Achievements and highlights

AICFB has successfully hosted World and Domestic championships:

World Level:

  1. 1st Asian Chess Championship for the blind 2003, Mumbai
  2. 11th Individual world  chess championship 2006, Goa
  3. 14th Chess Olympiad for the blind 2012, Chennai
  4. Indian medal winning performance at world championships
  5. 1998- Charudatta Jadhave stood second and Shirish Patil stood third in Irish international open chess championship for the blind,Island
  6. 2000- Madan Bagayatkar won Bronze medal  (second board) in 11th chess Olympiad for the blind, Poland
  7. 2008-Shrikrishna Udupa won Gold medal (forth board) in 13th chess Olympiad for the blind, Greece.
  8. In 2012, India stood 5th in 14th Chess Olympiad for the blind, india
  9. 2012- Kishan Gangolli won gold medal (second board) in 14th chess Olympiad for the blind, India
  10. 2013- Darpan Inani won Bronze medal in Junior world championship, Serbia
  11. 2017, India win all medals  in Asian chess championship for the blind, Manipal Kishan Gangolli Gold, Ashwin Makwana Silver, Soundarya Pradhan Bronze.
  12. 2017- Kishan Gangolli won Bronze medal in 15th chess Olympiad for the blind, Macedonia
  13. 2018, Soundarya Kumar Pradhan won Silver medal in Worlds Junior Chess Championship, Poland
  14. 2018, Kishan Gangolli Won Gold medal in 3rd Asian Para Games 2018, Jakarta Indonesia.
  15. 2018, Indian totally blind team won Silver medal in 3rd Asian Para Games 2018, Jakarta Indonesia.
  16. 2018, Indian B2/B3 blind chess team won Silver medal in 3rd Asian Para Games 2018, Jakarta Indonesia.
  17. 2018, Indian women’s team won 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal in 3rd Asian Para Games 2018, Jakarta Indonesia.

Mr. Charudatta Jadhav has nominated as a ‘Vice President’ of International Braille Chess Association’, IBCA world apex body for chess for the blind in world,  first and only Asian to get this recognition.

 

Domestic Level:

  1. Since 1998, AICFB has conducted 34 National championships (Men, Women, junior (under 19), School)
  2. 38 FIDE rating national open  chess tournament
  3. 250+ domestic tournaments (zonals, States, national open,Invitation cup).
  4. Since 1999, every year, AICFB has conducted selection cycle Zonals…National B…. National A…. to declare ‘National Champion’ and select Indian team for world championship.
  5. AICFB produce 161 FIDE rated blind chess players  till now, very few countries achieve this land mark.