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Looking at the growth of the game in Bombay Province, the first Chess body, Known as Bombay Chess Association was established in 1944. Then in 1950, All India Chess Federation was started in Bombay. In 1963, the Bombay Chess Association and Southern Maratha Country Chess Association were merged and the unified state Association came to be known ...
Suhaani Lohia was born on 11th August 2009 in Mumbai, Maharashtra India to Sheetal Lohia and Sushir Lohia. She has a brother, Siddhanth Lohia, who is also an international FIDE chess player. Suhaani was introduced to chess at an early age as she used to accompany her family to her brother's chess tournaments worldwide.
In July 2023, he was awarded with the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Award by the Maharashtra government. [4] In December 2023, Gupta, along with fellow Indian players Srija Seshadri, Dushyant Sharma, Mounika Akshaya, Arpita Mukherjee, and Vishwa Shah were victims of burglaries whilst playing in the Sunway International Tournament in Sitges, Spain. [5]
The 2024 FIDE Circuit is a system comprising the top chess tournaments in 2024, which serves as a qualification path for the Candidates Tournament 2026. Players receive points based on their performance and the strength of the tournament. A player's final Circuit score is the sum of their seven best results of the year. [1]
Nandhidhaa is the reigning Nationals Women Champion in 2024. As on 2024, Nationals title winner receives INR 7,00,000 Cash prize followed by INR 5,50,000 and INR 4,50,000 for Second and Third positions respectively. Top Four players from both Men and Women events were selected to participate in the Chess World Cup 2025 and Women's Chess World ...
The winners, Gukesh and Tan Zhongyi, advanced to the World Chess Championship 2024 and Women's World Chess Championship 2025 respectively. The winner of the 2024 FIDE Circuit, which encompasses major tournaments held in 2024, will qualify for the 2026 Candidates Tournament. The World Championship runner-up, Ding Liren, will no longer get an ...
The 2024 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess tournament, held to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2024. The tournament took place at The Great Hall in Toronto, Canada, from April 3–22, 2024. [1] The event was held alongside the Women's Candidates Tournament.
Deshmukh became India's 21st woman chess Grandmaster in 2021. [4] She won the 2022 Women's Indian Chess Championship. [7] She also won an individual bronze medal at the 2022 Chess Olympiad. She was also part of the gold medal-winning FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020 team. [8] [9] As of December 2024, she is the 2nd ranked woman chess player in ...