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 […]
The 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India, set to start on the 29th of July, will be the most prominent chess gathering of the year. The historical participation records are updated with 189 teams registered for the Open and 162 in the Women’s section. With your help, we’re looking forward to making this Olympiad not […]
A third Indian team managed to get a last-minute entry into the Open section of the 44th Chess Olympiad scheduled at Mahabalipuram from 28th July to 10th August. A record-breaking 187 teams, the highest ever for a Chess Olympiad registered and to even out the entries, FIDE gave a nod for the third team as […]
A game tracing its origin almost 12 to 15 centuries back would have its share of fabulous legends and Chess too has its fair share of ones which have been handed down in generations, in sort of a legacy! The most fascinating one was narrated by my grandmother when I was 6 years old and […]
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 […]
Chess Olympiad held in conjunction with 8th Summer Olympic Games Date: 12th – 20th July 1924 City: Paris, France Venue: Majestic Hotel Head of Organizing Committee: Mr. Pierre Vincent (FRA) Tournament Director: Dr. Alexander Alekhine (FRA) Teams participating: 18 (each team incl. max. 4 players) Players participating: 54 (2 players withdrew before the end) Games […]
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 […]
Appalled by the rumours doing the rounds post the Delhi high court judgment that stopped Bharat Singh Chauhan from functioning as AICF Secretary, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) pledged support to five time World Champion Viswanathan Anand who is running on the incumbent President Arkady Dvorkovich’s ticket as the deputy President. A message/mail doing […]
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 […]
If Praggnanandhaa is garnering international headlines, his sister IM RameshBabu Vaishali has been quietly performing above expectations in the European Chess circuitin the last couple of months. Just early morning today Vaishali tied for top place in the Bodensee open tournament in Austria but had to settle for second place after tie-break. Last month Vaishali […]
At first, the Chess World just struggled to perfectly pronounce Praggnanandhaa but now it is striving to grapple with the terrific tactical intricacies he conjures up on the chequered board with relentless regularity. Add to that, his uncompromising attitude towards shunning short draws, scant regard for ratings and reputations, his willingness to explore and experiment […]
The 44th Chess Olympiad scheduled at Mahabalipuram, Chennai will hit the record books as the Chess Olympiad with highest number of participating countries and teams, breaking the record set at the 43rd Chess Olympiad at Batumi, Georgia in 2018. This indeed is a cause for jubilation in a pandemic world where sporting activities are slowly […]