– (IM Michael Rahal, FIDE Press Officer, Shore Temple Mahabalipuram) Surrounded by great anticipation, the Chess Olympiad Relay Torch finally arrived this morning to the Olympiad venue in Mahabalipuram. After travelling throughout India for more than a month, International Masters Srihari L R and Harshavardhan G B, together with other local authorities, took over the […]
Team USA is the overwhelming favourites in the Open section with a team with an average rating of 2772, a staggering 75 points more than second-seeded hosts India. Norway, with their youngest team ever, is third-seeded with the help of a ratings boost by top-ranked World Champion Magnus Carlsen. While it can be said that […]
AWESOME TO BE BACK IN CHENNAI AGAIN The reigning World Number one as well as the World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen will be in Chennai as part of the Norway Chess Team to take part in the 44th Chess Olympiad scheduled from 28th July to 10th August at Mamallapuram, Chennai. The Norwegian Team is ranked […]
The FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich nominates Grandmaster Eugenio Torre (Philippines) as a Chairman of Appeals’ Committee for 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. Legendary player and first Asian Gradmaster, Eugenio Torre holds a record for the most Olympiad participations (23), and now, serving as Appeals’ Committee Chairman he will bring in his experience and understanding of the […]
Chennai, July 24: The Curtain Raiser Rapid Rating Chess tournament was conducted in the same hall today that will host the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mamallapuram, attracted 1414 entries and created a World record by becoming the largest Open ever where all the games were played on electronic boards. GM Vishnu Prasanna of Tamil Nadu […]
During dinner last night with some colleagues from the organization, I was curious about the reason why Chennai, until 1996 known as Madras and deemed by many as India’s chess capital, had been chosen as the venue for the Olympiad, instead of any of the other huge Indian cities. Perhaps because of the hotel infrastructure […]
New Delhi, July 20, 2022: The ‘International Chess Day’ was celebrated on Wednesday with the unveiling of the official stamp of the 44th Chess Olympiad in the presence of a distinguished gathering at a city hotel in New Delhi. Union Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan and Minister of Youth Welfare and Sports […]
Budapest 1926 Team Tournament Date: July 1926 City: Budapest, Hungary Teams participating: 4 (6 teams applied, Austria and Czechoslovakia withdrew before the start) Players participating: 19 Game system: Round robin Downloadable game file: 26olymp.zip – Team Tournament 26it.zip – 1st FIDE Masters Tournament review Several competitions were organised in conjunction with the FIDE Congress held in […]
2nd Tournament of Nations (Chess Olympiad) (see all-time tournament summary) Date: 21st July – 6th August 1928 City: The Hague, The Netherlands Venue: perhaps Binnenhof (Dutch parliament) Tournament Director: N/A Chief Arbiter: Mr. Hartogensis (NL) Teams participating: 17 Players participating: 86 Games played: 544 Competition format: Four board round robin. Final order decided by: 1. […]
“The only thing I can say is that Air Force made me what I am today” acknowledges International Arbiter Gopakumar Sudhakaran who has been appointed as the Deputy Chief Arbiter for the Chess Olympiad at Chennai from 28th July to 10th August. 41-year-old Gopakumar, an Air force officer by profession, becomes the first Indian to […]
India is the birthplace of chess and has for long been understood to also be the future of chess. Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand is already a living great, the depth and breadth of their already world class young talent led by the likes of Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh, and R Praggnanandhaa, now also […]
What are the odds that a consecutive five-time reigning World Chess Champion crashes to defeat twice in the span of just about three months to a talented teenager rated more than 100 points below him? Appears highly improbable but then 16-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa hailed as one of the child prodigies has this uncanny knack of […]
Youth and Early Chess Career (1995 To 2004) Carlsen learned how to play chess when he was five years old. However, he didn’t show much interest at first. He instead amazed other people by completing activities that demonstrated his general intellectual aptitude at an early age. At two years of age, Carlsen could solve 50-piece […]
How is your preparation for the Chess Olympiad to be held in India from July 28 to August 10? All India Chess Federation (AICF) organized a special coaching camp for the India team, and under the guidance of Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand and Israeli chess great Boris Gelfand we are working on further improving […]
Hosting the biggest Chess spectacle, rising stars on the rampage, national and international media focussing on the conduct of the event and speculating big time on India’s bright Medal chances- the Chess Scenario in India couldn’t get better! Right from February 2022 when All India Chess Federation (AICF) moved in whirlwind fashion to bring the […]