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Sports Minister Anurag Thakur reviews preparation for Chess Olympiad 2022
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): All India Chess Federation (AICF), the Indian Government and Tamil Nadu Government are ensuring that the forthcoming Chess Olympiad, scheduled in Chennai from July 28 to August 10, would be memorable for the country, the participants as well as the spectato
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Life-time opportunity for youngsters, says Viswanathan Anand as 100-day co
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): The long wait of almost 100 years will be ended when India will host the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 for the first time ever in the country, scheduled in Chennai from July 28 to August 10.
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Turn of events that led to India bagging the rights of 44th Chess Olympiad
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): The history will be scripted as India is all set to host the biggest chess event in the world, the Chess Olympiad, for the first time ever.
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India to host 44th World Chess Olympiad 2022 at Chennai
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 16 (ANI): All India Chess Federation (FAIC) has announced that India will be hosting the upcoming 44th World Chess Olympiad 2022 at Chennai.
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FIDE welcomes AICF's bid to host the 44th Chess Olympiad
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], February 28 (ANI): The International Chess Federation (FIDE) Council welcomed the All India Chess Federation's (AICF) bid to host the 44th Chess Olympiad, and suggests 10 days for other bids.
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India bids to host 44th Chess Olympiad after FIDE cancels events in Russia
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): India bids to host the 44th edition of the Chess Olympiad later this year after the event was moved out of Russia's capital Moscow.
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Praggnanandhaa is good at tactics, not surprised at his defeating world ch
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 22 (ANI): Secretary of All India Chess Federation (AICF) Bharat Singh Chauhan is not surprised at 16-year-old R Praggnanandhaa's stunning world champion Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the ongoing Airthings Masters and says the young Indian player has been
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Viswanathan Anand to mentor Indian chess team for 2022 Asian Games
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): With eight months left for the Asian Games 2022 to start at Hangzhou, China on September 10, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) is hopeful of a rich medal haul from their men's and women's team when the chess discipline returns to the Asian Games fold
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Indian Chess League with six teams to take place in June 2022
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): The Indian Chess League boasting of the world's and India's top players will be held in June 2022, the All-India Chess Federation revealed here on Tuesday.
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Teenager Sankalp Gupta becomes 71st Grandmaster from India
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Arandjelovac [Serbia], November 8 (ANI): Nagpur-based teenager Sankalp Gupta becomes the 71st Grandmaster of India after completing the third and final norm at the GM Ask 3 round-robin event in Arandjelovac.
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India to square off against Ukraine in quarters of Online Chess Olympiad
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): The Top Division of the Online Olympiad finished after three days of intense top-level chess. A total of 1717 players, are playing from 150 countries all over the world, with 888 titled players, including 209 Grand Masters and 244 International Masters.
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Koneru Humpy nominated for Khel Ratna Award by AICF
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): World Rapid Chess Champion Koneru Humpy has been nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the All India Chess Federation (AICF).
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