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

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.

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.

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.

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!