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Asian Chess Excellence Awards 2023

March 7 , 2023 629 days 1539 0
  • Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has been honoured with Player-of-the-Year award by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) annual summit at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • This is award for clinching the gold medal with a record-breaking score of 9/11 in the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram last year.
  • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has been conferred with Man-of-the-Year award for his effort in the successful hosting of the FIDE Chess Olympiad in Chennai.
  • The Indian women’s team, comprising of Koneru Humpy, D Harika, R Vaishali, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni, was adjudged the ’Best Women’s team of the Year’.
  • Grandmaster R B Ramesh bagged the men’s Coach-of-the-Year award.
  • Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte won the Women’s Coach-of-the-Year awards.
  • The All-India Chess Federation (AICF) bagged the ‘Most Active Federation’ award.

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