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Bengal Chess Association

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Bengal Chess Association
AbbreviationBCA
Formation2012
TypeSports organisation
Legal statusAssociation
PurposeChess
Location
  • Around West Bengal
Region served
Entire West Bengal
Membership
Affiliated Districts and Academies/Clubs
Official language
Bangla
President
Santanu Lahiri[1]
AffiliationsAll India Chess Federation
WebsiteOfficial Website

The Bengal Chess Association (BCA) is a chess promotion and organising body in West Bengal, India.

History

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It was formed on 2012 after the West Bengal Chess Association was dissolved.

The erstwhile West Bengal Ad Hoc Committee, was given an elected form on 3 January 2012, where Sanjoy Sureka was elected president.[2]

The state body, West Bengal Chess Association was dissolved, as it failed to implement the Calcutta High Court's order, given on July 6, 1993 to conduct election within two weeks. Dibyendu Barua, the election officer and the Vice-President of the AICF, held the elections and elected the members of the organisation.

It was affiliated to the All India Chess Federation.[3]

Affiliates

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The BCA has a number of affiliated districts bodies, academies and clubs under it.

Affiliated Chess Associations

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Chess associations affiliated with BCA
Alipurduar District Chess Circle
All Hoogly Chess Association
All Howrah Chess Association
All Jalpaiguri Chess Association
All Nadia Chess Association
Birbhum District Chess Association
Bankura District Chess Association
Coochbehar District Chess Association
District Chess Association of North 24 Parganas
District Chess Association of Paschim medinipur
District Chess Association of South 24 Parganas
District Chess Association of Uttar Dinajpur
Gorkha Hill Chess Association
Jhargram District Chess Association
Kalimpong District Chess Association
Kolkata Metropolitan Chess Association
Malda District Chess Association
Murshidabad District Chess Association
Paschim Burdwan District Chess Association
Purba Burdwan District Chess Association
Purulia District Chess Association
South Dinajpur District Chess Association

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Affiliated Academies and Clubs

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  • Alekhine Chess Club
  • Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy
  • Bengal Chess Wizard
  • Calcutta Chess Academy
  • Calcutta Chess Club
  • Behala Chess Club
  • Lake Town Cultural Organization
  • Sealdah Sports & Cultural Organization
  • Gariahat Chess Club
  • City Chess Forum
  • Pioneer chess school


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Events

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The BCA has been able to organize some notable events in the state.[5]

It organizes the State Selection trials for the National Challengers Chess Tournament every year along with the different age-group tournaments for selecting players for various National Championships.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Controversy in Bengal Chess - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. September 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  2. ^ "Formation of the Bengal Chess Association". Business Standard. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Chess Association". All India Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  4. ^ Current affiliates of the Bengal Chess Association
  5. ^ "Tournament Calendar of bengal chess association". Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
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