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As per an official of the All India Chess Federation, the federation is looking ahead to cut down the legal expenses from this year. As per the annual report, an amount of Rs. 33,82,585 was counted as ‘Legal Expenses’ last year, which is higher than the previous financial year, ending on March 31.

14-year old Indian Grand Master Nihal Sarin has secured a win at the Asian Continental Chess Championship in Xingtai in the blitz event. The tournament also saw Karthikeyan Murali, SP Sethuraman, Srinath Narayanan and Abhijeet Gupta qualify for the World Cup on the basis of their respective results.

Nihal Sarin became the youngest Indian chess player to cross 2600 Elo points on FIDE's rating list after his performance in the TePe Sigeman & Co. International Tournament in Malmo. The 14-year-old from Kerala also became the third youngest player in the world to cross the iconic milestone.

World Chess body - FIDE - decided to restore the Elo ratings of numerous Indian chess players on Monday who were banned by the All-India Chess Federation. However, the FIDE’s announcement hasn’t clarified yet what procedure they would be following once the players are restored back.

Topping the rapid field by scoring nine points from 10 rounds and aggregating 8.5 from 10 rounds in the blitz section, Sahaj Grover retained the double in SWVG Arnold Classic rapid and blitz chess tournament. It is organized by Arnold Schwarzenegger and by Kasparov Chess Foundation.