Odisha Participants in 10th MPL National School @ KIIT, 16-20 May 2022

AOCA will reimburse ₹1,000/- after your participation.

You can avail the free non AC accommodation at KIIT during the championships period.

I appeal to all the school chess players to participate in the said championship & try to bring Laurels for Odisha & AOCA will felicitate you in a big way.

Debabrata Bhatta

Secretary, AOCA

Published on 01 May 2022

Medical Evaluation of the age of Chess Players will be held at Chennai on 6 & 7 June, 2022

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India is very keen in eradicating the age fraud menace prevailing in sports and has directed all National Federations to be very strict on this front and has directed us put in place a system by which this problem can be solved, particularly in all National Championships. While conducting medical test to evaluate age, the Government has also directed us that the test should include physical examination, dental examination and radiological examination. Therefore, the All India Chess Federation, to avoid any unpleasantness to players at the time of the National Championships, has been implementing the following Rules & regulations which has proved to be very effective and as a result of which we have almost no issues during our National Championships. Read more..

Published on 25 April 2022(Extract from AICF site)

Odisha State [U-14] OPEN & GIRLS Chess Championships - 2022

At Rajpath Club,S.G. Highway, Ahmadabad, Gujarat from 09 - 14 May 2022

Entry: 27 April 05:00 P.M. With Late Fee: 01 May 05:00 P.M.

Odisha in National

OPEN	AOCA	FIDE	Name	Rtg	District	Score	Position
1	4230	25937944	Shrihan Sabat	1329	Ganjam	6.5/11	58/215
2	1696	45049742	Koustuv Dash	1910	Khordha	8.0/11	8/215
3	2908	25696700	Sai Eshan Jena	1012	Khordha	4.0/11	176/215
4	1853	25638637	Aditya Ranjan Das	1248	Khordha	5.0/11	137/215

GIRLS	AOCA	FIDE	Name	Rtg	District	Score
1	2396	25659510	Arushi Srichandan	1292	Khordha	7.0/11	16/108
2	3446	25947915	Jayalakshmi Sahoo	1149	Cuttack	5.5/11	53/108
3	2780	25693832	Anishka Pandey	1152	Khordha	5.0/11	66/108
4	1183	46604685	Yashita Rout	1652	Khordha	7.5/11	13/108
5	2853	25741195	Sanchee Sahoo	1127	Boudh	2.5/11	83/108
6	3787	25162322	Jyotika Sahoo	1127	Cuttack	5.0/11	71/108

Team Manager : Mrs. Nabanita Pradhan, 94375-07312

Best Wishes Team Odisha !

Odisha State [U-10] OPEN & GIRLS Chess Championships - 2022

At The Kangra Fort, Jammu from 26 April to 01 May 2022

Entry: 10 April 05:00 P.M. With Late Fee: 20 April 05:00 P.M.

Congratulations ! Jyotika Sahoo, Cuttack, 13th position in National U-10 Girls @ Jammu

Odisha in National

OPEN	AOCA	FIDE	Name	Rtg	District	Score	Position
1	2756	25946200	Shiyam Satyansh	1063	Khordha	6.0/11	57/149
2	3776	25149652	Aryan Behera	1426	Jajpur	6.0/11	51/149

GIRLS	AOCA	FIDE	Name	Rtg	District	Score	Position
1	3787	25162322	Jyotika Sahoo	0	Cuttack	7.0/11	13/89
2	3274	25929364	Ishani Das	1049	Khordha	6.5/11	30/89

Team Manager : Saraswati Mishra, 94371-97963

Best Wishes Team Odisha !

Odisha State Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships - 2022

At Nasik, Maharashtra from 27-30 April

Entry: 12 April 05:00 P.M. With Late Fee: 20 April 05:00 P.M.

Odisha State [U-18] OPEN & GIRLS Chess Championships - 2022

Congratulations ! All Prize Winners

At Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, Coimbatur, Tamilnadu

Entry: 07 April 05:00 P.M. With Late Fee: 11 April 05:00 P.M.

