National Team 2019 – List of Entries
S.No. FIDE Id Player Name Team Name Date of Birth Gender Affiliate / State Units Payable Amount Entries State Association Recommendation 1 25016555 Barath...
Babiy Olga Emerges Sole Leader
Woman Grandmaser Babiy Olga (Ukraine) snatched the sole lead with 3.0 points after the third round of the Velammal AICF Woman Grandmaster Round Robin...
January 2019 
Vladimir Kramnik Retires from Professional Chess
Photo: Tata Steel Chess Fourteenth World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) announced his retirement today at the conclusion of 2019 Tata Steel Masters. Kramnik...
Velammal-AICF Women International Grandmaster Tournament 2019
In this unique round robin chess tournament, six Woman International Masters from India take up the challenge against six foreign titled players. The tournament...
Dronavalli Harika conferred with Padma Shri
Indian Ace Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika will be conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri Award, the government announced the name of the Padma awardees 2019...
Pantsulaia emerges Chennai Open 2019 Champion
GM Pantsulaia Levan (Georgia) with 8.5 points emerged the Champion after the tenth and final round in the 11th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess...
Obituary – M Muthu Kumar (28.03.1963-24.01.2019)
With a heavy heart, we acknowledge the sudden demise of International Arbiter M. Muthu Kumar, Joint Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Secretary, Kanchi...
Lugovskoy maintains lead
Grandmaster Lugovskoy Maxim (Russia) maintained his lead with 7.5 points after the eighth round in the 11th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2019...
It is intimated that All India Chess Federation is orgnising one more Arbiter Refresher Course at Mumbai apart from already announced three refresher courses...