16th Edition of AICFB National Chess Championship for the Blind 2023 to be held in Mumbai

Mumbai, March 2023: The 16th version of India’s highest nationwide chess championship for the blind, the “AICFB National Chess Championship” for the visually challenged, will be organized by the All India Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB) from March thirteenth to 18th, 2023, at Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini Keshav Srushti, Bhayandar West, Mumbai.

A complete of 56 gamers have been chosen to participate in this prestigious match on the foundation of their efficiency at the State & Zonal Chess Tournament performed throughout India. There will be a range of the Indian workforce of 4 gamers for the forthcoming World Individual Chess Championship in the month of October at Greece. 12 gamers in the classes of completely Blind (B1) and partially blind (B2 & B3) will be chosen for the upcoming Asian Para Games that may be held in October in Hangzhou, China.

This National Chess Championship will be performed on a Swiss League foundation in accordance with FIDE and IBCA guidelines. 2018 Asian Para video games winners Kishan Gangolli, Prachurya Kumar Pradhan and Megha Chakraborty to compete once more.

Dr. Charudatta Jhadhav, President of the AICFB, mentioned, “This is the highest match of India that may give a path to many upcoming champions of India. We need to elevate consciousness about blind chess and assist with recognition to the gamers who made blind chess in style in India. AICFB’s varied expertise based mostly initiatives like web radio service and on-line coaching classes has led to participation in giant numbers. Our nation has emerged as one of the strongest chess gamers in the world. Throughout the previous years, India’s efficiency at the World Chess Championships and Olympiad Games has improved tremendously. We search assist of stakeholders and the authorities to come ahead and encourage the gamers who’re blind or visually impaired in leaving their mark on the nation and the world.”

Dr. Charudatta Jhadhav is a chess champion himself and a National Award winner for the Best Disabled Employee of the Year. He and his workforce are spearheading the occasion and have achieved loads of different initiatives for the blind. He is at present working at TATA Consultancy Services as the Head of the Accessibility Center of Excellence, which is an element of the Corporate Research and Innovation unit. He has launched “Talk64,” specifically designed speech-enabled chess software program for the blind, “Radio Chess,” the world’s first devoted web radio for Chess for the Blind, the world’s first DAISY chess ebook in 2007 (an accessible chess ebook with audio and textual content synchronized), and plenty of different such initiatives to assist and encourage the blind in chess.