AICF plans to groom potential GMs

The AICF is also trying to rope in a super Grandmaster to coach the Indian senior team. 8220;The Government has cleared the proposal and we are negotiating with Ian Elvest Estonia, Alexander Kreshenkow of Poland, who was a quarterfinalist in the World Championship, and Andrei Taltov Russia,8221; Koya said.

Apart from the coming Commonwealth Chess Championship, starting at Bikaner from April 15, the AICF would organise the Asian Individual Championship and Asian Women Championshipat Udaipur from October 22 to November 3. An Asian Youth Championship for boys and girls would be organised at Ahmedabad from November 1 to 13. A Grandmasters tournament, which was scheduled to be held at Ahmedabad from October 19 to 29, would be now played at either Calcutta or Calicut on the same dates.

Koya, who is also a vice-president of Fide, said that a five-member men8217;s team would be sent to China to take part in the Asian Team Championship to be played at Beijing in the month of October. Top-ranking players from the National A8217; Chess Championship, which concluded here today, would be sent to Spain to participate in international tournaments slated to be held in June. He revealed that four Grandmasters have confirmed their participation in the Commonwealth Championship.