Pentamedia to
sponsor Grandmaster tourney in Chennai Aug 01
Grandmaster Chess returns to Chennai after four years thanks to Graphics path breakers
Pentamedia. Announcing a Category XI thirteen player Grandmaster tourney... |
Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu announces Rs.
Two lakhs award to Vijayalakshmi July 30
In a landmark move,
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Chandrababu Naidu announced a cash award of Rs. Two
lakhs or a computer to WGM Elect Vijayalakshmi... |
Change of Venue for Wipro International GM Chess Tournament July 10
Wipro Limited today announced a change in venue for the
Wipro International GM Chess Tournament to be held in Hyderabad.... |
Wipro invites Vijayalakshmi to conduct Chess Workshop July 9
It was a proud moment for a small group of young chess
champions undergoing a month long Wipro Chess Coaching Camp, when the reigning National
Women's Champion, Vijayalakshmi, spent a day with them...... |
Vijayalakshmi gives simul, imparts tips to juniors July 8
IWM and National Champion Vijayalakshmi, handed over a
few lessons to eight top class junior players, surpassing them with ease at a time.... |
Sasikiran World Junior No.6 July 5
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran lead the Indian show
with a big jump in Elo for the July 2000 FIDE Rating list. With an Elo rating of 2573... |
Category XI Wipro Grandmaster tourney from July 15 July 4
The Wipro Grandmasters Chess Championship will take
place at Hyderabad between July 15th and 28th, 2000 featuring 14 Indian and foreign
Grandmasters, International Masters and International Women Masters... |
Open Rapid Chess Tournament on 2nd July June 30
The newly
formed King Chess Club will conduct its inaugural one day Open Rapid Chess Tournament on
July 2, 2000... |
Inaugural
World Cup at Shenyang, China June 15
China has been
allotted the inaugural Chess World Cup. The FIDE Vice President Mr P T Ummer Koya informed
the press on Wednesday, June 14, 2000.... |
Chess
tops Indian Government Awards June 06
In a record
show, 33 chess players formed the longest list of sportspersons from a single discipline,
in the special awards show organised by the Sports Ministry at Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi on
June 5, 2000... |
WIPRO blazes a trail in chess sponsorship-adopts Aarthie
& Harikrishna May 31
In a path
breaking move, IT giant WIPRO "Applying Thought" announced its support to chess
in a big way, beginning with Aarthie Ramaswamy, the Girls Under 18 World Champion and
Harikrishna, Asian Under 14 Champion... |
Gowrishankar's
record not recognised by FIDE May 30
After cricket, it is the turn of chess
to expose "match-fixing". The record credited to C M Gowrishankar of Trivandrum
as the youngest rated player at seven years of age, will not get official backing... |
Indian
boy youngest FIDE Rated player May 20
C M
Gowrishankar, a second standard student of Christ Nagar High School of this city, today
became, at seven years seven months and 20 days, the youngest ever FIDE rated player in
the world... |
New Delhi to host World Championship for men & women May 15
In a landmark
decision, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) approved India's bid for hosting the FIDE
World Championship for men & women at the year end. |
Chess prodigy Sindhu presented with computer May 11
The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr M Karunanidhi handed over the computer to the 10
year old prodigy V K Sindhu, who won the Asian Under 10 gold at Tehran, Iran recently... |
India to bid for World championship May 11
In a path breaking move, India is bidding for this year's World Chess Championship. The
AICF Secretary and FIDE Vice-President P T Ummer Koya briefed the press on Wednesday.. |
Kasparov nominated for Chess Oscar '99 Apr 30
Gary Kasparov was nominated to receive the Chess Oscar '99 for the best performance in the
world of chess in 1999... |
More Grandmaster tournaments to come later this year Apr 11
One big complaint of our women chess players has always been about the lack of Grandmaster
tournaments in the country exclusively for them... |
Kasparov confirms match with Kramnik at London Press