Odisha in National

OPEN	AOCA	FIDE	Name	Rtg	District	Score	Position
1
2

GIRLS	AOCA	FIDE	Name	Rtg	District	Score	Position
1	3088	33481423	Shreesti Shreyasi	0	Puri	3.5/11	85/94
2

Team Manager : Bijaylaxmi Das, 70084-22021

Best Wishes Team Odisha !

Odisha in National Women Team Chess Championship 2022

Odisha in National

WOMEN	AOCA	FIDE	Name	Rtg	District
1	367	5046556	Aparajita Gochhikar	1739	Puri
2	2780	25693832	Aniska Pandey	1152	Khordha
3	666	35047051	Anantyota Chatterjee	1163	Khordha
4	181	5063108	Adyasha Pattnaik	1526	Cuttack

Team Manager : Aparajita Gochhikar

Best Wishes Team Odisha !

Odisha State [U-08] OPEN & GIRLS Chess Championships - 2022

Congratulations ! All Prize Winners

At K.L. University, Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh from 09 - 14 May 2022

Entry: 25 April 05:00 P.M. With Late Fee: 30 April 05:00 P.M.

Odisha in National

OPEN	AOCA	FIDE	Name	Rtg	District	Score	Position
1	4252	33433275	Manish Mishra	0	Jajpur	6.0/11	62/171
2	4212	33376280	Debapriya Biswal	0	Sundargarh	6.5/11	42/171
3	4238	33439958	Jitesh Samal	0	Cuttack	4.0/6	144/171

GIRLS	AOCA	FIDE	Name	Rtg	District	Score
1	4031	33383553	Aditi Moharana	0	Khordha	5.0/11	60/92
2	4227	33399573	Sai Vidhi Tripathy	0	Cuttack	5.0/11	59/92

Team Manager : Subhalaxmi Dash, Jajpur, 70089-52708

Best Wishes Team Odisha !

Odisha State [U-12] OPEN & GIRLS Chess Championships - 2022

Congratulations ! All Prize Winners

Odisha in National

OPEN	AOCA	FIDE	Name	Rtg	District	Score	Position
1	2622	25926586	Ayushman Mohanty	1256	Puri	7.0/11	32/237

GIRLS	AOCA	FIDE	Name	Rtg	District	Score	Position
1	3787	25162322	Jyotika Sahoo	0	Cuttack	4.5/11	100/133
2	2773	25787039	Sandeepa Priyadarshini Sahoo	1142	Cuttack	6.0/11	43/133
3	2692	25927477	Ayushi Mohanty	0	Puri	4.0/11	113/133
4	2685	25187660	Pritisha Mitra	1016	Puri	5.5/11	74/133

Team Manager : Jitendra Kumar Sahoo,Ctc, 70088-13341

Best Wishes Team Odisha !

NATIONAL TEAM (MEN/WOMEN) CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2022, 8-13 Apr @Nasik, Maharashtra

Odisha players interested in taking part in the MPL 41^st National Team Chess Championship 2022 / MPL 19^th National Women Team Chess Championship 2022, contact IA Nihar Ranjan Sasmal,Jt. Secy., AOCA, Mob.82496-17893 OR FA Bhabesh Mohanty, Treasure, AOCA, Mob.82490-73810 before 25 March 2022. The selection of the Team will be subject to participating in Odisha Senior State 2022/ State Women 2022 also in rating criteria.

Published on 17 March 2022

FIDE Arbiters' Seminar

Due to runway maintenance at Port Blair airport, flights are not available to travel to Port Blair for participants and lecturers. Considering the same, AICF is forced to shift the venue of FIDE Arbiter Seminar scheduled at Port Blair to Kottayam, Kerala. The seminar will be now held at Kottayam, Kerala on the same dates of 11-13 Mar 22 as scheduled earlier. Interested participants are requested to send your application through the State Associations.

Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.

Published on 05 March 2022(Extract from AICF site)

FIDE Trainers' Seminar

Keeping the AICF’s motto of chess development every nook and corner of the country, All India Chess Federation is organizing five FIDE Trainers’ Seminar as per the schedule mentioned below:-

The seminar will be conducted free of cost for participants including lodging. However, participants need to pay €50 (Approx Rs. 4250/-) as FIDE examination fee as well as take care of their travel expenditure.

