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
NrYearCityMen's winner
11955EluruRamchandra Sapre
D. Venkayya
21957PuneRamdas Gupta
31959DelhiManuel Aaron
41961HyderabadManuel Aaron
51963BombayFarooq Ali
61966MadrasRusi Madon
71967PuneNasir Ali
81969BangaloreManuel Aaron
91971BikanerManuel Aaron
101972SimlaManuel Aaron
111973AhmedabadManuel Aaron
121975RourkelaManuel Aaron
131976PatnaRavi Sekhar
141976CulcuttaManuel Aaron
151978CochinRafiq Khan
161979TiruchiTiruchi N. Parameswaram
171979VijayawadaRavi Sekhar
181981New DelhiManuel Aaron
191982KanpurPraveen Thipsay
201983AgartalaDibyendu Barua
211984AhmedabadPraveen Thipsay
221985TenaliPraveen Thipsay
231986BombayViswanathan Anand
241987TumkurViswanathan Anand
251988NeyveliViswanathan Anand
261989BikanerPraveen Thipsay
271990KozhikodeDevaki V. Prasad
281991PondicherryDevaki V. Prasad
291992PatnaPraveen Thipsay
301993PunePraveen Thipsay
311994HyderabadPraveen Thipsay
321995MadrasPonnuswamy Konguvel
331996KanhangadTiruchi Parameswaran
341997BhilaiAbhijit Kunte
351998MuzaffarpurDibyendu Barua
361999NagpurKrishnan Sasikiran
372000MumbaiAbhijit Kunte
382001DelhiDibyendu Barua
392002NagpurKrishnan Sasikiran
402003MumbaiKrishnan Sasikiran
412003KozhikodeSurya Shekhar Ganguly
422004VisakhapatnamSurya Shekhar Ganguly
432006VisakhapatnamSurya Shekhar Ganguly
442007AtulSurya Shekhar Ganguly
452008ChennaiSurya Shekhar Ganguly
462008MangaloreSurya Shekhar Ganguly[3][4]
472009New DelhiBaskaran Adhiban
482010New DelhiParimarjan Negi
492011AurangabadAbhijeet Gupta
502012KolkataG. Akash
512013JalgaonKrishnan Sasikiran
522014KottayamS.P. Sethuraman
532015TiruvarurKarthikeyan Murali
542016LucknowKarthikeyan Murali
552017PatnaBabu M.R. Lalith
562018JammuChithambaram Aravindh
572019MajitarChithambaram Aravindh
NrYearCityWomen's winner
11974BangaloreVasanti Khadilkar
21975CalcuttaJayshree Khadilkar
31976KottayamRohini Khadilkar
41977HyderabadRohini Khadilkar
51979ChennaiRohini Khadilkar
61979SangliJayshree Khadilkar
71981New DelhiRohini Khadilkar
81982RajnandgaonJayshree Khadilkar
91983BikanerJayshree Khadilkar
101983KottayamRohini Khadilkar
111985NagpurBhagyashree Sathe
121986JalandharBhagyashree Sathe
131987CalcuttaSaritha Reddy
141988KurukshetraBhagyashree Sathe
151989DurgAnupama Abhyankar
161990VijaywadaAnupama Abhyankar
171991KozhikodeBhagyashree Thipsay
181991MumbaiAnupama Gokhale
191993KozhikodeAnupama Gokhale
201994BangaloreBhagyashree Thipsay
211995ChennaiSubbaraman Vijayalakshmi
221996SalemMrunalini Kunte
231997CalcuttaAnupama Gokhale
241998MumbaiSubbaraman Vijayalakshmi
251999KozhikodeSubbaraman Vijayalakshmi
262000MumbaiSubbaraman Vijayalakshmi
272001New DelhiSubbaraman Vijayalakshmi
282002LucknowSubbaraman Vijayalakshmi
292003MumbaiAarthie Ramaswamy
302003KozhikodeHumpy Koneru
312005BangaloreNisha Mohota
322006VizagSwati Ghate
332006ChennaiTania Sachdev
342007PuneTania Sachdev
352008New DelhiKruttika Nadig
362009ChennaiHarika Dronavalli
372010BhubaneswarSoumya Swaminathan
382011ChennaiMary Ann Gomes
392012JalgaonMary Ann Gomes
402013KolkataMary Ann Gomes
412014SangliPadmini Rout
422015KolkataPadmini Rout
432016New DelhiPadmini Rout
442017AhmedabadPadmini Rout
452018JaipurBhakti Kulkarni
462019KaraikudiBhakti 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
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