President Ram Nath Kovind confers Padma Shri upon GM Harika Dronavalli
Photos: PTI On 11th March 2019, Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli was conferred with Padma Shri by President Ram Nath Kovind at a special function held at...
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India perches themselves on a solid position on the rest day
FIDE World Team Championship 2019 Report by GM Srinath Narayanan The FIDE World Team Championship is a 10-team round-robin tournament which is taking place...
GM Adhiban Baskaran Enters 2700 Rating Club
Grandmaster Adhiban Baskaran has scored 3.5/4 points at the ongoing World Teams Chess Championship 2019. His performance has fetched him 17.2 points and is...
Indian Women’s Team off to a slow start
World Team Chess Championship 2019 (Women), Astana Report by GM Swapnil Dhopade The FIDE World Team Championship is a 10-team round-robin tournament which is...
Iniyan Paneerselvam becomes India’s 61st Chess Grandmaster
Iniyan Paneerselvam became India’s 61st Chess Grandmaster when he crossed the 2500-rating mark at the Noisiel Open in France. Iniyan defeated GM Sergey Fedorchuk...
Announcement – Nareen FIDE Rated
Narenn Convention Championship All India Fide Open Rating Chess Tournament – 2018 – 193059 / TEL /2018 AICF has received complaints from players /...
The Hound of the Baskarville gives India a solid start
The Hound of the Baskarville gives India a solid start Report by GM Srinath Narayanan; All Photos by David Llada About a century ago,...
World Teams: India to take on Sweden in the first round
FIDE World Team Championship 2019 The World Team Championships for men and women is taking place from March 4 – 15 in Astana, Kazakhstan....
Sasikiran secures third place; Five Indians score norms in Aeroflot Open
Grandmaster Sasikiran Krishnan finished third after drawing third-seeded Grandmaster Wang Hao of China in the ninth and final round at the ‘Category A’ of...
AICF Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan meets FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich
In a positive development for the status of chess in India, AICF Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan met with the FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich in...