{"id":1811,"date":"2018-04-02T07:18:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T07:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who-is-who\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2018-04-19T06:11:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T06:11:50","slug":"chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who-is-who\/sports\/chess.html","title":{"rendered":"Famous Chess Players in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chess is an indoor game and is a favorite pastime for millions of people around the world. It is said to improve one&#8217;s intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>It is widely accepted that chess originated in India and was commonly known as Chaturanga. The present form of chess has evolved from the ancient form played in India.<\/p>\n<p>The All India Chess Federation was established in 1951, with its headquarters in Bombay. The first National Chess Championship took place at Eluru (Andhra Pradesh).<\/p>\n<p>The All India Chess Federation (AICF) is the principal authority for chess in India. It is affiliated to Federation Internationale des Eches (FIDE), the world association for chess.<\/p>\n<p>In the international chess scenario, India&#8217;s position is very bright with many chess players making their presence felt at the international championships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Renowned Indian Players:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Here is a list of some of the renowned Chess Players in India:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>Dibyendu Barua was the second Indian to become a Grandmaster (1972)<\/li>\n<li>Koneru Humpy is Asia&#8217;s youngest International Woman Master, 1999<\/li>\n<li>Krishnan Sasikiran became International Chess Grandmaster at the 2000 Commonwealth Championship (at Sangli, Maharashtra).<\/li>\n<li>Manuel Aaron was first Indian to be an International Master and the first chess player to win the Arjuna Award.<\/li>\n<li>Parimarjan Negi is the youngest Indian to win the Grandmaster title. He is also the world&#8217;s youngest International Master.<\/li>\n<li>P Harikrishna is the first Indian to win the World Chess Championship in the under-10 category. He was the second Indian to win the Junior World Chess Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Viswanathan Anand was India&#8217;s first Grandmaster (1998); the first Indian to win the FIDE World Chess Championship (2000)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chess is an indoor game and is a favorite pastime for millions of people around [&#8230;]<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who-is-who\/sports\/chess.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who-is-who\/wp-content\/themes\/twocolumn\/images\/readmore-btn.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[244,243,303,304,340,338,245],"class_list":["post-1811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-chess","tag-dibyendu-barua","tag-koneru-humpy","tag-krishnan-sasikiran","tag-p-harikrishna","tag-parimarjan-negi","tag-viswanathan-anand"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chess: Chess is an Indoor Game and Played in Most part of the World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chess is an indoor game and is a favorite pastime for millions of people around the world. 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