Harikrishna & Aarthie in simul against top TN Juniors
The unusually sunny November Friday saw the
fully geared up duo of Grandmaster Pendyala Harikrishna and Woman International Master
Aarthie Ramaswamy taking on the top juniors of Tamil Nadu in a simultaneous display at
Hotel Sindhoori Central, Chennai... |
 Born this day in 1969, our champ Viswanthan Anand turns 32 today.
Chathurangam wishes him the best of the best in the years to come. Like to wish our Vishy?
Come on, join us... |
New Delhi to host Grand Prix in March
FIDE confirmed the 2002 chess schedule especially the
$2.5 million Rapid Chess Grand Prix. Events so far confirmed are: UAE in February, New
Delhi in March, Croatia in April, Moscow in May and Rio de Janeiro in September... |
 Gopikrishnan passes away
It was a Black Monday (Oct 15, 2001) for those of us here in the site, when one of our
employees Mr S Gopikrishnan, 33, met with an untimely demise. The cog behind the "Chathurangam" wheel came to a shocking halt today...
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AICF plans to hold World Cup 2002
The World Cup Chess Championship, 2002, will be held in India, said, Mr P T Umer Koya, who
was re-elected as the AICF Secretary at its annual general meeting here at Hotel Taj
Bengal, Calcutta... |
 Koya and Srinivasan elected unopposed
The All India Chess Federation AGM here turned out to be a tame affair with the ruling
group's N Srinivasan and P T Ummer Koya elected unopposed as President and Secretary
respectively at Calcutta here today. The chaos witnessed in the aborted September 1 AGM at
Delhi seemed to have been relegated to history as P T Ummer Koya also won an unprecedented
fourth term in office...
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Website on Junior World Champion, Koneru Humpy
Junior World champion Koneru Humpy became the first girl from the chess world to go
online, with the launching of her official website. The chess prodigy from Andhra Pradesh,
now will be available to millions of chess lovers on the Internet.... |
Lyssenko to coach Rathnakaran
It's a hectic schedule ahead for Kantholy Rathnakaran. A third place-winner at the Asian
Junior Chess Championship, Rathnakaran is set to begin his intensive three-week coaching
stint under the renowned Russian coach Alexander Lyssenko here on Tuesday.... |
'We'll hold the biggest tournament in Asia in
memory of those kids'
He is now a frazzled wreck, devastated mentally and physically and financially. He doesn't
remember what he had in food last time. When too. His eyes had only a few winks of rest
since that Sunday evening.... |
'Perhaps, God was envious of AP's success'
"Andhra Pradesh was churning out chess talents with such regularity that even God
became envious. If this is not the case, then why fate wiped out the lives of five
promising players of the State in such a ghastly manner.''..... |
Minu's wish was to meet Anand
Dasari Minu's greatest wish was to meet Viswanathan Anand. She was a great fan of the
world champion. But destiny willed otherwise. Ten-year-old Dasari Minu may have made a
wrong, fatal move. She was in Kozhikode to participate in the preparations for the World
age-group championship in Spain.... |
Bodies of chess players reach Hyderabad
The 'Little Soldiers' had gone to wage a battle in a FIDE-conducted chess tournament in
Puri but instead of laurels and titles their bodies arrived in coffins. Heart-rending
scenes were witnessed when Falkanuma Express chugged in at the Secunderabad railway
station on Tuesday afternoon..... |
A black day for Andhra chess
It was a poignant moment for World Champion Viswanathan Anand. He had come here to
felicitate the country's brightest players Pendyala Harikrishna and Koneru Humpy, but in
the midst of his stay, Mekhala Abhinav and Dasari Minu, lost their lives in a road
accident in Puri district of Orissa..... |
Anand prefers Tennis to Chess
World Champion Viswanathan Anand might have been a Tennis player depriving India of its
first Grandmaster, but for the alarm clock. He also attended a coaching camp for the game
in his childhood..... |
Anand not satisfied with his 2001 performance
World Champion Viswanathan Anand said on Tuesday, at
Calcutta, he was not as satisfied with his performance this year which he said was not as
good as that in 2000.... |
Humpy to play in Yugoslavia
World Junior Champion Koneru Humpy will take part in two Grandmasters tournaments in
Hungary and Yugoslavia to fulfil her long-cherished goal of winning the men's Grandmaster
