Chanda aiming to achieve ELO rating of 2500
Relieved at attaining the prestigious Grandmaster status after missing the coveted grade by a whisker on several occasions, 20-year-old Sandipan Chanda was now aiming to improve his opening and achieve an ELO rating of 2500 to further his ambitions. |
41st National 'B' Chess Championship - 2003
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation 41st National ‘B’ Chess Championship 2003 will held at Nagpur from 30th July to 9th August 2003. |
Sahaj
becomes India's youngest FIDE Rated player
National Under 7 Champion Sahaj Grover became the youngest
Internationally rated player of the country by virtue of his
performance in the II Rajiv Gandhi Memorial International Rating Chess
tournament held in New Delhi in the month of February 2003. |
India to host Asian & Commomwealth events
The Commonwealth Chess Championship and the Asian Team Chess tournament will be held in Mumbai and Jodhpur respectively in April, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) said at New Delhi, here today. |
WIPRO tournament for school kids
IT major Wipro limited organised Young Super Genius Chess tournament for school children would be held in 25 cities in India from January 26 to 31. |
My immediate aim is to become an IM - Aarthie
The country’s third Woman Grandmaster, Aarthie Ramaswamy, today said her next aim was to acquire the Men’s International Master (IM) title. |
Kasparov
to play Deep Junior in January 2003
Top-ranked Garry Kasparov
will play a chess match against world champion computer Deep Junior in
New York in January 2003, about five years after his stunning loss to
IBM's Deep Blue machine, the World Chess Federation announced. |
Aarthie
Ramaswamy becomes WGM @ Budapest
Former World Under-18
Girls Champion Aarthie Ramaswamy became India's third Woman
Grandmaster splitting points with FIDE Master Zeev Dub of Israel in
the ninth round of the First Saturday International Masters Group 'B'
tournament in Budapest, Hungary, here today. |
FIDE
vague on reunification process - Vishy Anand
Super Grandmaster
Viswanathan Anand today expressed his reservations about the ongoing
process of reunification between FIDE and its rival body, saying even
leading players like him had been virtually kept in the dark on the
proposed move. |
The
World Youth Chess Championships - Preview
The World Youth Chess
Championships, starting here later tonight, promise to be an exciting
affair for the 28-member Indian contingent vying for honors in various
age groups ranging from under-10 to under-18 in both boys and girls
sections. |
No
pressure on me now - Ganguly
The newest entrant to the
country's elite Grandmasters pool, Surya Shekhar Ganguly feels that
the third and final Grandmaster norm has taken the pressure off him
and he can now concentrate on improving his game further. |
I
wish to touch 2800 - Vishy Anand
Grandmaster Viswanathan
Anand today said he was aiming to cross the 2800 ELO rating and win
the FIDE world title in the coming years. |
Harika,
Bhagyashree included in World Cup squad
Junior national champion
Dronavalli Harika and Bhagyashree Thipsey were included in the Indian
contingent of World Cup Chess Tournament which unfolds here... |
Gufeld
passes away
Veteran Grandmaster and theoretician Eduard Gufeld passed away
in Los Angeles, USA... |
 Ravi
becomes an International Master
Thandalam Shanmugam Ravi of Indian Oil Corporation, Chennai
reached a personal milestone when the FIDE Congress at Kremlin, Moscow
confirmed his International Master title... |
FIDE
Confirms Humpy's Grandmaster title Sep
12
The World Chess body FIDE has conferred the Grandmaster title on
India's Koneru Humpy, ahead of the Second Chess World Cup to be played
here at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad, in October 2002. |
Anand concludes camp for Indian talents
Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand took time-off after his triumphant show at Chess Classic Mainz, Germany sharing his rich experience with the cream of talented Indian players at Chennai. |
NIIT
felicitates Anand for Mainz triumph
Former World Champion, Viswanathan Anand today singled out GMs
Krishnan Sasikiran and Koneru Humpy as the brightest stars on the
horizon among Indian youth in the competitive world of chess. |
 Srinath becomes India's youngest FIDE Rated player
N Srinath (DOB 14th Feb, 1994) with a score of 4.5/9 against FIDE Rated
players, becomes India's youngest FIDE Rated player, according to TNCA press release... |
Sasikiran to lead Indian Olympiad
team Aug
04
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran and
Woman Grandmaster Subburaman Vijayalakshmi will lead the Indian men’s and women’s team, respectively, in the 35th Chess Olympiad to be held in Bled, Slovania from October 25 to November
11, 2002. |
Harikrishna second Indian entry for World Cup July 26
The world chess body FIDE has cleared the name of rising star Pendyala Harikrishna to
participate in the second World Cup Chess Tournament... |
Hyderabad to host World Cup 2002
July
17
India's Cyber City Hyderabad will play host to the 2nd Chess World Cup at Ramoji Film City between October 09-21, 2002, Mr N
Srinivasan, President, AICF announced here today...
