Team India misses medal by a whisker FIDE World Team Championship 2019 It turned out to be a disappointing final round for the Indian men as they went downing fighting against Russia 1.5-2.5 in the ninth and final round of the FIDE World Team Chess Championship, Asthana, Kazakhstan on Thursday.…
Tamil Nadu State Chess Association welcomes all arbiters for the AICF Arbiter Refresher course 2019 to be held at National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu on 23rd & 24th March, 2019. All arbiters are requested to attend the course with the Arbiters’ Manual, you can download the manual from Arbiters.fide.com. The…
Tamil Nadu State Chess Association congratulates Master Iniyan P from Erode DCC on becoming the 61st Grandmaster of India. Iniyan Paneerselvam became India’s 61st Chess Grandmaster when he crossed the 2500-rating mark at the Noisiel Open in France. Iniyan defeated GM Sergey Fedorchuk of Ukraine in the sixth round to…
Sasikiran secures third place; Five Indians score norms in Aeroflot Open Grandmaster Sasikiran Krishnan finished third after drawing third-seeded Grandmaster Wang Hao of China in the ninth and final round at the ‘Category A’ of Aeroflot Open 2019. Sasikiran dominated the first half of the tournament with 5.0/5 but three…
Vijaya Sarathy of Madurai won the 5th Radha Thiagarajan Memorial State level Open chess tournament, organized by Thiagarajar College of Engineering & Golden Knight Chess Academy, Madurai. This two days state level open and category tournament attracted 485 entries from 20 districts was held on 16th and 17th of February,…