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The Tamil Nadu State Chess Association (TNSCA) is the apex body for the game of chess in Tamil Nadu, India. It was formed on 26 April 1947 with a view to identifying upcoming chess players and mould them into world-class professionals.
The first Official World Championship was held in 1886, and there has always been at least one world champion since then. [2] ... Tamil Nadu State Chess Association;
Modern day chess is a widely popular game in the state and Tamil Nadu State Chess Association is the apex body for the game of chess in Tamil Nadu. The state has produced many grandmasters including Viswanathan Anand, one of the greatest and most versatile players of the modern era having won the World Chess Championship five times from 2002 to ...
[7] [8] The event was organised by AICF in association with the International Chess Federation and the Tamil Nadu Government. Sanjay Kapoor, ex-AICF president, was the President of the Organising Committee for the 44th Chess Olympiad, and ex-AICF Secretary, Bharat Singh Chauhan was the Tournament Director.
Keezhadi, or Keeladi, is a Sangam period settlement site, where excavation are carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India and the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology. [1] [2] This site is located near the town of Keezhadi in Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, about 12 km southeast of Madurai.
Tamil Nadu: 29 May 2006: 3 Viswanathan Anand: 2750 GM Tamil Nadu 11 Dec 1969: 4: Praggnanandhaa R: 2741 GM: Tamil Nadu: 10 Aug 2005: 5: Aravindh Chithambaram: 2726 GM: Tamil Nadu: 11 Sep 1999 6: Vidit Gujrathi: 2721 GM: Maharashtra: 24 oct 1994 7: Pentala Harikrishna: 2695 GM: Andhra Pradesh: 10 May 1986: 8: Nihal Sarin: 2687 GM: Kerala: 13 Jul ...
An IPL match in progress at M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium. Cricket is the most popular sport in Chennai. [2] The M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (formerly known as Madras Cricket Club ground or Chepauk Stadium) in Chepauk and popularly called the MAC, is one of the oldest cricket stadiums in India built in 1916.
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 ]