Former champion Kishan Gangolli emerged as champion of the 16th AICFB National Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged here on Saturday, bagging the title for the 7th time in his career.On the final day of the competition, Kishan .
On the final day of the competition, Kishan Gangolli of Karnataka finished with 7.5 points from nine rounds, finishing half-point ahead of Aryan Joshi of Maharashtra and Soundarya Kumar Pradhan of Odisha. Ashvin Makwana (Gujarat) and Darpan Inani (Gujarat) were joint-fourth with 6.5 points while Somender BL (Delhi) ended with 6 points. The
The top three seeds of the tournament, Kishan Gangolli, Darpan Inani and Soundarya Kumar Pradhan expectedly got off to a winning start in the 16th edition of the AICFB National Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged, which commenced .
Even as the Tamil Nadu government and All India Chess Federation (AICF) are gearing up to hold the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram near here in July-August, Chennai hosted the first chess Olympiad in 2012!That was the 14th Blind Chess .
The Olympiad for People with Disabilities will not be held in India as originally announced, said a senior official of International Chess Federation, commonly known as FIDE."The Olympiad for People with Disabilities is basically an .