|
Chess
Aspirants June
21
Another Youngster,
sixteen year old, Anuj Pandit from Mumbai, has something to offer
the chess aspirants who walk the web. Tournaments to play,
Problems to solve and prizes to win, at his very own Chessaspirants.com
where a 14-player round robin is in already in progress. |
Indian
Chess software June
18
Suneet Singh, a student
of CRSCE Murthal, Haryana has developed a chess playing software.
Suneet who has named his software Chaturangam (!) is
already at the second version and would like to hear suggestions
on improving the program. You would find the freeware here |
Russians again June 17
The might of the Russians take on the Rest of the World again. Russia which won the earlier encounters in 1970 and 1984
(as USSR) has a formidable lineup with four World Champions...but strike three won't be easy with Vishy
Anand leading the Rest of the World!...
|
Anand,
Sandipan in Bundesliga June 14
We may not be a part of the
Football frenzy but sure we have set foot in the other
league!...Thanks to Vishy Anand and Sandipan Chanda who are to play in
the coming season of the Bundesliga. Our friend
Oliver Kniest writes from Deutschland! |
Kasparov awarded Chess Oscar for 2001 June 11
World No. 1 Garry Kasparov of Russia took the
Chess Oscar for 2001 ahead of Vladimir Kramnik, Ruslan Ponomariov, Vassily Ivanchuk and
Viswanathan Anand with a points tally of 3943 points including 260 first place votes... |
 FIDE may invite
Anand, India to bid for Olympiad 2006 June 10
Former World Champion Viswanathan
Anand, who
was left out of the FIDE reunification treaty signed at Prague, is likely to be included
in the World Championship cycle. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has given an
in-principle nod to take up the matter in the FIDE Presidential Board meeting in Doha
early next month ... |
| Summer Coaching Camps at Chennai City |
 Challenger tourney for Kramnik announced Apr 07
Sparkassen Dortmund Chess Meeting 2002 becomes the Einstein Candidates' Tournament, with
seven of the top ten in the world confirming their entries, in addition to local flavor GM
Christopher Lutz. The winner of this event earns the right to challenge Vladimir
Kramnik...More |
Anand not to play Olympiad - Kuruvilla Abraham's Press release
Anand, will not be participating in the
forthcoming Olympiad. As he always maintained, the reason for his non participation is
that the format is not agreeable . He has always worked hard for Indian Chess on a global
platform... |
 AICF
website launched, India to host next World Cup
The second World Cup will be held at
Hyderabad from this October 9-22, 2002 heralding in a series of World Chess Championships
to be held in India, Mr N Srinivasan, President, All India Chess Federation (AICF), said
here at Chennai, while launching the official website of AICF... |
Harikrishna
tops the Government Awardees list
Both the Andhra juniors had a great run last
year, when Harikrishna became India's youngest Grandmaster with stellar performances in
Chess Olympiad Istanbul and Wijk Aan Zee "B" events, while Koneru Humpy cornered
the glory winning the World Junior title at Athens. Among the awards for Coaches the chess
men were Humpy's father Koneru Ashok... |
Anand to lead Indian Olympiad team - Koya
Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand would
lead a six-member Indian team in the 35th Chess Olympiad scheduled to be held at Bled in
Slovenia, AICF Secretary P T Ummer Koya told newspersons at Calcutta... |
Humpy sets out in quest of Men's GM title
In her quest to become the youngest girl to
win the men's Grandmaster title, women's World junior champion Koneru Humpy will take part
in two Grandmasters tournaments in Hungary and Budapest in the next few weeks... |
