Indian Chess Championship

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The National Premier Chess Championship is the annual national chess championship of India. It was established in 1955 by the Andhra State Chess Association as a biannual event, but since 1971 it has been played yearly. The first edition was held in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh from 15 May to 28 May 1955 and was jointly won by Ramchandra Sapre and D. Venkayya with 9/12 points. [1] Earlier, G. S. Dikshit of Pithapuram won the Andhra and Madras State Championships for three consecutive years, 1952–54. [2]

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The women's championship commenced in 1974. The first ten editions were dominated by the Khadilkar sisters Vasanti, Jayshree and Rohini. Rohini is the youngest and won the championship five times, Jayshree won four titles, and the eldest, Vasanti, won the championship in the inaugural year.

Winners

NrYearCityMen's winner
11955 Eluru Ramchandra Sapre
D. Venkayya
21957 Pune Ramdas Gupta
31959 Delhi Manuel Aaron
41961 Hyderabad Manuel Aaron
51963 Bombay Farooq Ali
61966 Madras Rusi Madon
71967 Pune Nasir Ali
81969 Bangalore Manuel Aaron
91971 Bikaner Manuel Aaron
101972 Simla Manuel Aaron
111973 Ahmedabad Manuel Aaron
121975 Rourkela Manuel Aaron
131976 Patna Ravi Sekhar
141976 Calcutta Manuel Aaron
151978 Cochin Rafiq Khan
161979 Tiruchi Tiruchi N. Parameswaram
171979 Vijayawada Ravi Sekhar
181981 New Delhi Manuel Aaron
191982 Kanpur Praveen Thipsay
201983 Agartala Dibyendu Barua
211984 Ahmedabad Praveen Thipsay
221985 Tenali Praveen Thipsay
231986 Bombay Viswanathan Anand
241987 Tumkur Viswanathan Anand
251988 Neyveli Viswanathan Anand
261989 Bikaner Praveen Thipsay
271990 Kozhikode D. V. Prasad
281991 Pondicherry D. V. Prasad
291992 Patna Praveen Thipsay
301993 Pune Praveen Thipsay
311994 Hyderabad Praveen Thipsay
321995 Madras Ponnuswamy Konguvel
331996 Kanhangad Tiruchi Parameswaran
341997 Bhilai Abhijit Kunte
351998 Muzaffarpur Dibyendu Barua
361999 Nagpur Krishnan Sasikiran
372000 Mumbai Abhijit Kunte
382001 Delhi Dibyendu Barua
392002 Nagpur Krishnan Sasikiran
402003 Mumbai Krishnan Sasikiran
412003 Kozhikode Surya Shekhar Ganguly
422004 Visakhapatnam Surya Shekhar Ganguly
432006 Visakhapatnam Surya Shekhar Ganguly
442007 Atul Surya Shekhar Ganguly
452008 Chennai Surya Shekhar Ganguly
462008 Mangalore Surya Shekhar Ganguly [3] [4]
472009 New Delhi Baskaran Adhiban
482010 New Delhi Parimarjan Negi
492011 Aurangabad Abhijeet Gupta
502012 Kolkata G. Akash
512013 Jalgaon Krishnan Sasikiran
522014 Kottayam S. P. Sethuraman
532015 Tiruvarur Karthikeyan Murali
542016 Lucknow Karthikeyan Murali
552017 Patna Babu M.R. Lalith
562018 Jammu Chithambaram Aravindh
572019 Majitar Chithambaram Aravindh
582022 Kanpur Arjun Erigaisi
592023 New Delhi Karthik Venkataraman
NrYearCityWomen's winner
11974 Bangalore Vasanti Khadilkar
21975 Calcutta Jayshree Khadilkar
31976 Kottayam Rohini Khadilkar
41977 Hyderabad Rohini Khadilkar
51979 Chennai Rohini Khadilkar
61979 Sangli Jayshree Khadilkar
71981 New Delhi Rohini Khadilkar
81982 Rajnandgaon Jayshree Khadilkar
91983 Bikaner Jayshree Khadilkar
101983 Kottayam Rohini Khadilkar
111985 Nagpur Bhagyashree Sathe
121986 Jalandhar Bhagyashree Sathe
131987 Calcutta Saritha Reddy
141988 Kurukshetra Bhagyashree Sathe
151989 Durg Anupama Abhyankar
161990 Vijaywada Anupama Abhyankar
171991 Kozhikode Bhagyashree Thipsay
181991 Mumbai Anupama Gokhale
191993 Kozhikode Anupama Gokhale
201994 Bangalore Bhagyashree Thipsay
211995 Chennai Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
221996 Salem Mrunalini Kunte
231997 Calcutta Anupama Gokhale
241998 Mumbai Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
251999 Kozhikode Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
262000 Mumbai Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
272001 New Delhi Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
282002 Lucknow Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
292003 Mumbai Aarthie Ramaswamy
302003 Kozhikode Humpy Koneru
312005 Bangalore Nisha Mohota
322006 Vizag Swati Ghate
332006 Chennai Tania Sachdev
342007 Pune Tania Sachdev
352008 New Delhi Kruttika Nadig
362009 Chennai Harika Dronavalli
372010 Bhubaneswar Soumya Swaminathan
382011 Chennai Mary Ann Gomes
392012 Jalgaon Mary Ann Gomes
402013 Kolkata Mary Ann Gomes
412014 Sangli Padmini Rout
422015 Kolkata Padmini Rout
432016 New Delhi Padmini Rout
442017 Surat Padmini Rout
452018 Jaipur Bhakti Kulkarni
462019 Karaikudi Bhakti Kulkarni
472022 Bhubaneswar Divya Deshmukh
492023 Ahmedabad Padmini Rout

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