Sports Dept of Odisha vide letter no 224 Dated 6th April 2024 to AOCA informed that GM coaching camp & Chess Summer camp are going to be Organised at PROCHESSTA as mentioned below. 1 GM Coaching camp Dt 23rd April to 1st May 2024. Eligibility Active women players of minimum 1500 rating as on 1st April No age restrictions. Any player having minimum rating of 1600 as on April 1st & below age of 18 years. Chess Summer Camp from 2nd May to 17th May 2024. Beginner players having age of 5 to 18 years of age. For further please contact in the mail id of PROCHESSTA (prochesstaodisha@gmail.co ..read more

Three players from Odisha bagged a total of five medals for different teams in the 21st National Team Chess Championship for Women, which was held at SAI Indoor Stadium in Dharmshala, Himanchal Pradesh from 29 March to 4 April 2024. Congratulations! Total five medals (two Gold, one Silver and one Bronze) received by WIM Saina Salonika (PSPB) Team Champion Gold & individual (Board 5 Gold), WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (LIC) individual (Board 1 Silver) and Smaraki Mohanty (Odisha) individual (Board 1 Bronze). Sl FIDE ID Name Rating Pts 1 5072573 Smaraki Mohanty 1751 5.0 2 5063108 Adyas ..read more

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India is very keen in eradicating the age fraud menace prevailing in sports and has directed all National Federations to be very strict on this front and has directed us put in place a system by which this problem can be solved, particularly in all National Championships. While conducting medical test to evaluate age, the Government has also directed us that the test should include physical ..read more

Organised by KT Global School Venue: KT Global School, Barunei Temple Road, Khordha. Date: 11th to 15th April 2024 Normal Entry fee: (FREE for GMs/WGMs/IMs/WIM) ₹ 600 (Six hundred only). Please note entry fee is valid till 5thApril 2024. Thereafter late fee of ₹ 200 (Two hundred only) along with entry fee will be entertained after 5th April 2024. LAST DATE OF REGISTRATION 9th April 2024. Total Prize Fund: ₹ 1,20,000/- Circular Registration Time Control 90 Minutes plus 30 second increment from move 1. Contacts Registration: Jyoti Sankar Nanda (76090 99886) Accommodation: Miss I ..read more

Organised by KT Global School Venue: IHUB, Patia, Bhubaneswar Date: 24th & 25th February 2024 Entree Fee: RAPID ₹ 300/– (Rupees three hundred only.) BLTZ ₹ 200/– (Rupees two hundred only.) Total Prize Fund: Rapid – 10,000 Blitz 10,000 State Circular National Circular chess-results (Rapid) chess-results (Blitz) The post ODISHA State Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2024 first appeared on All Odisha Chess Association ..read more

Chess Coaches are required for following places as part time basis. Interested Chess Coaches can send their Biodata (with choices of locations) to odishachess@gmail.com before 19th February 2024. Sl Indoor Stadium Location 1 Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium Niladrivihar, Bhubaneswar 2 Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium Laxmisagar, Bhubaneswar 3 Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar 4 Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium Near SP Office, Khordha 5 Football Academy Unit 1, Bhubaneswar 6 Multi-Purpose Indoor Stadium In front of BMHS, Rourkela 7 Multi-Purpose Indoor Stadium Talasera, Bi ..read more

Category ‘A’ Category ‘B’ Position Title & Name Rating FED Score Champion Badamundi Tapan 1779 IND (Odisha) 8.5/10 1st Runner-up Sudhanshu Ranjan 1937 IND (Bihar) 8.0/10 2nd Runner-up Akshat Negi 1710 IND (Delhi) 8.0/10 1st SOA: Category 'B' Certificates Rank Name Score 1 Badamundi Tapan 8½ 2 Sudhanshu Ranjan 8 3 Akshat Negi 8 4 Kolla Bhaavan 8 5 Ashutosh Kumar 8 6 Basak Bishal 7½ 7 Alluri Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy 7½ 8 Harshit Ranjan Sahu 7½ 9 Sivathanujan S 7½ 10 Vyom Malhotra 7 11 Soumick Bandopadhyay 7 12 Aarit Kapil 7 13 S ..read more

This is to inform all chess players under 18 years of age, having minimum FIDE rating 1200 and above from Odisha who have registered their names to participate in the coming 1st SOA International Chess Festival 2024 that there will be a special IM coaching camp for them in PRO-CHESS-TA sponsored by sports dept from 21st January 2024 to 23rd January 2024. As limited players will be enrolled on a first come first serve basis for the desired camp, players are requested to send their names to the Secretary AOCA latest by 20th January 2024 through WhatsApp only. No telephonic call please. Follow th ..read more

(Eligibility Criteria: Restricted to only Cuttack District players for both Senior and Junior category.) Organised by Cuttack District Chess Association Venue: Horse Gate, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Date: 13th & 14th January 2024 Entree Fee: ₹ 400/– (Rupees four hundred only.) Total Prize Fund: ₹ 25,000 + 51 Trophies No. of Round: 7 Time control: 30 mins. with 15 seconds increments from move no.1 Entry closed: 08:00 A.M. on 12 Jan 2024 Registered Office: Xavier High School Side, 3rd Gallery, 1st Floor, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack-753001 Circular Contacts Satyaranjan Patnai ..read more

The 10th KT Global All Odisha Chess Championship sounds like a fantastic event. It’s great that the organizers, S T R A T A G E M, in association with All Odisha Chess Association, are providing a FREE Blitz entry for all participants. The collaboration with KT Global School as the Hospitality partner adds to the overall support for the event. The total prize fund of ₹1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) with 42 Cash Prizes and 77 Trophies is quite substantial and will likely attract many participants. It’s wonderful to see such support for chess in Odisha. Participants are sure to appreciate the ..read more