Assam Chess Club News

​  ASSAM CHESS CLUB MONTHLY CLASS TOURNAMENT 📅 Date: 15/02/2026 The Assam Chess Club successfully organized its Monthly Class Tournament on 15th February 2026 in a competitive and well-disciplined environment. The tournament was conducted in a 5-round Swiss-System format with a rapid time control of 15 minutes plus 2 seconds increment from move one. The event was efficiently managed by Tournament Director Nirmali Bhatta, with Bidyute Borah serving as the Chief Arbiter and Sushmita Mazumder as the Deputy Chief Arbiter. Young and talented players participated enthusiastically in two categories. In the Above 10 Years category, Shresht Varuruchi secured first place with 4.5 points, followed by Bhaumik Kishore Das in second place with 4 points, while Jonakprit Deka also scored 4 points to finish third. In the 10 Years and Below category (born 2016 and later), Md Rasel Islam delivered an outstanding performance by scoring a perfect 5 points to claim the top position. Aryaman Hazarika se...

Mayank Chakraborty champion in Assam Engineering College Chess Meet International Master Mayank Chakraborty of South Point School Clinched the championship in the 9th edition of Shatranj, the Chess tournament organized by Assam Engineering College Chess club as part of its annual students festival Pyrokinesis. Mayank was the top seed of the tournament and scored 8.5 points out of possible 9 to clinch the championship. Soram Rahul Singh of Cachar was placed second while Tanmay Rajbongshi of Guwahati was placed third in the final ranking list. Altogether 65 players from across the state participated in this day long event.  Snehabandhan Chess Academy was the title sponsor while Assam Chess Club was the technical partner of the tournament. Prizes worth seventy thousand rupees were distributed to the prize winners.  The tournament was held with a total of 9 rounds under blitz time control in swiss league format under the supervision of International Arbiter Biswajit Bharadwaj...