Sixth seed IM Neelash Saha of West Bengal and top seed WIM Priyanka Nutakki of Andhra Pradesh becomes national junior champions in the MPL National Junior & National Junior Girls chess championships organised by The Haryana Chess Association at Gurgaon.
Tenth Seed Utsab Chatterjee of West Bengal and eleventh seed Rohith Krishna S of Tamil Nadu finished as first and second runner-up respectively while Bhagyashree Patil of Maharashtra and Femil Chelladurai of Tamil Nadu finished at second and third place in girl’s category.
Fide Arbiter Seminar in Pune 28 Feb -02 March 2026 & Thoothukudi 07-09 March 2026 
First Chola chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament in form Chennai from 02 February to 11 February 2026. 
Live games link for First Chola chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026 
Announcement : Medical Evaluation in Chennai on 27 & 28 February 2026. 
21-year-old Aaryan Varshney from Delhi has become India’s 92nd Chess Grandmaster 
Certificate of 14th NATIONAL SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP-2025 in Guwahati from 27-31 Dec 2025