National Poker Championship India

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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 May 15 to May 28 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[edit]

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Nr	Year	City	Men's winner
1	1955	Eluru	Ramchandra Sapre D. Venkayya
2	1957	Pune	Ramdas Gupta
3	1959	Delhi	Manuel Aaron
4	1961	Hyderabad	Manuel Aaron
5	1963	Bombay	Farooq Ali
6	1966	Madras	Rusi Madon
7	1967	Pune	Nasir Ali
8	1969	Bangalore	Manuel Aaron
9	1971	Bikaner	Manuel Aaron
10	1972	Simla	Manuel Aaron
11	1973	Ahmedabad	Manuel Aaron
12	1975	Rourkela	Manuel Aaron
13	1976	Patna	Ravi Sekhar
14	1976	Culcutta	Manuel Aaron
15	1978	Cochin	Rafiq Khan
16	1979	Tiruchi	Tiruchi N. Parameswaram
17	1979	Vijayawada	Ravi Sekhar
18	1981	New Delhi	Manuel Aaron
19	1982	Kanpur	Praveen Thipsay
20	1983	Agartala	Dibyendu Barua
21	1984	Ahmedabad	Praveen Thipsay
22	1985	Tenali	Praveen Thipsay
23	1986	Bombay	Viswanathan Anand
24	1987	Tumkur	Viswanathan Anand
25	1988	Neyveli	Viswanathan Anand
26	1989	Bikaner	Praveen Thipsay
27	1990	Kozhikode	Devaki V. Prasad
28	1991	Pondicherry	Devaki V. Prasad
29	1992	Patna	Praveen Thipsay
30	1993	Pune	Praveen Thipsay
31	1994	Hyderabad	Praveen Thipsay
32	1995	Madras	Ponnuswamy Konguvel
33	1996	Kanhangad	Tiruchi Parameswaran
34	1997	Bhilai	Abhijit Kunte
35	1998	Muzaffarpur	Dibyendu Barua
36	1999	Nagpur	Krishnan Sasikiran
37	2000	Mumbai	Abhijit Kunte
38	2001	Delhi	Dibyendu Barua
39	2002	Nagpur	Krishnan Sasikiran
40	2003	Mumbai	Krishnan Sasikiran
41	2003	Kozhikode	Surya Shekhar Ganguly
42	2004	Visakhapatnam	Surya Shekhar Ganguly
43	2006	Visakhapatnam	Surya Shekhar Ganguly
44	2007	Atul	Surya Shekhar Ganguly
45	2008	Chennai	Surya Shekhar Ganguly
46	2008	Mangalore	Surya Shekhar Ganguly^[3]^[4]
47	2009	New Delhi	Baskaran Adhiban
48	2010	New Delhi	Parimarjan Negi
49	2011	Aurangabad	Abhijeet Gupta
50	2012	Kolkata	G. Akash
51	2013	Jalgaon	Krishnan Sasikiran
52	2014	Kottayam	S.P. Sethuraman
53	2015	Tiruvarur	Karthikeyan Murali
54	2016	Lucknow	Karthikeyan Murali
55	2017	Patna	Babu M.R. Lalith
56	2018	Jammu	Chithambaram Aravindh
57	2019	Majitar	Chithambaram Aravindh

