Sanjay Kapoor Elected All India Chess Federation President
Sanjay Kapoor was elected president of All India Chess Federation (AICF) while Bharat Singh Chauhan retained the secretary's post in the polls held online.
Kapoor, representing Uttar Pradesh Chess Association, defeated incumbent PR Venketrama Raja in a close contest. Kapoor received 33 votes as against 31 of Raja.
Chauhan beat Ravindra Dongre 35-29.
Naresh Sharma, belonging to the Chauhan faction, was elected as treasurer, beating Kishore Bandekar 34-30.
The AICF has been split into two factions, one led by Raja and the other by Chauhan. The two have been at loggerheads for some time over various issues, including the conduct of the elections.
Several legal battles were fought in the past one and a half year and there were instances when the president and the secretary suspended each other at different times.
Jan 07, 2021
Claire Polosak Creates History in Sydney
Australia's Claire Polosak became the first female match official in a men's Test match as she took up the fourth umpire's role in the third Test between India and Australia starting in Sydney.
Claire from New South Wales has already earned the distinction of being the first woman on-field umpire in a men's ODI match in ICC's Division 2 league between Namibia and Oman played at the Windhoek in 2019.
As per ICC rules for Test matches, the fourth umpire is appointed by the home cricket board from their nominees to the International Panel of ICC Umpires and from the host country.
Jan 06, 2021
Gregg Clark is Analytical Coach of Indian Men's Hockey Team
South African Olympian Gregg Clark has been appointed as the new analytical coach of the Indian men's hockey team till the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Clark, who will join the national camp this month, had coached the Indian junior men's team in 2013-2014 when it won the Sultan of Johor Cup and also participated at the 2013 FIH Junior World Cup in New Delhi.
He was associated with the Canadian men's team as Assistant Coach from 2017-2020.
Clark in his 11-year long career, competed in 250 international matches, appearing in two World Cups (1994 - Sydney and 2002 - Kuala Lumpur) and two Olympic Games (1996 - Atlanta and 2004 - Athens).
Sanjay Kapoor Elected All India Chess Federation President
Sanjay Kapoor was elected president of All India Chess Federation (AICF) while Bharat Singh Chauhan retained the secretary's post.
Kapoor, representing Uttar Pradesh Chess Association, defeated incumbent PR Venketrama Raja in a close contest. Kapoor received 33 votes as against 31 of Raja. Chauhan beat Ravindra Dongre 35-29. Apart from the president, secretary and treasurer, six vice-presidents and six joint secretaries were also elected.
Jan 05, 2021
Teimour Radjabov Wins Airthings Masters
Teimour Radjabov maintained his Teimour Radjabov maintained his calm and outsmarted Levon Aronian to win the $200,000 Airthings Masters online rapid chess final with a game to spare.
Having lost the first set, a desperate Aronian blew a great chance to win the opening game, lost the second before the drawn third game settled the title.
The triumph was worth $60,000 for Radjabov who became the first player to book his spot in the season-finale (in San Francisco in December) of the $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.
BCI Wants Three-year Practice must for Aspiring Judicial Officers
The Bar Council of India (BCI) said that it will file an application before the Supreme Court (SC) seeking to make minimum three-year practice at the Bar mandatory to become a judicial officer.
The BCI, the country's apex lawyers' body, said that judicial officers not having practical experience as advocates were mostly found to be incapable and inept in handling matters.
At present, fresh law graduates are being allowed to sit for the Judicial Service Examinations without having any practical experience at the Bar. The BCI, along with all state Bar councils, was strongly in favour of minimum three-year experience as an advocate to be prescribed for being considered eligible to appear in a judicial service exam.
Jan 02, 2021
India's 67th Chess Grandmaster
Goa's 14-year-old Leon Mendonca has become India's 67th chess Grandmaster by winning the third and final norm at a tournament in Italy.
Mendonca, who achieved the feat at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 17 days, is the second Grandmaster from the coastal state.