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Delighted FIDE Chess Olympiad is happening in India, in my hometown: Viswa
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Five-time World Chess Champion Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand is delighted as India secured the bid to host FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai earlier this year and credits the All India Chess Federation for making it happen in his hometown.
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India to host 44th World Chess Olympiad 2022 at Chennai
Updated : 4 years, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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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Fourteen-year-old Bharath Subramaniyam becomes India's 73rd Grandmaster
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Cattolica [Italy], January 9 (ANI): Fourteen-year-old Bharath Subramaniyam has become the 73rd Grandmaster of India, the All India Chess Federation confirmed on Sunday.
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Indian Chess League with six teams to take place in June 2022
Updated : 4 years, 7 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, 8 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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All-India Chess Federation and Chess Association of India merge to end inf
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 21 (ANI): After years of internal fighting, the All-India Chess Federation and the breakaway Chess Association of India have merged into one single entity to administer the sport as a unified force in the country.
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Koneru Humpy nominated for Khel Ratna Award by AICF
Updated : 5 years 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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Billionaire Nikhil Kamath admits to using unfair means to beat Viswanathan
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The All India Chess Federation (AICF) Secretary Bharat Chauhan has said it is "unfortunate" to see unfair methods employed in a charity chess game by Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath against five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand.
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