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INDIA PAGE AT iccf.com UPDATED

We updated our page on the ICCF website. See this link. This covers the change in name of the federation, change in office bearers and even includes a photo at the end:

ICCF CONGRESS

ICCF could entertain a face-to-face Congress in Scotland in 2022. The Executive Board is also exploring several virtual hosting options in case of concerns with travel of participants from around the world.

The Congress is proposed to be held in the Glasgow Hilton Hotel, 1 William Street, Glasgow G3 8HT, Scotland from August 14 – 18, 2022. Excursions and various chess matches will be offered throughout the week, with the Closing Banquet planned to be held on the evening of Thursday, August 18. Further details (including alternate hotel options) may be found here.

Of course, there is an ever-evolving situation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. Attendees are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the current COVID rules and guidance regarding testing and vaccination for entry into Scotland (and into England for those who intend to arrive at other points of entry to the UK). ICCF is closely co-operating with the leading world chess organization FIDE. All ICCF titles, championships and ratings are recognised by FIDE.

ICCF management committee

The Management Committee (MC) of ICCF comprises of the Executive Board (EB) members and the Commissioners.

The composition of the Executive Board is defined by the ICCF Statutes:

The Commissioners comprise of the following:

The need for Commissioners and their appointment is the responsibility of the Executive Board with appointments being subject to ratification, as necessary, by the Congress.

In addition to the Management Committee members enumerated above, there can be ICCF Committees that serve on an ongoing basis, and do not exist simply to address a single time-limited project. The head of these committees have specific duties.

The details about the roles of various functionaries can be found at ICCF website.

The following tournaments are expected to be started this year:

The 24th Africa/Asia Zonal Championship Preliminaries. Start date: 1st quarter of 2022.

The 19th Africa/Asia Zonal Championship Final. Start date: 2nd quarter of 2022.

The 12th Interzonal Team Tournament. Start date: 3rd quarter of 2022.

CCM Rabirashmi Roy

Rabirashmi Roy (ICCF ID 281147) has achieved the ICCF Correspondence Chess Master final norm on 31st Jan 2022 in WS/MN/B. His title is under ratification.

AA/C18/Final, 18th Africa Asia Zonal Championship Final

Om Prakash Mohanty and Akkaraju Sailesh Chandra have qualified and are playing in this tournament. One of the winning games of Om Prakash Mohanty from this event is given below:

AA/C21/SF/C, 21st Africa Asia Zonal Championship S-Final C

Tanmay Srinath and Gautam De have qualified and are playing in this event. One of the winning games of Gautam De is given below:

MT-VV Demian D, Valer Vasile Demian Memorial D

The Romanian Correspondence Chess Central Commission and ICCF IM Valer Eugen Demian are happy to announce the organizing of Valer Vasile Demian Memorial (ROU). This tournament enabled to put together 6 groups of 15 players each from a total of 34 countries. Gautam De represented India in this prestigious tournament. His winning game is given below:

AA/C21/SF/B, 21st Africa Asia Zonal Championship S-Final B

Alok Saxena, Lalit Kapoor and Ganesh Hegde have qualified and are playing in this tournament. The winning game of Alok Saxena is given below:

70th ICCF Jubilee event for officials C

Santhosh M Paul and Alok Saxena are playing in this event and are placed 2nd and 4th respectively. The winning game of Mr. Paul is given below:

Mem/YuriYar/B, Memorial Yuri Yaroshenko B (UKR)

The Correspondence Chess Federation of Ukraine devotes this tournament to the memory of our dear chessfriend ICCF IM Yuri Yaroshenko (1950-2018). He had habilitation degree in medicine and worked as leading scientific researcher at the Institute of Gerontology in Kyiv. (geront.kiev.ua/en.htm). Our player S.P. Sethuraman represented India in this event and has drawn all his games so far in this event. His game with the leader of the table is given below:

INDIA-GERMANY, FRIENDLY MATCH

In the Friendly Match Germany - India 2020, India has won the match by 46.5-43.5.

One of the games from this match won by Rabirashmi Roy is given below:

INDIA-INDONESIA, FRIENDLY MATCH

In the friendly match with underdogs Indonesia, India has lost by 18.5-35.5, a big margin.

INDIA-PHILIPPINES, FRIENDLY MATCH

India has now reversed the trend and won the match against Philippines with a small margin (25-22) in the friendly match started on 20th Oct, 2020.

