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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... |
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