Conference Apr 6
Vladimir Kramnik is
to play Garry Kasparov in a $ 2,000,000 match. The 24-year-old Russian signed up for the
challenge of a lifetime... |
Sasikiran & Aarthie felicitated Apr 21
The Citizens
Committee felicitated city chess champions, Grandmaster Elect Krishnan Sasikiran and World
Under 18 Girls Champion Aarthie Ramaswamy... |
| Summer Coaching Camps in Chennai Apr 15 |
Humpy nominated for UNESCO award Mar 20
Asia's
youngest International Woman Master and India's pride, Koneru Humpy, has been bestowed
with a rare honour by the UNESCO ... |
Black lightning strikes at Red Cross Hall Mar 9
On a hot and humid day,
GM elect Krishnan Sashikiran gave a thirty board simultaneous display at the Indian Red
Cross Society Hall... |
Sashikiran arrives to a warm welcome Mar 4
India's latest
Grandmaster Krishnan Sashikiran arrived in the city to a warm welcome from his fans and
Chess enthusiasts eager to see the young hero... |
Piket shocks Kasparov for KC Online Chess title Feb 21
World No. 43 GM
Jeroen Piket of the Netherlands stunned World No. 1 Garry Kasparov of Russia 1.5-0.5 in
the final of the Kasparov Grand Prix Online Rapid Chess Tournament organised by www.kasparovchess.com ... |
Anand to play in the Millennium Super GM tournament Feb 9
World No. 2 GM
Viswanathan Anand has confirmed his participation in the Millennium Super Grandmaster
Chess tournament to be held under the auspices of the AICF later this year... |
Humpy presented Sportstar Young Achiever '98 Award Dec 25 '99
International Women
Master and Asian Under 12 Boys champion Koneru Humpy was awarded the "The Sportstar
Young Achiever 1998" at a glittering function in Hotel
Taj Coromandel... |
TNCA felicitates Aarthie in an enviable manner 6 Dec 99
"I hope to see you
all again as a Woman Grand Master," were the words of a delighted Aarthie in an
emotionally moving speech on a Sunday evening at the packed Media Hall of Nehru Stadium,
Chennai... |
Bobby
Fischer named player of the Century 14 Oct 99
Mercurial American Grand Master and
former World Champion Bobby Fischer has been elected "Chess player of the Century... |
Xiangzhi Bu
Youngest GM in the world
Xiangzhi Bu of China becomes the youngest Grand Master in
Chess history. On Saturday Oct. 24th '99 he completed his third and final GM Norm... |
Chess included
as Trial Sport in 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney
In what could be an exciting news for the aesthetic followers of
the game, the ancient game of Chess is all set to become an Olympic sport. The process of
including Chess as an Olympic discipline has begun in right earnest... |
Saravanan
excels at simultaneous Chess 13 Oct 99
A simultaneous display basically offers a chess
enthusiast, both a beginner and an amateur, to cross swords with an established star,
usually an International Master or a Grand Master... |
Prasad
leads Indian squad for Asian Team Championship 8 Oct 99
A four-member team consisting of IMs Krishnan Sasikiran,
D V Prasad, Abhijit Kunte and G B Prakash will
represent the country in the forthcoming Asian Team Chess Championship to be held at
Shenyang, in China... |
Anand-Kasparov
Ultimate World Championship match postponed 15 Sep 99
The much-awaited Ultimate World Chess Championship between
Viswanathan Anand and Gary Kasparov has become a non-starter for this year. The original
sponsor, a mega corporation from Silicon Valley... |
Indian Team for World Sub-Junior Championships 3 Oct 99
A twelve member Indian contingent will take part in
the World Junior (under 10 - 18) Championships scheduled to be held at Oropesa del Mar in
Spain from Oct. 23rd to Nov. 4th '99... |
Eight-year-old
David Howell shocks Grand Master John Nunn 1 Sep 99
The Mind Sports Olympiad which concluded on the last
week of August '99 in London saw history being made when an eight-year-old British
chess... |
FIDE Ratings Kasparov holds forte on the other side of
2800 July 99
The only player yet to lose a match to any human
being, Gary Kasparov continues to lead the FIDE
world rankings and remains the only player to have ever crossed the Magic 2800 mark... |
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