Indian Chess Championship

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The Indian Chess Championship is a yearly national chess championship of India. It was established in 1955 as a two-yearly event, but since 1971 it is played yearly. The first edition was held in Eluru (Andhra Pradesh) and jointly won by R.B. Sapre and D. Venkayya.

The women’s championship started first in 1974. The first 10 editions were dominated by the Khadilkar sisters Vasanthi, Jayshree and Rohini. Rohini is the youngest and won the championship five times, Jayshree won four titles, and the eldest Vasanthie won the championship in the inaugural year.

[edit] Winners

Nr Year City Men's Winner 1 1955 Eluru Sapre, R.B. R.B. Sapre Venkayya, D. D. Venkayya 2 1957 Pune Gupta, Ramdas Ramdas Gupta 3 1959 Delhi Aaron, Manuel Manuel Aaron 4 1961 Hyderabad Aaron, Manuel Manuel Aaron 5 1963 Bombay Ali, Farooq Farooq Ali 6 1966 Madras Madon, Rusi Rusi Madon 7 1967 Pune Ali, Nasir (chess player) Nasir Ali 8 1969 Bangalore Aaron, Manuel Manuel Aaron 9 1971 Bikaner Aaron, Manuel Manuel Aaron 10 1972 Simla Aaron, Manuel Manuel Aaron 11 1973 Ahmedabad Aaron, Manuel Manuel Aaron 12 1975 Rourkela Aaron, Manuel Manuel Aaron 13 1976 Patna Sekhar, Ravi Ravi Sekhar 14 1976 Culcutta Aaron, Manuel Manuel Aaron 15 1978 Cochin Khan, Rafiq Rafiq Khan 16 1979 Tiruchi Parameswaram, Tiruchi N. Tiruchi N. Parameswaram 17 1979 Vijayawada Sekhar, Ravi Ravi Sekhar 18 1981 New Dehli Aaron, Manuel Manuel Aaron 19 1982 Kanpur Thipsay, Praveen Praveen Thipsay 20 1983 Agartala Barua, Dibyendu Dibyendu Barua 21 1984 Ahmedabad Thipsay, Praveen Praveen Thipsay 22 1985 Tenali Thipsay, Praveen Praveen Thipsay 23 1986 Bombay Anand, Viswanathan Viswanathan Anand 24 1987 Tumkur Anand, Viswanathan Viswanathan Anand 25 1988 Neyveli Anand, Viswanathan Viswanathan Anand 26 1989 Bikaner Thipsay, Praveen Praveen Thipsay 27 1990 Calicut Prasad, Devaki V. Devaki V. Prasad 28 1991 Pondichery Prasad, Devaki V. Devaki V. Prasad 29 1992 Patna Thipsay, Praveen Praveen Thipsay 30 1993 Pune Thipsay, Praveen Praveen Thipsay 31 1994 Hyderabad Thipsay, Praveen Praveen Thipsay 32 1995 Madras Konguvel, Ponnuswamy Ponnuswamy Konguvel 33 1996 Kanhangad Parameswaran, Tiruchi Tiruchi Parameswaran 34 1997 Bhilai Kunte, Abhijeet Abhijeet Kunte 35 1998 Muzaffarpur Barua, Dibyendu Dibyendu Barua 36 1999 Nagpur Sasikiran, Krishnan Krishnan Sasikiran 37 2000 Mumbai Kunte, Abhijeet Abhijeet Kunte 38 2001 Delhi Barua, Dibyendu Dibyendu Barua 39 2002 Nagpur Sasikiran, Krishnan Krishnan Sasikiran 40 2003 Mumbai Sasikiran, Krishnan Krishnan Sasikiran 41 2003 Kozhikode Ganguly, Surya Surya Shekhar Ganguly 42 2004 Visakhapatnam Ganguly, Surya Surya Shekhar Ganguly 43 2006 Visakhapatnam Ganguly, Surya Surya Shekhar Ganguly 44 2007 Atul Ganguly, Surya Surya Shekhar Ganguly 45 2008 Chennai Ganguly, Surya Surya Shekhar Ganguly

Nr Year City Women's Winner 1 1974 Bangalore Khadilkar, Vasanti Vasanti Khadilkar 2 1975 Calcutta Khadilkar, Jayshree Jayshree Khadilkar 3 1976 Kottayam Khadilkar, Rohini Rohini Khadilkar 4 1977 Hyderabad Khadilkar, Rohini Rohini Khadilkar 5 1979 Chennai Khadilkar, Rohini Rohini Khadilkar 6 1979 Sangli Khadilkar, Jayshree Jayshree Khadilkar 7 1981 New Delhi Khadilkar, Rohini Rohini Khadilkar 8 1982 Rajnandgaon Khadilkar, Jayshree Jayshree Khadilkar 9 1983 Bikaner Khadilkar, Jayshree Jayshree Khadilkar 10 1983 Kottayam Khadilkar, Rohini Rohini Khadilkar 11 1985 Nagpur Sathe, Bhagyashree Bhagyashree Sathe 12 1986 Jalandhar Sathe, Bhagyashree Bhagyashree Sathe 13 1987 Calcutta Reddy, Saritha Saritha Reddy 14 1988 Kurukshetra Sathe, Bhagyashree Bhagyashree Sathe 15 1989 Durg Abhyankar, Anupama Anupama Abhyankar 16 1990 Vijaywada Abhyankar, Anupama Anupama Abhyankar 17 1991 Calicut Thipsay, Bhagyashree Bhagyashree Thipsay 18 1991 Mumbai Gokhale, Anupama Anupama Gokhale 19 1993 Calicut Gokhale, Anupama Anupama Gokhale 20 1994 Bangalore Thipsay, Bhagyashree Bhagyashree Thipsay 21 1995 Chennai Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi 22 1996 Salem Kunte, Muranalini Muranalini Kunte 23 1997 Calcutta Gokhale, Anupama Anupama Gokhale 24 1998 Mumbai Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi 25 1999 Calicut Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi 26 2000 Mumbai Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi 27 2001 New Delhi Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi 28 2002 Lucknow Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi 29 2003 Mumbai Ramaswamy, Arthie Arthie Ramaswamy 30 2003 Calicut Humpy, Koneru Koneru Humpy 31 2005 Bangalore Mohta, Nisha Nisha Mohta 32 2006 Vizag Ghate, Swati Swati Ghate 33 2006 Chennai Sachdeva, Tania Tania Sachdeva 34 2007 Pune Sachdeva, Tania Tania Sachdeva

[edit] 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 41th edition
• The Hindu news 42nd edition
• Chessbase report of the 43rd edition
• Chessbase report of the 44th edition
• TWIC news 34th Women's edition