Nr	Year	City	Women's winner
1	1974	Bangalore	Vasanti Khadilkar
2	1975	Calcutta	Jayshree Khadilkar
3	1976	Kottayam	Rohini Khadilkar
4	1977	Hyderabad	Rohini Khadilkar
5	1979	Chennai	Rohini Khadilkar
6	1979	Sangli	Jayshree Khadilkar
7	1981	New Delhi	Rohini Khadilkar
8	1982	Rajnandgaon	Jayshree Khadilkar
9	1983	Bikaner	Jayshree Khadilkar
10	1983	Kottayam	Rohini Khadilkar
11	1985	Nagpur	Bhagyashree Sathe
12	1986	Jalandhar	Bhagyashree Sathe
13	1987	Calcutta	Saritha Reddy
14	1988	Kurukshetra	Bhagyashree Sathe
15	1989	Durg	Anupama Abhyankar
16	1990	Vijaywada	Anupama Abhyankar
17	1991	Kozhikode	Bhagyashree Thipsay
18	1991	Mumbai	Anupama Gokhale
19	1993	Kozhikode	Anupama Gokhale
20	1994	Bangalore	Bhagyashree Thipsay
21	1995	Chennai	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
22	1996	Salem	Mrunalini Kunte
23	1997	Calcutta	Anupama Gokhale
24	1998	Mumbai	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
25	1999	Kozhikode	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
26	2000	Mumbai	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
27	2001	New Delhi	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
28	2002	Lucknow	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
29	2003	Mumbai	Aarthie Ramaswamy
30	2003	Kozhikode	Humpy Koneru
31	2005	Bangalore	Nisha Mohota
32	2006	Vizag	Swati Ghate
33	2006	Chennai	Tania Sachdev
34	2007	Pune	Tania Sachdev
35	2008	New Delhi	Kruttika Nadig
36	2009	Chennai	Harika Dronavalli
37	2010	Bhubaneswar	Soumya Swaminathan
38	2011	Chennai	Mary Ann Gomes
39	2012	Jalgaon	Mary Ann Gomes
40	2013	Kolkata	Mary Ann Gomes
41	2014	Sangli	Padmini Rout
42	2015	Kolkata	Padmini Rout
43	2016	New Delhi	Padmini Rout
44	2017	Ahmedabad	Padmini Rout
45	2018	Jaipur	Bhakti Kulkarni
46	2019	Karaikudi	Bhakti Kulkarni

Notes[edit]

^The Hindu, June 6, 1952
^British Chess Magazine, July 1955, p. 213
^Ganguly wins sixth successive National 'A' chess title The Times of India
^46th National A Chess Championship, India. Tournament report FIDE

References[edit]

D.K. Bharadwaj (2003), A big boom in the brain game; A history of chess in India
The Hindu news 41st edition
The Hindu news 42nd edition
Chessbase report of the 43rd edition
Chessbase report of the 44th edition
TWIC news 34th Women's edition
The Hindu Dated June 6, 1952 (Article Chess Notes G. S. Dikshit, State Champion by T. A. Krishnamachariar)
The Hindu Dated June 6, 1952 Picture of Mr. G. S. Dikshit Madras State Chess Championship
The Hindu Dated June 29, 1952 The Madras State Tournament by T. A. Krishnamachariar
The Hindu Dated July 27, 1952 Chess Notes Facts and Figures By T. A Krishnamachariar
The Hindu Dated July 1953 ... Three In a Row for South Indian Star by V. K. Raman Menon (date unknown.. month and year known)
The Hindu Dated January 9, 1956 Chess. Andhra State Tourney Dixit Wins Title Again (from our correspondent) Kakinada
The Hindu January 29, 1956 Chess Notes The Andhra State Championship By T. A Krishnamachariar

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Mixing skill, thrill and excitement, there’s hardly a reason to not like poker and hence it’s no surprise that it has become one of the fastest-growing games in the country. Already the world’s most popular card game is quite popular in India with many skilled players making their fortunes in the industry’s prize-rich online tournaments.

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With the growing proclivity for the game, it’s now time for the country’s players to prove their skills and represent the nation at the biggest stage of them all – National Poker Series 2020.

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The National Poker Series (NPS) 2020 aims to raise the level of Indian poker and will commence from 29 April and continue till 5 May 2020. Its focus is to not only bring together players from across the country, but to put Indian players on the world stage. As part of the series, the top two names on the leaderboard will get an all-inclusive trip to Las Vegas along with one winner getting a USD 10,000 cash prize to compete with the world’s best at the mecca of poker.Abhinav Iyer, India’s first solo winner at the World Series Of Poker, commented, “NPS is a great platform for everyone to make it to the biggest stage and showcase their skills at the world stage. Going to be an exciting series with a great leaderboard reward.”

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With buy-ins expected to be highly reasonable and with some massive prize-pools to play for, the national series strives to elevate the scope of the game in India. Featuring a series of tournaments across its week-long run, there is likely to be something for everybody at the National Poker Series.Fellow WSOP winner Aditya Sushant added, “Nothing matches the Vegas experience and it’s great that the National Poker Series is giving two players a chance to have that experience. The next level in Indian poker is here and I can’t wait to compete.”The tournament players can also participate in satellite tournaments that will reward them with tickets to various tournaments of the National Poker Series 2020. Gaming giant PokerBaazi.com is the official satellite partner of the NPS and will be organising these satellite tournaments on its platform ahead of the main series.