Each state can nominate a maximum 5 Rated Players (one must be Female) to undergo subject seminar before 5 pm on 29 January 2022. Further each state association can hold 5 Rated Players as S/By. The state associations need to nominate five deserving candidates for the seminar as per merit and the respective associations need to send all the applications received by them to AICF along with merit yardstick used for selecting the five candidates. However, states will not nominate any candidate who already undergone the Free FIDE Trainers’ Seminar conducted by AICF earlier.

Interested candidates can approach their respective state association for enrolment with a copy of email to All India Chess Federation at indianchessfed@gmail.com

Please note that the considered state in each venue is tentative and according to the number of participants enrolled, AICF will decide the final list of participants as well as centre allotment for each candidate.

Published on 05 March 2022(Extract from AICF site)

Odisha Participants in National Junior (U20) [9-13 March]@ Gurgugram, Haryana

Team Manager : Mrs. Kalyani Nayak, Whatapp : 93482-66385

Best Wishes Team Odisha !

Published on 03 March 2022

Odisha Participants in National Junior [4-8 March] (U16) @ New Delhi

Team Manager : Mr.Pritam Mitra, WhatsApp: 98615-17843

Best Wishes Team Odisha !

Published on 03 Mar 2022

Odisha Players in MPL 58th Senior National Chess Championship - 2022

Odisha Players

OPEN	AOCA	FIDE	Name	Rtg	District	Score	Position
1	217	25091794	Sambit Panda	2059	Khordha	6.5/11	36/183
2	618	35017152	Rajesh Nayak	2188	Puri	6.0/11	71/183
3	637	35043943	Nilsu Pattnaik	1976	Cuttack	4.5/11	126/183
4	1759	46690182	Sajan Kumar Nayak	1620	Mayurbhanj	4.0/11	143/183

Odisha Players in MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship - 2022

Odisha Players

WOMEN	AOCA	FIDE	Name	Rtg	District	Score	Position
1	195	25013971	WFM Saina Salonika	2206	Khordha	5.5/9	20/102
2	231	5072573	Smaraki Mohanty	1725	Kendrapara	6.0/9	17/102
3	106	25091379	Gitashree Biswal	1435	Cuttack	3.5/9	84/102
4	1183	46604685	Yashita Rout	1392	Khordha	5.0/9	48/102
5	1813	45094047	Ananya Anamika	1342	Khordha	4.0/9	66/102
6	2766	25741152	Pratyasha Jena	1180	Khordha	3.5/9	82/102
7	666	35047051	Anantyoya Chatterji	1148	Khordha	3.0/9	88/102
8	3446	25947915	Jayalakshmi Sahoo	1127	Cuttack	3.5/9	80/102
9	3651	25199021	Shradha Smaranika Nanda	0	Cuttack	3.5/9	76/102

Odisha State WOMEN Chess Championship - 2022

61^st Odisha State Senior OPEN Chess Championship - 2022

Election for the term 2022-2025 on 30 Jan 2022

Elections for the office bearer of All Orissa Chess Association will be held by secret ballot in the premises of the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar on 30/01/2022.

Published on 29 January 2022

Results 30 Jan 22

POST	NAME	DISTRICT	Results
President	Gobinda Chandra Mohapatra	Sundargarh
Vice President	Basanta Kumar Das	Angul
Secretary	Debabrata Bhatta	Dhenkanal
Jt. Secretary	Nihar Ranjan Sasmal	Cuttack
Treasurer	Bhabesh Mohanty	Kendrapara
EC Member	Pradip Kumar Mohanty	Koraput
	Sandeep Samantray	Balasore
	Suryakanta Bisoi	Cuttack
	Suvendu Kumar Mohapatra	Bhadrak

State Sub Junior (U16) Chess Championship - 2022

Published on 30 December 2021

Balangir Open State FIDE Rating

Congratulations ! All Prize Winners

Published on 27 December 2021

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