All India Chess Federation
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| Sport | Chess |
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| Jurisdiction | National |
| Abbreviation | AICF |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Affiliation | FIDE |
| Headquarters | Administrative office Room No 70, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Chennai – 600003 |
| President | J C D Prabhakar |
| Secretary | V Hariharan |
| Official website | |
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The All India Chess Federation (AICF) (Hindi: अखिल भारतीय शतरंज महासंघ) is central administrative body for the game of chess in India. Founded in 1951, the federation is affiliated to Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), the world body for chess. The AICF has produced champions Viswanathan Anand, Manuel Aaron, Dibyendu Barua and Parimarjan Negi. The organisation is also in charge of managing women's chess in India. Its current headquarters is in Chennai.
AICF has been repeatedly accused of bureaucratic incompetence. In October 2009, chess Grandmaster Humpy Koneru (then female world No. 2) accused the AICF secretary DV Sundar of preventing her from participating in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin. The same year the AICF was accused of arbitrarily banning grandmaster G N Gopal for not playing in a match (the ban was subsequently revoked).
Inv 2012, the AICF president N Srinivasan, was criticised for not supporting Viswanathan Anand in World Chess Championship 2010, by not trying to host the match in India.
The current president is the owner of India Cements.
Till date the federation has more than 30 affiliated state associations, 16 special members and 23 recognised academies as its constituents. Here is a list of them:
AICF has also played host to a number of major world events in India. Some of them are:
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