Indian Chess Championship
Template:Short description The National Premier Chess Championship is the annual national chess championship of India. It was established in 1955 by the Andhra State Chess Association as a biannual event, but since 1971 it has been played yearly.
The first edition was held in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh from 15 May to 28 May 1955 and was jointly won by Ramchandra Sapre and Dharbha Venkayya with 9/12 points.[1] Earlier, G. S. Dikshit of Pithapuram won the Andhra and Madras State Championships for three consecutive years, 1952–54.[2] Manuel Aaron from the state of Tamilnadu won the Men's National title for a record 9 times, followed by Praveen Thipsay who won the title for 7 times. Surya Shekhar Ganguly had won a record six consecutive National titles from 2003 to 2008. Indian Chess legend Viswanathan Anand won the Nationals title for three consecutive times in 1986, 1987 and 1988. Karthik Venkataraman is the reigning Nationals Men Champion in 2024.
In 1977 Rohini Khadilkar became the first female player to compete in that championship. Some players objected to her being in the tournament because she was female. Her father wrote to the World Chess Federation president, Max Euwe, and Euwe ruled that female players could not be barred from open chess events.[3]
The separate women's championship commenced in 1974. The first ten editions were dominated by the Khadilkar sisters Vasanti, Jayshree and Rohini. Rohini is the youngest and won the championship five times, Jayshree won four titles, and the eldest, Vasanti, won the championship in the inaugural year. Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi won the title for a record 6 times, followed by Rohini Khadilkar and Padmini Rout who have each won the National Women title for a record 5 times. P. V. Nandhidhaa is the reigning Nationals Women Champion in 2024.
As on 2024, the Nationals title winner receives INR 7,00,000 Cash prize followed by INR 5,50,000 and INR 4,50,000 for Second and Third positions respectively. Top Four players from both Men and Women events were selected to participate in the Chess World Cup 2025 and Women's Chess World Cup 2025.
Winners- Men Champion
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Winners- Women Champions
Edition Year City Women's winner 1 1974 Bangalore Script error: No such module "sort". 2 1975 Calcutta Script error: No such module "sort". 3 1976 Kottayam Script error: No such module "sort". 4 1977 Hyderabad Script error: No such module "sort". 5 1979 Chennai Script error: No such module "sort". 6 1979 Sangli Script error: No such module "sort". 7 1981 New Delhi Script error: No such module "sort". 8 1982 Rajnandgaon Script error: No such module "sort". 9 1983 Bikaner Script error: No such module "sort". 10 1983 Kottayam Script error: No such module "sort". 11 1985 Nagpur Script error: No such module "sort". 12 1986 Jalandhar Script error: No such module "sort". 13 1987 Calcutta Script error: No such module "sort". 14 1988 Kurukshetra Script error: No such module "sort". 15 1989 Durg Script error: No such module "sort". 16 1990 Vijaywada Script error: No such module "sort". 17 1991 Kozhikode Script error: No such module "sort". 18 1991 Mumbai Script error: No such module "sort". 19 1993 Kozhikode Script error: No such module "sort". 20 1994 Bangalore Script error: No such module "sort". 21 1995 Chennai Script error: No such module "sort". 22 1996 Salem Script error: No such module "sort". 23 1997 Calcutta Script error: No such module "sort". 24 1998 Mumbai Script error: No such module "sort". 25 1999 Kozhikode Script error: No such module "sort". 26 2000 Mumbai Script error: No such module "sort". 27 2001 New Delhi Script error: No such module "sort". 28 2002 Lucknow Script error: No such module "sort". 29 2003 Mumbai Script error: No such module "sort". 30 2003 Kozhikode Script error: No such module "sort". 31 2005 Bangalore Script error: No such module "sort". 32 2006 Vizag Script error: No such module "sort". 33 2006 Chennai Script error: No such module "sort". 34 2007 Pune Script error: No such module "sort". 35 2008 New Delhi Script error: No such module "sort". 36 2009 Chennai Script error: No such module "sort". 37 2010 Bhubaneswar Script error: No such module "sort". 38 2011 Chennai Script error: No such module "sort". 39 2012 Jalgaon Script error: No such module "sort". 40 2013 Kolkata Script error: No such module "sort". 41 2014 Sangli Script error: No such module "sort". 42 2015 Kolkata Script error: No such module "sort". 43 2016 New Delhi Script error: No such module "sort". 44 2017 Surat Script error: No such module "sort". 45 2018 Jaipur Script error: No such module "sort". 46 2019 Karaikudi Script error: No such module "sort". 47 2022 Bhubaneswar Script error: No such module "sort". 48 2022-23 Kolhapur Script error: No such module "sort". 49 2023 New Delhi Script error: No such module "sort". 50 2024 Karaikudi Script error: No such module "sort".
Gallery
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Multiple National Women Chess Championship winners over the years, clicked during the closing ceremony of the 50th National Women Chess Championship- 2024. Left to Right- Nisha Mohota, Swati Ghate, Padmini Rout, P. V. Nandhidhaa, Mary Ann Gomes and Bhakti Kulkarni
Notes
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- ↑ The Hindu, June 6, 1955
- ↑ British Chess Magazine, July 1955, p. 213
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20201118095131/https://www.espn.com/chess/story/_/id/30265331/gender-trenders-queens-gambit-how-india-women-chess-pioneers-fought-patriarchal-system-won
- ↑ Ganguly wins sixth successive National 'A' chess title The Times of India
- ↑ 46th National A Chess Championship, India. Tournament report FIDE
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References
- List of winners 1955-2006
- List of women's winners 1974-2006
- D.K. Bharadwaj (2003), A big boom in the brain game; A history of chess in India
- The Hindu news 41st edition
- The Hindu news 42nd editionTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Chessbase report of the 43rd edition
- Chessbase report of the 44th edition
- TWIC news 34th Women's edition
- The Hindu Dated June 6, 1952 (Article Chess Notes G. S. Dikshit, State Champion by T. A. Krishnamachariar)
- The Hindu Dated June 6, 1952 Picture of Mr. G. S. Dikshit Madras State Chess Championship
- The Hindu Dated June 29, 1952 The Madras State Tournament by T. A. Krishnamachariar
- The Hindu Dated July 27, 1952 Chess Notes Facts and Figures By T. A Krishnamachariar
- The Hindu Dated July 1953 ... Three In a Row for South Indian Star by V. K. Raman Menon (date unknown.. month and year known)
- The Hindu Dated January 9, 1956 Chess. Andhra State Tourney Dixit Wins Title Again (from our correspondent) Kakinada
- The Hindu January 29, 1956 Chess Notes The Andhra State Championship By T. A Krishnamachariar