex, Hastings UK.... More News

Indian Chess Zooms Ahead  - By Arvind Aaron -  03  Jan, 2011
Indian chess reached new frontiers in 2010. If that is so, there is plenty of milestones to be reached in 2011. Viswanathan Anand retained his world chess title at Sofia in a dramatic manner in May 2010 after coming from behind to beat Veselin Topalov by 6.5-5.5..... More News

SHYAM AND PRASANNA PLACED JOINT SECOND - By Neeraj Kumar Mishra

Grand Master David Howell leads with 5 points from as many rounds in the 86^th edition of the Hasting's Chess Congress being played Hornty Park Sports Complex, Hastings, UK...... More News  -  03  Jan, 2011

Soumya, Mary Ann Join Swati Ghate In Lead - By Arvind Aaron -  03  Jan, 11

Three players, Swati Ghate and Soumya Swaminathan of Pune, Mary Ann Gomes of Kolkata are in joint lead after eight rounds in the National Premier Championship for women at the Infosys Campus in Bhubaneswar on January 2.... More News

January 2011 Indian FIDE Rating list - 01 Jan, 2011