The FIDE Council has approved today the bid presented by the All India Chess Federation (AICF) to host the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai, the capital of the Tamil Nadu state, according to the official FIDE website. The exact schedule is still being discussed and will be announced in the coming days
The 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad will be held this summer in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. This news was announced at a press conference in Chennai on Wednesday, after the FIDE Council had approved the city's bid the night before. Originally, the event was to be held in Moscow but the war in Ukraine made that.
TN s chess champion Pranav joins select club
Sun, Apr 4 2021 17:12 IST |
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TN s chess champion Pranav joins select club.. Image Source: IANS News
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.