title..... |
Malleswari appeals for memorial to killed chess
players
Sydney Olympics Bronze Medallist Karnam Malleswari on Tuesday expressed her 'deep
distress' at the death of five young chess players in a road accident in Orissa on Sunday
and appealed to Andhra Pradesh Government and the Chess Federation to perpetuate their
memory...... |
Uma Bharti shocked at the death of young chess
players
Sports Minister Uma Bharti on Monday expressed shock at the tragic death of five promising
junior chess players, including two Asian U-10 champions, in a gruesome road accident near
Puri (Orissa) on Sunday evening..... |
Naidu announces Rs 2 lakh for families of chess players
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the
families of five chess players who were killed in a gory accident in Orissa on Sunday
morning...... |
Injured IM Girinath out of danger
Four of the injured chess players from Andhra Pradesh,
including International Master P D S Girinath of Railways, who was admitted to a hospital
in Cuttack in serious condition following a road accident near Puri on Sunday, are out of
danger..... |
Five Andhra juniors killed in a tragic road
accident near Puri
A tragic road accident on Sunday 23rd September, 2001 claimed five young lives near Puri,
Orissa. The five players - Sekhar, Haricharan, Mekhala Abhinav, Dasari Minu and Madhuri -
were part of the eleven member team from Andhra Pradesh..... |
AICF to hold AGM on Oct 13
The Annual General Meeting of the All India Chess Federation to elect office-bearers for
the term 2001-2005 will be held here on October 13 as per the directive of the Kerala High
Court...... |
Hari has the potential to go far - Anand
Indian Grandmaster Pendyala Harikrishna and Rajebov of Baku in Armenia are the two
potential World champions in the years to come, according to World Chess Champion
Vishwanathan Anand..... |
Anand aims at retaining his World chess title
Keeping his eyes focused on the World Chess championship beginning in November in Moscow,
Viswanathan Anand, on Saturday, said his main goal now was to retain the world
title....... |
Indian youngsters dazzle on chess board
The explosion of chess prodigies has heralded a new era of Indian exploits on the
64-square board dominated not so long ago by the Russians and East Europeans. The high
tide in Indian chess scenario is evident from the recent wins...... |
Chanda finishes sixth, Visweswaran ninth, at
Solingen
18 year old double GM Norm holder Sandipan Chanda finished
sixthand Visweswaran ninth in the First Solingen Lightning (12-hours) tournament at
Solingen in Germany recently. 72 players took part at this tournament, organized by the
SG-1868 Aljechin Solingen.... |
I love to play in Chennai - Vishy Anand
Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand today cited lack of tournaments with higher grade in the
country for his not participating in several events before home crowd...... |
Rotary award for Vijayalakshmi
The Rotary Club of Madras today bestowed the 'Young Achiever's Award' on Vijayalakshmi
Subbaraman for the year 2001-2002, in honour of her remarkable achievements in the game of
chess in National and International Tournaments.... |
Split at top level hurts the game - Vishy Anand
World Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand recently agreed that the existence of two parallel
world bodies has hurt the interests of the game, but said it does not take away the credit
from the winner of a tournament organised by either..... |
Vishy Anand on STAR Sports
Super Grandmaster Peter Leko of Hungary has
told World Champion Viswanathan Anand that former World Champion Bobby Fischer loves to
visit an Indian restaurant in Budapest.... |
S Ramakrishnan's death condoled
Shri S Ramakrishnan aged 50, Vice-President, Tamil Nadu Chess Association and President of
the Chennai District Chess Association, passed away on 14th of September at the Railway
Hospital here after a brief illness.... |
Humpy, Harikrishna conferred titles
Andhra Pradesh chess prodigies Koneru Humpy and Pentyala Harikrishna were conferred Woman
Grandmaster and Grandmaster titles by FIDE at the recently held FIDE Congress at
Greece....... |
Former Chess Champion Alexei Suetin passes away
The former World Seniors Champion (1996) Alexei Suetin (1926-2001) has died after
returning home from the Russian Seniors Championships of a heart attack.... |
IM Chanda finishes second in Leinfelden chess
International Master Sandipan Chanda of India finished runner-up in the Leinfelden Open
