Indian Players Details
Indian Women Team
Megha Chakraborty
Current AICFB National Women Champion. Asian Para games Silver and Bronze medallist (2018).
Tijan Gawar
Asian Para games 2018 Silver and Bronze medallist. Runner up in AICFB National Women Championship 2023
Shobha Lokande
Former AICFB National Women Champion (2005) Third runner up in AICFB National Women Championship 2023.
Ayisha Sainab
Fourth runner up in AICFB National Women Championship 2023.
Indian Junior Team
Sam Paniel
Two-time AICFB National Junior Champion. Represented India in International Purple fest 2024, Goa.
Tanish Waghmare
Two-time runner up in AICFB National Junior Championship 2023. Former Maharashtra State Chess Champion for the Visually Challenged (2022)
John Haris
Youngest blind player in India to get FIDE rating at the age of 11. Second runner up in AICFB National Junior Championship 2023.
Rahul Vaghela
Former Gujarat State Champion for the Visually Challenged (2022) Third runner up in AICFB National Junior Championship 2023.
AICFB Medal Achievement
In last 26 years India participated in 2 Olympiads, 6 world chess championships, 10 world juniors, 4 woman world championship, 4 world cup team event and 3 international open tournaments.
- 2023 : Indian blind chess team won 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 9 Bronze medal in 4 th Asian Para Games 2022, Hangzhou, China.
- 2023 : Kishan Gangolli got silver medal on board 3 in FIDE Chess Olympiad for person with disability and also best game of the tournament prize.
- 2022 : Aryan Joshi won Silver medal in 11th IBCA Junior Individual Championship for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
- 2022 : Soundarya Kumar Pradhan clinched the gold medal on board 2 and Kishan Gangolli & Swapnil Shah secured silver medal on board 3 and 5 respectively in 09th IBCA World Team Chess Championship for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
- 2018 : Indian women's team won 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal in 3rd Asian Para Games 2018 Jakarta Indonesia.
- 2018 : Indian B2/B3 blind chess team won Silver medal in 3rd Asian Para Games 2018, Jakarta Indonesia.
- 2018 : Kishan Gangolli Won Gold medal in 3rd Asian Para Games 2018, Jakarta Indonesia.
- 2018 : Soundarya Kumar Pradhan won Silver medal in Worlds Junior Chess Championship, Poland
- 2017 : Kishan Gangolli won Bronze medal in 15th chess Olympiad for the blind, Macedonia.
- 2017 : India win all medals in Asian chess championship for the blind, Manipal Kishan Gangolli Gold, Ashwin Makwana Silver, Soundarya Pradhan Bronze.
- 2013 : Darpan Inani won Bronze medal in Junior world championship, Serbia
- 2012 : Kishan Gangolli won gold medal (second board) in 14th chess Olympiad for the blind, India.
- 2008 : Shrikrishna Udupa won gold medal (forth board) in 13th chess Olympiad for the blind, Greece
- 2003 : Gaurav Gadodia won Gold at Asian chess championship, Mumbai.
- 2000 : Madan Bagayatkar won Bronze medal (second board) in 11 th chess Olympiad for the blind, Poland
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