Novel initiative by AICF to help chess community hit by COVID-19
By IANS| Posted by Sameer | Published: 6th May 2021 3:12 pm IST IANS
Chennai: Extending financial assistance, mobilising a panel of doctors, psychiatrist and psychologists to provide medical/emotional online consultations, 24×7 helpline for members of chess community affected by Covid-19 are the novel initiatives taken by All India Chess Federation (AICF), a senior official said.
With Covid-19 pandemic spreading across the country, like many others chess players were also affected and in order to assist the affected players, the AICF has embarked upon the Checkmate Covid programme.
“We have started the initiative Checkmate Covid to provide financial, medical and emotional support to chess players,” Bharat Singh Chauhan, Secretary, told IANS.
Novel initiative by AICF to help chess community hit by Covid
Thu, May 6 2021 12:51 IST |
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Chennai, May 6 : Extending financial assistance, mobilising a panel of doctors, psychiatrist and psychologists to provide medical/emotional online consultations, 24x7 helpline for members of chess community affected by Covid-19 are the novel initiatives taken by All India Chess Federation (AICF), a senior official said.
With Covid-19 pandemic spreading across the country, like many others chess players were also affected and in order to assist the affected players, the AICF has embarked upon the Checkmate Covid programme. We have started the initiative Checkmate Covid to provide financial, medical and emotional support to chess players, Bharat Singh Chauhan, Secretary, told IANS.
TN s chess champion Pranav joins select club
Sun, Apr 4 2021 17:12 IST |
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Chennai, April 4 : Fourteen-year-old V. Pranav joined the select list of players in Tamil Nadu who have successfully defended their state chess title in successive tournaments.
He joins the select group of players like International Masters (IM) Manuel Aaron, R. Ravisekhar, and K. Murugan, in the strong chess-playing state, who retained the state chess title in successive tourneys.
A couple of days back, Pranav won the Tamil Nadu State Open FIDE Rated Chess Championship Tournament-2021, held at Tirunelveli district, winning all the nine games.
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Senior National Chess next month in Kanpur
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Sun, Mar 14 2021 23:21 IST |
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Jalandhar, March 14 : The Senior National Chess Championship will be held in Kanpur from April 13 to 20 and the first Punjab International Grandmasters (GMs) tournament would also be played this year in Jalandhar, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) announced on Sunday.
While making this announcement, AICF President Sanjay Kapoor also shared new initiatives and development programme for chess. We believe that fans need to see top players in action for chess to become a true phenomenon in the country and we aim to have the cream of the players for this tournament, he said.