Chess Tournament in Germany recently.... |
Sandipan triumphs at Wiesbaden
Double Grandmaster Norm holder Sandipan Chanda of India emerged champion the International
Schlosspark Open chess tournament at Wiesbaden in Germany. Chanda, who scored 7.5 points
from nine rounds.... |
Humpy eyes world title
After winning the coveted World Junior Chess championship, 14-year-old Koneru Humpy has
set her eyes on the world chess title. Humpy, who returned after the stupendous victory at
World Junior Chess Championship at Athens.... |
AGM of AICF postponed
Pandemonium ruled at the All India Chess Federation elections here today: walkouts,
allegations, counter-allegations and adjournments. Dhiraj Raghuvanshi claimed he had piped
PT Ummer Koya to the post of honorary secretary.... |
Moscow to host FIDE World Championship
Moscow will be the venue for this year’s FIDE World Chess Championships. Games World
Body- FIDE- announced that the championships will be held from November 24 to December 11,
2001..... |
Cash reward, house site for Hari
& Humpy
The Andhra Pradesh government announced a cash reward of Rs 25 lakh and a house site for
the newly-crowned Commonwealth Chess champion P Harikrishna and Junior World Chess
champion Koneru Humpy..... |
Harikrishna in National Rapid Chess
Commonwealth Chess champion and the youngest Grand Master Pentyala Harikrishna will be in
action for another title with his seniors at the 8th National Rapid Chess Championship,
commencing at Tirur in Malappuram district, Kerala from 19th September.... |
Harikrishna is India's youngest Grandmaster
Fifteen-year-old Pentyala Harikrishna has become India's youngest Grandmaster overtaking
World Champion Vishwanathan Anand who became India's first Grandmaster at the age of
eighteen in 1987... |
Kasturi, the new star in Indian chess
She may be the new star on the Indian chess firmament, so to speak fourteen-year-old M
Kasturi, the new Asian Junior Girls Under - 20 champion, impressed one and all when she
won the title at Tehran in Iran on July 20............ |
BGN announces Candidates tournament 2001
The German City of Dortmund will host the BGN
Candidates tournament for the BGN World Championship under the aegis of the Dortmunder
Sparkassen Chess Meetings......... |
Humpy among top ten Junior Women
Women Grandmaster Koneru Humpy, who did the country proud by winning the Lipa Grandmasters
chess tournament at Hungary last month, has emerged as one of the top ten Junior Women in
the world with an Elo rating of 2387, according to the rating announced by the
'FIDE'.......... |
| FIDE Rating List for July 2001 |
Humpy sets sight on world title
Women Grand Master-elect Koneru Humpy has said that her aim is to win the 'Junior World
Chess Championship' to be held at Athens in August. Humpy, who acquired the WGM norm at
the just concluded international tournament at Hungary......... |
Strong line up for FIDE rated tournament
National Women 'A' runner-up IWM S Meenakshi, FIDE Master K V Shantaram, will be
spearheading a strong line up for the first Sea India FIDE-rated chess championship....
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14 year old Humpy becomes Women Grandmaster
It was just apt that the coy young lass from Vijayawada, Koneru Humpy, reached her summit,
becoming a Women Grandmaster, in the hometown of her idol Judit Polgar. Humpy becomes
India's youngest Women Grandmaster and the second one after Vijayalakshmi..... |
Scottish Varsity to set up Doctorate in Chess
A famous Scottish University is setting up the world's first chess Doctorate degree, which
its creator hopes will lead to the development of supercomputers, capable of beating even
the greatest of Grandmasters.... |
Rotary Club's Youth Merit Awarded to Kavitha
National Under 18 Girls Champion J E Kavitha was awarded the Rotary Club of Madras Central
Youth Merit Award for 2000-2001 at Hotel Savera, Chennai in a function organised by
Thiruvallur District Chess Association... |
Coaching camp by Foreign Coach
The Government of India, Ministry of Youth
Affairs & Sports has been sanctioned for the conduct of two chess coaching camps by a
foreign coach in association with SAI.... |
Vladimir Kramnik wins the Chess Oscar 2000
64-Chess Review has released the results of the Chess Oscar . Alexander Roshal,
editor-in-chief of the magazine started the award again 6 years ago after a break. This
year there were 326 submissions from 58 countries....... |
Interview with P T Ummer Koya, Vice President, FIDE
Mr P T Ummer Koya, Vice President, FIDE and Hon. Secretary, AICF spoke exclusively to
