IM Neeraj Kumar Mishra is the new Secretary of Chess Players Forum!

March 11, 2021

IM Neeraj Kumar Mishra, the new Secretary of the CPF!

IM Neeraj Kumar Mishra is the new Secretary of the Chess Players Forum, while IM Varugeese Koshy and WGM Swati Ghate will continue to be the President and Treasurer respectively.

IM Varugeese Koshy continues to be the President

WGM Swati Ghate continues to be the Treasurer

The first Managing Committee of the freshly elected members of the CPF which met on 10th Mar 2021 also elected GM Dibyendu Barua to continue to be the Vice President while IM Venkatachalam Saravanan will be the Joint Secretary.

GM Dibyendu Barua continues to be the Vice President

IM Venkatachalam Saravanan will be the Joint Secretary

Earlier, Gurpreet Pal Singh and Joe Parappilly were elected to the Managing Committee after the election between Ordinary Members on 09th Mar, joining Venkatachalam Saravanan, Srinath Narayanan, Swati Ghate, N.R.Anilkumar (all Life Members), Seshadri K R (Associate Member) and Dibyendu Barua (Institutional Member – Dhanuka Dhunseri Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy). The Committee co-opted Varugeese Koshy and Neeraj Kumar Mishra to join them.

GM Srinath Narayanan, member of the Managing Committee from Life Members

IM (Correspondence) N.R.Anilkumar, member of the Managing Committee from Life Members

Gurpreet Pal Singh from Delhi, member of the Managing Committee from Ordinary Members

Joe Parappilly from Kerala, member of the Managing Committee from Ordinary Members

K.R.Seshadri of Chennai, member of the Managing Committee from Associate Members

The Managing Committee has a term of 3 (Three) Years.

Our sincere thanks to Advocate Ms.Smita S. Chitale for being the Returning Officer of the election and conducting the event smoothly.

We thank all the members who participated in the democratic process making it a smooth success. Let us all wish all the very best to ourselves!