Indian Chess Championship

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	Sapre, R.B. !Ramchandra 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 (chess player), Nasir !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 Delhi	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	Kozhikode	Prasad, Devaki V. !Devaki V. Prasad
28	1991	Pondicherry	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, Abhijit !Abhijit Kunte
35	1998	Muzaffarpur	Barua, Dibyendu !Dibyendu Barua
36	1999	Nagpur	Sasikiran, Krishnan !Krishnan Sasikiran
37	2000	Mumbai	Kunte, Abhijit !Abhijit 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
46	2008	Mangalore	Ganguly, Surya !Surya Shekhar Ganguly^[3]^[4]
47	2009	New Delhi	Adhiban, Baskaran !Baskaran Adhiban
48	2010	New Delhi	Negi, Parimarjan !Parimarjan Negi^[5]
49	2011	Aurangabad	Gupta, Abhijeet !Abhijeet Gupta
50	2012	Kolkata	Akash, G !G. Akash
51	2013	Jalgaon	Sasikiran, Krishnan !Krishnan Sasikiran
52	2014	Kottayam	Sethuraman, S. P. !S.P. Sethuraman
53	2015	Tiruvarur	Murali, Karthikeyan !Murali Karthikeyan
54	2016	Lucknow	Murali, Karthikeyan !Murali Karthikeyan

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	Kozhikode	Thipsay, Bhagyashree !Bhagyashree Thipsay
18	1991	Mumbai	Gokhale, Anupama !Anupama Gokhale
19	1993	Kozhikode	Gokhale, Anupama !Anupama Gokhale
20	1994	Bangalore	Thipsay, Bhagyashree !Bhagyashree Thipsay
21	1995	Chennai	Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman !Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
22	1996	Salem	Kunte, Mrunalini !Mrunalini Kunte
23	1997	Calcutta	Gokhale, Anupama !Anupama Gokhale
24	1998	Mumbai	Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman !Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
25	1999	Kozhikode	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 !Aarthie Ramaswamy
30	2003	Kozhikode	Koneru, Humpy !Humpy Koneru
31	2005	Bangalore	Mohota, Nisha !Nisha Mohota
32	2006	Vizag	Ghate, Swati !Swati Ghate
33	2006	Chennai	Sachdev, Tania !Tania Sachdev
34	2007	Pune	Sachdev, Tania !Tania Sachdev
35	2008	New Delhi	Kruttika Nadig !Kruttika Nadig
36	2009	Chennai	Harika Dronavalli !Harika Dronavalli
37	2010	Bhubaneswar	Soumya Swaminathan !Soumya Swaminathan
38	2011	Chennai	Mary Ann Gomes !Mary Ann Gomes
39	2012	Jalgaon	Mary Ann Gomes
40	2013	Kolkata	Mary Ann Gomes !Mary Ann Gomes
41	2014	Sangli	Padmini Rout
42	2015	Kolkata	Padmini Rout
43	2016	New Delhi	Padmini Rout

Women's final standings

37th IND-ch (Women) Bhubaneswar 2010
	Player	Rating	Perf.	+/-	Points
1	Soumya Swaminathan (IND)	2332	2440	+16	8.5/11
2	Mary Ann Gomes (IND)	2306	2392	+14	8/11
3	Swati Ghate (IND)	2302	2333	+9	8/11
4	Padmini Rout (IND)	2352	2369	+4	7.5/11
5	Sachdev Tania (IND)	2385	2332	-5	7/11
6	Nisha Mohota (IND)	2325	2332	+3	7/11
7	Bodda Pratyusha (IND)	2086	2256	+24	6/11
8	Eesha Karavade (IND)	2369	2171	-24	5.5/11
9	R Bharathi (IND)	2111	2132	+3	5.5/11
10	Manisha Mohanty Kiran (IND)	2230	2108	-15	5.5/11
11	S Harini (IND)	2063	2085	+2	5.5/11
12	Mohota Swathi (IND)	2090	2083	-2	5/11
13	Rucha Pujari (IND)	2114	2024	-13	5/11
14	Mokal Amrutha (IND)	2089	1987	-15	5/11
15	A Akshaya (IND)	2022	1999	-4	5/11
16	Rajkumar Preethi (IND)	2073	1993	-13	5/11
17	Gochhikar Aparajita (IND)	1871	2132	+26	4.5/9
18	Katra Arunima (IND)	1866	2003	+16	4.5/10
19	J Saranya (IND)	2123	2021	-15	4/11
20	Sonakshi Rathore (IND)	1971	1917	-9	3.5/10
21	A Sithalatchumi (IND)	1917	1950	+1	3/10
22	Gole Shweta (IND)	1906	1879	-5	3/10
23	Sinha Minki (IND)	1880	1838	-6	2.5/10
24	JG Nivedhitha (IND)	1819	1964	+9	2/6

IND-ch (Women) Kozhikode 30th 2003
	Player	Rating	Points	TB	Perf.	+/-
1	Humpy Koneru (IND)	2468	16		2713	+27
2	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (IND)	2426	14½		2540	+20
3	Nisha Mohota (IND)	2321	11	87.25	2346	+7
4	Dronavalli Harika (IND)	2353	11	81.00	2345	0
5	Subbaraman Meenakshi (IND)	2288	10	73.75	2304	+5
6	Eesha Karavade (IND)	2211	10	70.00	2309	+23
7	Sachdev Tania (IND)	2218	9		2267	+11
8	Aarthie Ramaswamy (IND)	2322	8	62.50	2221	-23
9	Kruttika Nadig (IND)	2145	8	56.00	2230	-18
10	Ghate Swathi (IND)	2309	8	54.75	2222	-20
11	Anupama Gokhale (IND)	2217	8	54.00	2226	+1
12	Yuvaraj Pratihba (IND)	2231	7	53.75	2185	-12
13	Bagyashree Sathe Thipsay (IND)	2249	7	48.00	2184	-16
14	Chandra Hawsa Koneru (IND)	2139	6½		2168	+5
15	Nath Saheli (IND)	2127	6	40.00	2146	+2
16	Sai Ravi Meera (IND)	2160	6	39.00	2146	-5
17	MR Sangeetha (IND)	2140	4		2047	-21
18	Cv Rajalakshmi (IND)	2092	3		1987	-20

Notes

↑ The Hindu, June 6, 1952
↑ British Chess Magazine, July 1955, p. 213
↑ Ganguly wins sixth successive National 'A' chess title The Times of India
↑ 46th National A Chess Championship, India. Tournament report FIDE
↑ http://www.chess.com/article/view/2010-indian-national-championship

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
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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