PTI at his suite in Hotel Airport Garden, Colombo on Sunday, May 06, 2001 |
Anand to receive highest civilian honour in Spain
Viswanathan Anand will be honoured in Spain tomorrow with 'Jameo de Oro', the highest
civilian honour given by the Government of Lanzarote, making him the first chess champion
to be receive the title.... |
TNCA suspends MDCA
The one-month old impasse in the Madurai
District Chess Association activities came to an end today the 12th April, 2001, when the
Tamil Nadu Chess Association suspended the Madurai District Chess Association and
appointed an adhoc committee to run the affairs of MDCA..... |
List of titles approved at the President Board
Meeting in Cannes
The Presidential Board Meeting of
FIDE that met during the World Cup of Rapid Chess at Cannes, France recently. Among the
list of titles approved by FIDE Board was India's first Women Grandmaster Subburaman
Vijayalakshmi |
FIDE Top 100 Rating List for April 2001
Top 100 Rating list for April 2001 was
released recently by FIDE. Anand is in third place and Sasikiran has moved to 72nd
place from 85th..... |
Radha awarded the Quiz main winner prize
Ms A Radha of Chennai received the main quiz contest prize
conducted by our site during the successful world championship conquest of Viswanathan
Anand..... |
FIDE Interim Rating List for March 2001
FIDE Interim rating list for March 2001
has been released... |
Dr Mahalingam presents cash awards to
Tamil Nadu Champions
Cash awards amounting to Rs 3.5 lacs were
presented to the champions from the state of Tamil Nadu by Dr N Mahalingam, President,
Tamil Nadu Chess Association in an awards function held at Khadi Gramodhyog Bhavan Hall,
Chennai....... |
"Prestige match not yet on the
cards" - Vishy Anand
World Chess Champion Viswanathan
Anand on Sunday said he was yet to get a concrete offer on the proposed "World
Prestige Match" between him and Braingames World Champion Vladimir Kramnik in
July.... |
State Level Children’s Open Chess by Oscar
Chess Academy, Salem
Oscar Chess Academy, Salem is organizing
a State Level Children’s Open Chess Tournament at Salem during April 7th and 8th.....
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Sports ministry to honour Viswanathan Anand
World Chess Champion Viswananthan Anand and
Sydney Olympic bronze medal winner Karnam Malleswari would be awarded cash prizes by the
Union Sports Ministry........ |
New format for next World Championship
The FIDE Presidential Board that met in
Tehran on 26th Dec, 2000 brought forth some very important changes in the format and play
timings, set to be implemented immediately..... |
Aarthie makes her second WGM
Norm
Former World Under 18 Girls
Champion and WIM Aarthie Ramaswamy, sponsored by WIPRO, got her second WGM Norm in the XXX
Rilton Cup held at Stockholm.... |
Kunte finishes third at Australian Open, Canberra
Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte of India finished
third in the Australian Open International Chess tourney at Canberra. Yugoslav GM Stefan
Djuric finished first with 9.0 points..... |
FIDE Top 100 Rapid Ranking List January
2001
FIDE Rapid ratings for January 2001 has been
released recently. Michael Adams of England placed in the Top and Viswanathan Anand
is in the second place...
Sasikiran breaks 2600 barrier, Anand maintains 2nd spot
World Champion Vishy Anand maintained
his second spot with an Elo Rating of 2790, thanks to his stupendous shows in Shenyang
World Cup and World Championships at New Delhi and Tehran. The World top ten saw a few
changes,...
Chennaionline calls on Vishy Anand
A quiet call of confirmation by Mrs Susheela
Viswanathan, saw Chennaionline crew of trio moving with all alert for a chat with world
champion Vishy Anand... |
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister honours Viswanathan
Anand
Grand Master Viswanathan Anand, who emerged victorious in the world chess championship
held at Tehran last week, was today felicitated by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi... |
Chess King returns to a royal
welcome
When Viswanthan Anand's flight was delayed for more
than an hour, there wasn't any murmur from the crowd which waited for the champion to set
foot on the home soil... |
Come, Felicitate Vishy Anand!
Tamil Nadu Chess Association welcomes one and all to
join hands in felicitating the 15th World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand in the function
being organised at the Image Auditorium, MRC Nagar, R A Puram, Chennai... |
