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  Embassy in touch with Viswanathan Anand but repatriation will take time: Wife Aruna

  Other Sports | May 08, 2020 14:54 IST

  Five-time world champion Anand was in Germany to take part in the Bundesliga chess tournament and before he could return, the travel restrictions came calling in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Online blitz chess tournament raises Rs 4 lakh for Kerala CM Relief Fund

  Other Sports | May 04, 2020 13:18 IST

  British chess legend and FIDE (world chess federation) vice-president Nigel Short, who participated, said he was glad to be of help in the fight against COVID-19.

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  AICF panel criticises secretary Deshpande, accuses him of spreading false information

  Other Sports | April 29, 2020 16:24 IST

  Secretary and convenor of the five-member panel Naresh Sharma took strong objections to Despande's recent statement against the decisions taken by the AICF general body meeting held online recently.

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  Chess has adapted well to COVID-19 shutdowns with online events: Viswanathan Anand

  Other Sports | April 21, 2020 14:38 IST

  The 50-year-old reflected on sports in time of worldwide lockdowns and said chess seems to have coped well so far.

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  Chess players raise over Rs 2.39 lakh for PM CARES Fund

  Other Sports | April 10, 2020 18:17 IST

  A total of 17 Grandmasters and over 180 chess players participated came together to take part in an online blitz event to raise over Rs 2.39 lakh towards the PM CARES Fund for COVID-19 relief.

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  Chess players raise fund for fight against coronavirus pandemic

  Other Sports | April 08, 2020 14:55 IST

  Some young chess players from across the country hosted an online tournament and raised Rs 1.05 lakh while noted coach R B Ramesh collected funds through his 'Chess Gurukul' with GM P Harikrishna contributing Rs 2 lakh and Karthikeyan Murali donating Rs 25,000.

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  Lockdown: Teen chess wizards keep composure; stay busy with online events

  Other Sports | April 07, 2020 12:26 IST

  Indian teen chess players are taking it to online tournaments.

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  Chess taught him to be patient on cricket field: Yuzvendra Chahal

  Cricket | April 06, 2020 9:18 IST

  A former national Under-12 chess champion, India cricketer Chahal has the distinction of having represented the country at the World Youth Chess Championships, and is listed on the World Chess Federation (FIDE) website.

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  AICF postpones all events till May 31 over coronavirus scare

  Other Sports | March 13, 2020 11:52 IST

  The AICF also asked the state associations to avoid any state-level events till April 15.

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  FIDE removes list of AICF office bearers from its website

  Other Sports | March 03, 2020 11:40 IST

  FIDE had recently recognised a new set of office-bearers of AICF after they were declared elected unopposed by the returning officer for the election.

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  Dibyendu Barua, Bharat Singh Chauhan summoned by Kolkata court for libel and slander

  Other Sports | February 20, 2020 16:17 IST

  If proven guilty, they may have to face imprisonment for two years for defaming the current Secretary of the BCA, who is also a member of the Education Commission of FIDE.

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  Konero Humpy wins Cairns Cup, becomes World No. 2

  Other Sports | February 17, 2020 13:17 IST

  Indian chess grandmaster Konero Humpy won the Cairns Cup tournament to reclaim the world no. 2 rank.

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  Ajay Patel new AICF president, Bharat Singh Chauhan Secretary: Returning officer

  Other Sports | February 12, 2020 9:02 IST

  Ajay Patel has been elected as president, Bharat Singh Chauhan as secretary, Naresh Sharma as treasurer, M Arun Singh as joint secretary and Vipnesh Bharadwaj as vice-president.

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  Indian women keep tricolour flying high in World Chess Rankings

  Other Sports | February 04, 2020 14:50 IST

  World Rapid Champion Koneru Humphy and Harika Dronavalli are ranked as world number three and nine respectively in the women's section.

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  AICF calls meeting on February 9 to elect new office-bearers

  Other Sports | January 03, 2020 16:01 IST

  The polls will be held to elect the president, six vice presidents, one honorary secretary, six joint secretaries and one treasurer.

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  Delhi's Prithu Gupta becomes India's 64th Grandmaster after crossing threshold of 2500 points

  Other Sports | July 19, 2019 16:17 IST

  Prithu Gupta, who picked up the sport as a nine-year-old, has achieved the sensational feat at the age of 15 years, 4 months and 10 days. 

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  Chess set for comeback at 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou

  Other Sports | March 12, 2019 23:25 IST

  The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly met in Bangkok on March 3 and its president Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad Al-Sabah officially confirmed the development to World Chess Federation (WCF) president Arkady Dvorkovich.

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  Restrictive undertaking removed by Indian chess body

  Other Sports | February 14, 2019 20:40 IST

  The All India Chess Federation (AICF) has removed the restrictive undertaking that players had to give while registering themselves with the body, which sought to comply with the Competition Commission of India's order.

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  Viswanathan Anand sees three seasons for three chess formats in future

  Other Sports | November 13, 2018 23:08 IST

  Anand, the reigning world rapid chess champion, also said the constant zigzagging of the three formats was unhelpful.

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  Indian men hold Russia; women draw with United States in 43rd Chess Olympiad

  Other Sports | October 01, 2018 8:38 IST

  The Indian women came almost close to beating sole leaders United States but eventually had to settle for a draw.