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All India Chess Federation holds Pre-Annual General Meeting to discuss dev
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The AICF successfully conducted a Pre-Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday in Kanpur. Under the esteemed leadership of Sanjay Kapoor, President of AICF, the meeting commenced with a warm welcome extended to the key dignitaries representing the 33 state affiliations.
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It was final to remember: Harika Dronavalli after Mumba Masters finish run
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
After 10 rounds of the double round-robin tournament, Mumba Masters qualified for the Grand Finale as global chess fans witnessed a thrilling battle through the Rapid Chess format and the Blitz round thereafter, given the draw across the 2 matches to decide the Champions.
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Aleksandra Goryachkina seals top spot after nail-biting end to third leg o
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The top three contenders for first place in the third leg of the Women's Grand Prix all drew their final round games, finishing on six points. After tiebreaks, Aleksandra Goryachkina was awarded first place, Bibisara Assaubayeva second and Zhu Jiner third.
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Tania Sachdev shines as Indian women's team win at 44th Chess Olympiad
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
After Koneru Humpy, Dronavalli Harika and R Vaishali ended with a draw in their respective encounters, Sachdev rose brilliantly to the occasion.
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Participants happy with arrangements for Chess Olympiad: AICF president
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The Chess Olympiad is being held in India for the first time
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PM Modi has shown unwavering support for sports, sports persons: Anurag Th
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 29 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur said on Thursday that The minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown his unwavering support for sports and sports persons and his support and passion was an inspiration to ma
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44th Chess Olympiad is going to be very special: Grandmaster Judit Polgar
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Polgar is considered the strongest female chess player of all time. She was speaking at the greet and meet session conducted by the All India Chess Federation (AICF) at the Chess Olympiad venue in Mamallapuram, Chennai.
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Determined Harika eyes medal at 44th Chess Olympiad
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The 31-year-old has been the backbone of the Indian women's team at the Olympiad for the last 18 years.
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44th Chess Olympiad: 6,400 sq ft mammoth chessboard erected by private sch
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 26 (ANI): As a part of the marketing strategy for the 44th Chess Olympiad, a private school in Perambur, Chennai erected a 6,400 sq ft mammoth chess board along with huge banners and with students' faces painted in black and white with chess symbols.
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44th Chess Olympiad: India to field a record 6 teams, 30 players
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
With a record 187 countries taking part with 188 Teams in the Open section and 162 in the Women's section, the Olympiad will witness the highest ever participation.
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44th Chess Olympiad Torch Relay reaches Madurai
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The torch was received and carried by Grandmaster J Deepan Chakkravarthy and was presented to medal winners in various sports at the race course ground.
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World record of maximum live games in Open Rapid Chess Tournament created
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
GM Vishnu Prasanna of Tamil Nadu was the highest-rated player in the fray and justified the top billing by notching a fantastic 9/9 in this Swiss League event which carried a prize purse of Rs 5,00,000
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