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The Punjab governmemt on 6th oct 2009 included Chess in the sports gradation policy to enable government to issue sports gradation certificates to sportspersons who have represented punjab in at various international meets. The first three position holders of international, national, inter- university state and district level competitions will be given certificates provided the competetion were recognised by international national sports federations, IOA Association of Indian University, Sports Authority of India, School Federation of India, State Sports Associations, Punjab Olympics Association and Punjab Sports Department

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Chandigarh Under-15 and U-9 Boys and Girls Chess Championship 2010 at St. Xaviers School Sec- 44C, Chandigarh.

02.08.2010 -   U-15 Boys : Final Standing     U-15 Girls : Final Standing 

                 U-9 Boys & Girls : Final Standing

Simranjeet Kaur is Chandigarh Women Chess Champion 2010.                                                                                                                       

25.07.2010 -Simranjeet Kaur ofSaupin School became the Chandigarh Women Chess Champion 2010 with 3.5 points. The tournament concluded today at St. Xavier’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44-C, Chandigarh. Arunima Goyal of Sacred Heart School, Shweta of Panjab University,  and Tanya Kaushal of Sacred Heart School scored 3 points each and stood second, third, and fourth respectively. Their final position was decided on the basis of Bucholz Tie-Break System. Final Standing

 

Goyal sisters strike gold in Asian Chess Championship 2010 in China.         

22.07.2010 -Making India proud, Chandigarh-based Tarini Goyal and her sister Arunima Goyal cornered glory and grabbed gold medals in thier respective categories in the Asian Youth Invitational Chess Championship and Asian Youth Challengers Chess Championship, at Beijing which was held from July 8 to 15. Tarini had teamed up with Tejaswini Sagar of Maharashtra and Riya Savant of Goa to bag gold for India. During the 9 games, Tarini just lost one while she beat players from China,Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan and drew with players from Vietnam, Kazakhistan and India's silver medalist Riya Savant.In process she also beat the World Under-8 girls champion Chu Routang of China.While playing in a parallel tournament, the Asian Youth Chllengers Chess Championship, her elder sister Arunima Goyal bagged the gold medal in the Under-14 category.This feat now entitles Arunima to receive the title of Asian Master to be awarded by the Asian Chess Federation. In her 9 games, Arunima also just lost 1 game to the top seed Wang Yiye of China. Having bagged 6 points, she beat Wang Shiyi of China in a tie break to lift the gold medal

Chandigarh Under-11 and U-17 Boys and Girls Chess Championship 2010 on 3rd and 4th April 2010 at St. Xavier's School Sec - 44-C, Chandigarh. Read More...

   03.04.2010 -  U-11 : Pairing Rd3. | Final Standing      
                U-17 : Pairing Rd3.  | Final Standing

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1st Chandigarh All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament from 1st to 6th Jan 2010   IM Atanu Lahiri wins title, Himal Gusain got the 2nd position               

 06-01-2010 - Atanu Lahiri of LIC (WB) became the champion with 8.5 points by comfortably drawing his final round game with Puneet Jaiswal of WB at the end of the 1st Chandigarh All India Open Fide rating Chess Tournament. The tournament concluded today at St. Xavier’s Sr. Sec. School Sector 44-CChandigarh . Local lad Himal Gusain of Chandigarh came up with a convincing victory over his opponent Linda Rangarajan of Pondicherry to bagged the second position with 8 points. Eight year old WCM Tarini Goyal, one of the youngest participant proved herself as a fast emerging chess prodigy in India by becoming the best women performer during this Fide rating tournament. She scored a very respectable 6 points against players many years senior to her. The mayor of Chandigarh Ms. Anu Chatrath was the Chief Guest in the Prize Distribution Ceremony. She distributed prizes and trophies to the winners and certificates among the participants. Sh. Anurag Aggarwal president The Corporate Gurus, School of Business, and Mr. Mervin West Principal of  St. Xavier’s School,  Chandigarh were the Guest of Honour. Read More

1st Chandigarh All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament from 1st to 6th Jan 2010
Chandigarh Chess Association is conducting it's first ever FIDE rating Chess tournament in Chandigarh from 1st to 6th January 2010.The total prize fund is Rs. 1,10,000/- including several category prizes. Read More...  

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Fide confirms Women Candidate Master (WCM) Title on Tarini Goyal  

29.12.2009 -  Recognising her outstanding performance in the Asian Youth Chess Championship 2009, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) has conferred the title of Women Candidate Master (WCM) on Chandigarh ’s child chess prodigy Tarini Goyal. Only three women players in the country have earlier been awarded this title by FIDE. Tarini, a class III student of Sacred Heart School , is also going to be the youngest Chess player in the city to get an International Rating from FIDE. As per communication on the FIDE website, Tarini would be getting a rating of 1586, which would be published in FIDE’s January 2010 rating list. At this young age, presently only two other girls in the country have been able to get a FIDE rating .Read More...

Chandigarh Chess Association Officials intracting with mediapersons during press conference held on 20.12.2009 at Press Club Chandigarh. 

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Chandigarh Under-13 Boys and Girls Chess Championship 2009 concluded today at St. Xavier's School Sec - 44-C, Chandigarh. Read More...

  08.11.2009 - Boys : Pairing & Results | Final Standing    
                Girls : Pairing & Results  | Final Standing

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