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The All India Chess Federation is the administrative body for the game of chess in India. Founded in 1951, the association is affiliated to the Asian Chess Federation and the International Chess Federation. Nitin Narang is the president of the federation. [2] AICF's headquarters are in New Delhi. [3]
The FIDE World Cup 2002, marketed as the Second Chess World Cup, was a 24-player Category XVI chess tournament played between 9 October and 22 October 2002 in Hyderabad, India. [1] The tournament was hosted at Ramoji Film City and organized by FIDE in conjunction with the All India Chess Federation.
The All India Chess Federation is the formal governing body, and more generally the robust institutional chess "ecosystem" of the country has been deemed (by the BBC) as one of the best, if not the best, in the world.
Barden mentioned Vishwanathan Anand as inspiration of India's success as he had mentored several of the players. India's prime minister Narendra Modi received the Indian teams at his residence to congratulate for their achievements, [71] and All India Chess Federation announced cash awards for the members of the winning teams. [72]
This is a list of chess organizations.Chess is played all over the world. The dominant international governing body of chess is FIDE, which confers titles and conducts world championship tournaments.
Twenty individuals have been awarded the Arjuna Award for exceptional performance in chess at the international level. Manuel Aaron was the first chess player to receive this award in its inception year of 1961. [12] Rohini Khadilkar was the second chess player and first female chess player to receive this award in 1980–81. In total, seven ...
All India Chess Federation: Website: Official Website: The Bengal Chess Association (BCA) is a chess promotion and organising body in West Bengal, India. History.
The 44th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Chennai, India, from 28 July to 10 August 2022.It consisted of Open and Women's tournaments, as well as several events to promote chess.