Alok Saxena has won both his games and the results were delayed as opponent was taking long time in making moves in a dead lost game. One of the winning games is given below:

INDIA- MEXICO, FRIENDLY MATCH

INDIA MEXICO match started on 30th June 2021. India is leading by a narrow margin of 20.5-17.5. One of the winning games is given below:

INDIA-CUBA, FRIENDLY MATCH

India-Cuba match started on 28th Nov. 2021. India is trailing by 4.5-9.5, big margin. Alok Saxena blundered his bishop on 5th move and lost. Gautam De won his game on board 3. This game is given below:

ICCF RATINGS 2021/3

SNoIdTitleNameRatingGames
14280176GMDhanish, P. B.2595144
523280330SIMSasikiran, Krishnan2541219
416280286Sastry, KVS244342
350280138IMKumar, Pavan Tumuluri2433300
562280895Hegde, Ranjeet241352
508280243IMPrakash, Om2400416
264280113CCMKapoor, Lalit2395156
530280465Dutta, Amit239442
69280088CCMDe, Gautam2388339
499280224CCMTuraga, Mohan2365244
535280664CCMDas, Arghyadip2360123
100280087CCMChauhan, Rakesh Kumar2358412
541280687Gupta, Abhijeet235621
585281147CCERoy, Rabirashmi2356263
422280225Somani, Shalaka S.235241
159280093Saxena, Rakesh G. D.235128
561280130CCMDatta, Devangshu2348151
6280097Lakshminarayana, K. V.234215
583281107CCMJose, Ajith2337116
603280824CCESrinath, Tanmay233284
532280484Sethuraman, S. P.232468
455280187CCMAkkaraju, Sailesh Chandra2315391
405280169Jayaraman, Mohan2308186
572280953CCEHegde, Ganesh230199
257280114Saxena, Vaibhav229746
421280697Somani, Rashmi S.229020
49280179CCEGupta, Aniruddha Dutta2286283
330280118IMSanthosh, Matthew Paul2271233
354280168CCMSaxena, Alok2265510
198280104CCEMandviwala, Pervez Godrez2261325
12280068CCEChatterjee, Ambar2244290
546280726CCERamesh, R. B.2244120
246280107Somani, Sunil K.2239209
374280991CCEChavan, Hrishikesh Pravin223352
517280696Somani, Ayush221817
204280143Krishnamurthy, Prabhanandan2211169
433280172CCEAnand, Anil Kumar2188310
399280174Trivedi, Kalapi B.2182187
510280273CCEDas, Saurabh217890
534280577Das, Satyajit2172111
256281165Maurya, Sushil Kumar217050
598281248Panwar, Ramesh215830
94280133Shivdasani, Vijay A.2140157
26280095Valsan, K.212990
552280782LIMBisht, Mamta212898
544280701Thakur, Ankur Singh2107117
115280082Gupta, Anuj210268
619280192Sengupta, Arnab208868
179280072Trehan, Anirudh207939
58280089Ganapathi, Cdr R.207378
21280079Gala, Khusal Laxmichand2069175
425280171Nair, Umesh205793
569280933Saravanan, Venkatachalam205615
48280070Prabhakar, Dr. Krishna2047136
616281440Kapila, Himanshu202468
612281348Bhaskar, Adithya199322
502280404Porwal, Lakshya197714
9280096Jadhav, Dinesh V.194915
280280966Sharma, Amit192884
223280135Nagesh, J.190634
206280123Juneja, Madan Lal189434
565280277Pereira, Asim188212
110280086Chandran, T.1853146
228280205Nagaraj, Dr. A.184392
596280197Naniwadekar , Mihir1840159
521280319Agrawal, Rakesh1825189
614281390Sai Dinesh, Garikipati180016
516280276Gupta, Vibhor1794144
506280234Aleemuddin, Mohammed178733
587281131Ray, Biswa Preet176635
484280204Linga, VenuGopal176218
8280127Chandran, M. C.174412
609281300Suresh, Ramalingam Adikesavan174228
567280909Goswami, Dwarikesh173419
482280208Malvankar, Vikrant173250
509280256Vijayan, Dhanesh170537
108280593Krishna, Pandava156644
192281097Somasundaram, Anpazhakan155631
497280222Sharma, Hemant154420
563280889Desai, Atul149522
57280209Dutt, Bulusu Someswara1486186
579281032Peedikakkandy, Sameer137643
560280859Dodeja, Pawan137412
597281215Raj, Amrit134136
592281191Singh, Aaradhya101612
157280202Nambiar, AVS02
245280075Raman, R.00
385281175Kumar, K. Shiva011
481280203Vasishta, Sadashiva02
496280220Singh, Tervinder09
498280221Deo, Subash G.02
519280240Naik, Uday04
529281251Nanda, Durga Madhab09
549281471Kausar, Dilshad00
586281088Dave, Purnish06
589281160Sujas, Abdul Samad06
591281189Chaudhary, Satyam06
593281190Singh, Saksham06
594281192Singh, Gurcharan 06
595281057Kannappan, Priyadharshan09
606281283Nayak, Tapash04
607281362Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi03
613281405Narasimha P, Navaneetha09
615281414Patel, Krunal Kishor04
617281516Jadhav, Tejas Vikas00
618281470Chandrani, Shlok02
620281490Kannan, Vasanth Kumar02
621281502Khan, Anjum00
622281504Roy, Sourav Kumar00
624281517Kandipalli, Govindaraju00