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 Ramchandra Sapre D. Venkayya 2 1957 Pune Ramdas Gupta 3 1959 Delhi Manuel Aaron 4 1961 Hyderabad Manuel Aaron 5 1963 Bombay Farooq Ali 6 1966 Madras Rusi Madon 7 1967 Pune Nasir Ali 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 Ravi Sekhar 14 1976 Culcutta Manuel Aaron 15 1978 Cochin Rafiq Khan 16 1979 Tiruchi Tiruchi N. Parameswaram 17 1979 Vijayawada Ravi Sekhar 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 Ponnuswamy Konguvel 33 1996 Kanhangad Tiruchi Parameswaran 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 Saritha Reddy 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
• 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