(L to R) : Mr. Srivatsan, Chief Arbiter, Mr. Stephen Balasamy, Gen. Secretary, TNSCA, Mr. Bhavesh Patel, Former Vice President, AICF, Mr. Dev A Patel, General Secretary, AICF, Mr. D.P. Anantha, Vice President, AICF,  Ms. Mary Ann Gomes, Winner, Mr. B. Murugavel, Vice President, TNSCA. India's Women Grandmaster Mary Ann Gomes (9/11), clinched the title in the Velammal AICF Women Grand Master Round Robin Tournament organised by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association at Hotel Chennai Le Palace, Porur, Chennai solidifying her triumph one round earlier with yet another impressive victory ..read more

India's rising International Master Srihari L R (8.5) held GM Fedorov Alexei (7.5) to a draw, emerging the champion in the 14th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2023 for Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam trophy at Hotel Ambassador Pallava, Chennai here today. Srihari takes the winner's cheque of Rs 400000 (Rupees four lakhs only) along with a handsome Champions trophy. Taking the first runner-up spot with 8.0 points along with a cash award of Rs 300000 (Rupees three lakhs only) was GM Nguyen Duc Hoa of Vietnam. Champion Srihari played consistently, scoring seven wins and c ..read more

IM Srihari L R (India) playing GM Savchenko Boris (Russia) Talented Indian junior and GM Norm holder Srihari L R (8.0) continued his fine run defeating Grandmaster Savchenko Boris (Russia) in the 9th round in the 14th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2023 for Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam trophy at Hotel Ambassador Pallava, Chennai here today. In second place behind IM Srihari is Grandmaster Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vietnam) at 7.5 points.  Sharing the third spot with 7.0 points were ten players viz., Tologon Tegin Semetei (Kgz), Savchenko Boris (Rus), Buscara Sevan ..read more

IM Srihari L R (India) playing Grandmaster Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vietnam) GM Norm holder Srihari L R (7.0) scored over in-form Grandmaster Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vietnam) and moved into shared lead after the 8th round in the 14th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2023 for Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam trophy at Hotel Ambassador Pallava, Chennai here today. Joining Srihari on top of the leaderboard is the defending Champion Grandmaster Savchenko Boris of Russia at 7.0 points.  Following the leaders half a point behind at 6.5 points were seven players viz., Fedorov Alexei ..read more

IM Abhishek Kelkar (India) playing IM Khusenkhojaev Muhammad (Tajikistan) GM Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vietnam) drew with GM Fedorov Alexei (Belarus) emerging the sole leader with 6.5 points after the seventh round in the 14th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2023 for Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam trophy at Hotel Ambassador Pallava, Chennai. Sharing the second spot with 6.0 points were defending Chennai Open champion Savchenko Boris (Russia), Fedorov Alexei (Belarus), IM Srihari L R, Abhishek Kelkar (both India) and Glek Igor (Belgium).  The top two boards Nguyen Duc ..read more

Back row :(L to R) D V Sundar, former Vice President, FIDE, R Srinivasan, Treasurer, TNSCA, B Murugavel, Vice President, TNSCA, Dr M Manickam, President, TNSCA, S Paul Arokia Raj, Co-ordinator Chennai Open, Stephen Balasamy, Gen. Secretary, TNSCA, International Arbiter R Anantharam, Chief Arbiter M Manjunatha. Front Row: International Master Manuel Aaron making a symbolic first move against Hon'ble Mr Justice M Nirmal Kumar, High Court Madras. Chennai based International Master Saravana Krishnan P (4.0) led the table after the fourth round in the 14th Chennai Open Internation ..read more

(L to R) Asian Chess Federation Executive Director Casto Abundo, Asian Junior Champion G B Harshavardhan International Master Harshavardhan (ELO 2426) won the Asian Junior Chess Championship 2022 that concluded recently at Knights Templar Ridge Hotel in Tagaytay City, The Philippines. Remaining undefeated Harshavardhan scored 7/9 from five wins and four draws. The Asian Junior title also brought Harshavardhan his maiden Grandmaster Norm. Seeded second behind fellow Indian IM Neelash Saha, the Chennai boy confirmed his title with a round to spare. Harshavardhan drew his final round ag ..read more

India's 75th Grandmaster Pranav Venkatesh won the online Challengers Chess tour in an impressive manner. 16-year-old Pranav defeated fellow Indian Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani 3-0 in the blitz knock-out final that took place on chess24 taking $ 4000 first prize.  Pranav had qualified for the Final Four having won the Magnus Academy Challenge last month. In a gripping semi-final match he defeated top seed Russian Grandmaster Andrey Esipenko 2.5 - 1.5. Further, this win qualifies Pranav for a match against Indian Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa R for the Julius Baer Challenger Championship. Thi ..read more

Top seed Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa R and Women Grandmaster Nandhidhaa P V became the Asian Champions in the Open and Women’s sections respectively in the Asian Continental Chess Championship 2022 which concluded at Leela Ambience Convention Hotel, New Delhi on Thursday 3rd November 2022. Praggnanandhaa started the final round with a lead of half point over nearest contenders and drew his ninth-round encounter with compatriot B Adhiban in 63 moves to emerge as clear champion with seven points. A six-way tie for the runner up position with six and half points was resolved by tie break sc ..read more

Uzbekistan in the Open section and Ukraine in the Women's section emerged Champions in the 44th Chess Olympiad at Hotel Four Points by Sheraton at Mamallapuram, near Chennai. This mega event started with a grand opening ceremony on 28th July and concluded on 9th August, 2022. Seen in action through 11 exciting rounds, were 1737 players and 248 Grandmasters, among 993 titled players. Uzbekistan and Armenia tied for the top spot in the Open section with 19 match points, Uzbeks landed the Gold with superior tie-break. India 2, with 18 match points, finished third and got awarded the Bronze med ..read more