Indian Chess Championship

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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 May 15 to May 28 and was jointly won by Ramchandra Sapre and D. 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]

The 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.

Winners[]

Nr Year City Men's winner
1 1955 Eluru Ramchandra Sapre
2 1957 Pune
3 1959 Delhi Manuel Aaron
4 1961 Hyderabad Manuel Aaron
5 1963 Bombay
6 1966 Madras
7 1967 Pune
8 1969 Bangalore Manuel Aaron
9 1971 Bikaner Manuel Aaron
10 1972 Simla Manuel Aaron
11 1973 Ahmedabad Manuel Aaron
12 1975 Rourkela Manuel Aaron
13 1976 Patna
14 1976 Calcutta Manuel Aaron
15 1978 Cochin
16 1979 Tiruchi
17 1979 Vijayawada
18 1981 New Delhi Manuel Aaron
19 1982 Kanpur Praveen Thipsay
20 1983 Agartala Dibyendu Barua
21 1984 Ahmedabad Praveen Thipsay
22 1985 Tenali Praveen Thipsay
23 1986 Bombay Viswanathan Anand
24 1987 Tumkur Viswanathan Anand
25 1988 Neyveli Viswanathan Anand
26 1989 Bikaner Praveen Thipsay
27 1990 Kozhikode Devaki V. Prasad
28 1991 Pondicherry Devaki V. Prasad
29 1992 Patna Praveen Thipsay
30 1993 Pune Praveen Thipsay
31 1994 Hyderabad Praveen Thipsay
32 1995 Madras
33 1996 Kanhangad
34 1997 Bhilai Abhijit Kunte
35 1998 Muzaffarpur Dibyendu Barua
36 1999 Nagpur Krishnan Sasikiran
37 2000 Mumbai Abhijit Kunte
38 2001 Delhi Dibyendu Barua
39 2002 Nagpur Krishnan Sasikiran
40 2003 Mumbai Krishnan Sasikiran
41 2003 Kozhikode Surya Shekhar Ganguly
42 2004 Visakhapatnam Surya Shekhar Ganguly
43 2006 Visakhapatnam Surya Shekhar Ganguly
44 2007 Atul Surya Shekhar Ganguly
45 2008 Chennai Surya Shekhar Ganguly
46 2008 Mangalore Surya Shekhar Ganguly[3][4]
47 2009 New Delhi Baskaran Adhiban
48 2010 New Delhi Parimarjan Negi
49 2011 Aurangabad Abhijeet Gupta
50 2012 Kolkata G. Akash
51 2013 Jalgaon Krishnan Sasikiran
52 2014 Kottayam S.P. Sethuraman
53 2015 Tiruvarur Karthikeyan Murali
54 2016 Lucknow Karthikeyan Murali
55 2017 Patna Babu M.R. Lalith
56 2018 Jammu Chithambaram Aravindh
57 2019 Majitar Chithambaram Aravindh
Nr Year City Women's winner
1 1974 Bangalore Vasanti Khadilkar
2 1975 Calcutta Jayshree Khadilkar
3 1976 Kottayam Rohini Khadilkar
4 1977 Hyderabad Rohini Khadilkar
5 1979 Chennai Rohini Khadilkar
6 1979 Sangli Jayshree Khadilkar
7 1981 New Delhi Rohini Khadilkar
8 1982 Rajnandgaon Jayshree Khadilkar
9 1983 Bikaner Jayshree Khadilkar
10 1983 Kottayam Rohini Khadilkar
11 1985 Nagpur Bhagyashree Sathe
12 1986 Jalandhar Bhagyashree Sathe
13 1987 Calcutta
14 1988 Kurukshetra Bhagyashree Sathe
15 1989 Durg Anupama Abhyankar
16 1990 Vijaywada Anupama Abhyankar
17 1991 Kozhikode Bhagyashree Thipsay
18 1991 Mumbai Anupama Gokhale
19 1993 Kozhikode Anupama Gokhale
20 1994 Bangalore Bhagyashree Thipsay
21 1995 Chennai Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
22 1996 Salem Mrunalini Kunte
23 1997 Calcutta Anupama Gokhale
24 1998 Mumbai Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
25 1999 Kozhikode Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
26 2000 Mumbai Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
27 2001 New Delhi Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
28 2002 Lucknow Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
29 2003 Mumbai Aarthie Ramaswamy
30 2003 Kozhikode Humpy Koneru
31 2005 Bangalore Nisha Mohota
32 2006 Vizag Swati Ghate
33 2006 Chennai Tania Sachdev
34 2007 Pune Tania Sachdev
35 2008 New Delhi Kruttika Nadig
36 2009 Chennai Harika Dronavalli
37 2010 Bhubaneswar Soumya Swaminathan
38 2011 Chennai Mary Ann Gomes
39 2012 Jalgaon Mary Ann Gomes
40 2013 Kolkata Mary Ann Gomes
41 2014 Sangli Padmini Rout
42 2015 Kolkata Padmini Rout
43 2016 New Delhi Padmini Rout
44 2017 Ahmedabad Padmini Rout
45 2018 Jaipur Bhakti Kulkarni
46 2019 Karaikudi Bhakti Kulkarni

Notes[]

  1. ^ The Hindu, June 6, 1952
  2. ^ British Chess Magazine, July 1955, p. 213
  3. ^ Ganguly wins sixth successive National 'A' chess title The Times of India
  4. ^ 46th National A Chess Championship, India. Tournament report FIDE

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 edition[usurped!]
  • 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
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