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 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 today.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu had already given Rs.25 lakh pertaining to the conduct of the World cup and had shown lot of interest in the development of the game in his state, Srinivasan, also
Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, India Cements Ltd, told a press meet.
Mr Srinivasan also said India's bid to conduct World Juniors (2003) and World youth championships (2004) had been accepted by FIDE, the world governing body for chess, during the recent FIDE central council meeting at Goa.
 Mr
P T Ummer Koya, the secretary of AICF and Vice-President, FIDE elaborated about the championships and also added that the AICF has bid for the World Team Chess Championship and the Olympiad.
With Hyderabad hosting the World Cup, the World Junior and Youth events would be held in Mumbai and Chennai, Koya said.
Mr Ummer Koya also said, he had requested Suresh Kalmadi, President, Indian Olympic Association, include chess as a discipline in the coming National Games at Hyderabad. He also added that chess would be part of the next Asian and Afro-Asian games.
 Earlier, Mr Srinivasan inaugurated the chess
website Chessindia.Org
the official site of AICF. The Website has been started with an initial investment of Rs one lakh and will be maintained by AICF.
As of now there are 281 pages and in a months time, chess lovers can access all the national and international tournaments including Viswanathan Anand's game online. AICF has set a target to reach 1000 pages before this year end.
The site contains historic details from the 5th century onwards and has up-to-date list of all the registered chess players in the country. Apart from that it also gives details about World Chess Champions with their pictures.
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