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Chess is not just a sport, it is a social tool
Chess is not just a sport, it is a fantastic social tool. It binds people together and empowers them. If you think about it deeply, it is the only sport where the visually impaired can fight on equal terms with sighted people. When a visually-impaired player faces a sighted individual in chess, no change in rules are required. Only the equipment needs to be changed a bit. A visually-impaired chess player needs a braille board, everything else remains the same. It does not come as a surprise that visually-impaired players who have succeeded at chess have also seen a surge in their confidence levels in other areas of life.
Why women lose at chess
GM Koneru Humpy and Chinese GM Ju Wenjun at the 2019 Skolkovo Women Grand Prix. Photo: David Llada/Fide
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When she first started participating in chess tournaments at age 7, Koneru Humpy would play in both draws of boys and girls. “They considered girls as ‘underdog players’, so I was allowed to participate, she recalls. “But mostly girls themselves didn’t dare do that because the competition (in the boys’ draw) was very tough.
Humpy was no underdog. In 1999 and 2000, she won the Asian under-12 and national under-14 titles at ages 12 and 13, respectively, both in the boys’ category. Her performance against girls was even better: She swept up the top prize at the under 10, 12, 14 and 20 world championships. At the age of 15, she became a chess grandmaster (GM), the youngest woman in the world at the time to enter the elite club. She even broke the record of Judit Polgár, the highest rated woman chess p
Newly-elected chess body ignores Sports Code, but ready to fall in line
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Paying customs duty Indian chess Olympiad team gets gold medal.. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 15 : The newly-elected All India Chess Federation (AICF) set-up comprises six vice-presidents and six joint secretaries a number that may irk the sports ministry sooner or later vis-ÃÂ -vis the National Sports Development Code 2011, particularly a related case is going on in Delhi High Court.
According to the Code 2011, there can be a maximum of 12 persons in the managing committee of a National Sports Federation (NSF), comprising seven office-bearers and five executive members. The AICF has elected a total of 15 officials.
Tapping talent at the grassroots is one of the ambitious goals of the All India Chess Federation (AICF) as part of its future roadmap, it was decided at its annual general body meeting here on SundayAnnouncing the AICF s plans, its president .