APCA News, Events & Announcements
National Challengers Chess Championship - 2012 (Tirupati) 18th - 28th May, 2012
Tirupati (18th May, 2012): National Challengers begins; Krishna Teja stuns Karthikeyan - The 50th edition of National Challengers Chess Championship formerly known as National B Chess Championship got off to a surprising start... read more - First Round Press Release (PDF).
Tirupathi (19th May, 2012): Upset galore in National Challengers - Former Commonwealth Champion and International Master Atanu Lahiri of LIC suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Visakh N R of Tamilnadu... read more - Second Round Press Release (PDF).
... Pairings & Results @Chess-Results.com | LIVE Games @MonRoi.com ››
World Chess Championship Match 2012 - 10th to 31st May, 2012 - Moscow
The World Chess Championship 2012 between the defending World Champion Viswanathan Anand and the challenger from the Candidates Matches Boris Gelfand will take place in State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. The prize fund ($2.55 million) is split 60-40 between the winner and loser of the championship. One million wishes for Viswanathan Anand.
... Official Website of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2012 Match | Anand - Gelfan LIVE at Chessdom.com ››
AP State Senior (Inter-District) FIDE Rating Chess Championship - 2012
Silver Jubilee Brilliant Trophy (Selections for National Challengers (National 'B') 2012, Tirupati)
on 2nd to 6th May, 2012 at Brilliant Grammar High School, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad.
Silver Jubilee Brilliant Trophy AP State Senior Champion - T. Purushothaman drew his last round against Abhilas Reddy and won the Championship. While Deepthamsh Reddy drew his game with D. Bala Chandra Prasad on second borad; on third board Sandeep Naidu beat Praveen Prasad, on fourth board Venkatarama beat Rajasekhar.
T. Purushothaman of Hyderabad, Deepthamsh Reddy of Mahaboobnagar, Abhilash Reddy of Kadapa and Sandeep Naidu of Kakinada will represent National Challengers Chess Championship 2012 at Tirupathi.
Cash Prize Winners: Top 25 Players - 1. Purushothaman T 2. Deepthamsh Reddy M 3. Abhilash Reddy M L 4. Lakshmi Sandeep Naidu V 5. Dhulipala Bala Chandra Prasad 6. Harsha Bharathakoti 7. Venkata Ramana J 8. Praveen Prasad P 9. Krishna C R G 10. Ramakrishna Perumalla 11. Chakravarthi Y V K 12. Lakshmi Krishna Bhushan D 13. Grahesh Y 14. Malla Nooka Raju 15. Krishna Teja N 16. Rajashekar B 17. Sambasiva Rao M 18. Khan S 19. M Tulasi Ram Kumar 20. Chakravarthi S V C 21. Naga Shashank D 22. Avyay G 23. Rajendra G 24. Ravi Teja S 25. Adirathna Kumar S, Best Sub-Junior Girl - Matta Theja Sahhethhe, Best Sub-Junior Boy - Rahul Srivatshav P, Best Junior Girl - Hinduja Reddy, Best Junior Boy - Prateek Srivastava, Best woman - Anigani Kavya, Best Unrated - Chetan Sharma and Best veteran - Ramana Rao A V.
Special Prize Winners: Best Under 6 Girl - Anjali Raju B, Best Under 8 Girl - Lasya Naiyanika B, Best Under 8 boy - Harshith Krishna Pokala, Best Under 10 Girl - Bommini Mounika Akshaya, Best Under 10 Boy - J Akshith Kumar, Best Under 12 Girl - Potluri Supreetha, Best Under 12 Boy - Y. Sai Akshay, Best Under 14 Girl - Vigna Shree T and Best Under 14 Boy - Raghav Srivathsav V.
... Final Results of Silver Jubilee Brilliant Trophy at Chess-Results.com ››
Hearty Congratulations!
Dr. Shri A. Narasimha Reddy, President, APCA, elected again as Chairman of Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh.
He also is serving his honorable services to chess fraternity as President for APCA and Vice President for AICF.
APCA and AICF sincerely whishing his much continued success.
Grandmaster Harikrishna entered into the elite Group A
GM P. Harikrishna won the Group B title and became the second Indian to enter Group A of the Tata Steel chess tournament.
Harikrishna earned an entry into the elite Group A in the 75th edition of the event which will be held in 2013.
APCA congratulates Harikrishna for the special achievement.
APCA Congratulates Lalith Babu!
Lalith Babu became 4th Grandmaster in chess from Andhra Pradesh and 26th player in India to attain this honour.
Lalith Babu closed the final norm for GM title at Hastings Grandmasters Chess Championship at London on Thursday, 5th January, 2012.
APCA congratulates Lalith Babu for this special achievement.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand felicitated by APCA
