All India Chess Federation and Chess Association of India Merge to End Bitter Infighting
News 18After years of internal fighting, the All-India Chess Federation and the breakaway Chess Association of India have merged into one single entity to administer the sport as a unified force in the country. “I have personally had several rounds of talks with all the stakeholders and have brought everybody on the same platform for the development of chess and all the chess players in the country,” Kapoor said. UP Chess Association president PC Chaturvedi, Sr Vice President of Chess Association of India SL Harsh, and Secretary General of Chess Association of India and Secretary UP Chess Association SK Tewari were all present at the press conference to signal the burial of the hatchet. The All-India Chess Federation, under its new set of office-bearers, had announced a number of plans and initiatives to revitalise chess in the country.
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