Medical Evaluation of the age of Chess Players at Patna

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India is very keen in eradicating the age fraud menace prevailing in sports and has directed all National Federations to be very strict on this front and has directed us put in place a system by which this problem can be solved, particularly in all National Championships.

While conducting medical test to evaluate age, the Government has also directed us that the test should include physical examination, dental examination and radiological examination. Therefore, the All India Chess Federation, to avoid any unpleasantness to players at the time of the National Championships, has been implementing the following Rules & regulations which has proved to be very effective and as a result of which we have almost no issues during our National Championships.

All the players those who do not have birth certificates registered within one year of their birth and to avoid their entries to participate in age related tournaments being rejected on account of this, the AICF to help such players, conducts medical evaluation of Age which will include physical examination, dental
examination and radiological examination by competent doctors as prescribed by the Government of India.

Considering this, All India Chess Federation is planning to organize a medical examination at Patna, Bihar for players from following states:-

Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Manipur, Sikkim, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh & Tripura

The dates of the medical evaluation will be decided according to the number of players. Players are requested to kindly make use of this opportunity and fill the below form before 25 Oct 23 to undergo the medical test. Once the registration is over, the date will be fixed with Government Hospital at Patna.

REGISTRATION FORM