AICF CHRONICLE the official magazine of the All India Chess Federation Volume : 8 Issue : 10 Price Rs. 25 April 2015 INDIA CHINA SUMMIT CHESS Story on p.23 AICF CHRONICLE APRIL 2015 From the Editor’s desk LIC 2nd International Grandmasters Chess Tournament,Kolkata... Room No. 70, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai - 600 003. Planet ‘4538 Vishyanand’ arrives in Ph : 044-65144966 /Telefax : 044-25382121 space! It is exciting news for chess Ganguly wins title E-mail :
[email protected] lovers that five-time World Champion by IA R. Anantharam Publisher: V. Hariharan Editor : C.G.S. Narayanan and India’s first chess grandmaster The LIC 2nd International Grandmasters Chess Tournament was organised by Dibyendu Price: Monthly Rs.25 Annual Rs.300 Vishwanathan Anand has been granted Barua Chess Academy at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Kolkata from 15th to 25th the honour of having a minor planet March 2015. One hundred and thirty participants from eleven federations included seventy Inside….. named after him. With this privilege, five title holders- 27 GMs, 24 IMs, 4 WGMs, 2 WIMs, 9 FMs, 6 WFMs and 3 CMs. It was a LIC 2nd International Grandmasters Chess Anand joins former world chess champions Alexander nine round Swiss system, with a time control of 90 minutes with 30 seconds increment per Tournament,Kolkata... Ganguly wins title Alekhine and Anatoly Karpov who have had similar move. Much to the joy of players, there was only one round a day. by IA R. Anantharam 1 honour bestowed on them. AICF congratulates the Indian 3rd Bhubaneswar All India Open Former PCA world championship finalist Nigel Short of England was the top seed in the FIDE Rating Chess Championship 2015 chess maestro who incidentally has become the first R.R.Laxman wins title Indian sportsperson to be so honoured.