CFP president demands increase in federation’s annual-grant Friday, 12 April 2013 14:43 Posted by Parvez Jabri ISLAMABAD: The newly-elected President of Chess Federation of Pakistan (CFP) Abdus Salim Khan has called upon the higher authorities to increase the annual grant of...
Chess agreement between Turkey and Pakistan
Agreement signed for chess promotion Wednesday, October 24, 2012 KARACHI: Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) and Mind Sports Association of Pakistan (MSAP) have signed an agreement for promotion and development of chess in Pakistan. Both countries will be playing an...
Youngest ever to repesent Pakistan
12-year-old girl set to represent Pakistan at World Chess OlympiadMehak Gul, 12, will leave for Istanbul this Monday as part of a ten-member team.By Aroosa ShaukatPublished: August 24, 2012 LAHORE: Mehak Gul, 12, is all set to leave for...
Match-fixing 10 year ban
Match-fixing: National chess master banned for 10 years By APPPublished: August 16, 2012 KARACHI: National Master Anwar Qureshi from Sindh, who finished runner-up in the 28th National Chess Championship, was banned for 10 years and fined Rs100,000 by the...
FIDE President’s visit to Pakistan
FIDE President’s visit to Pakistan Saturday, 14 July 2012 12:18 On July 13-14, FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov paid a working visit to Pakistan. In Islamabad he met with H.E., President Asif Ali Zardari and discussed cooperation between FIDE and...
Punjab Women Chess
Punjab Women Chess on 27thJune 25, 2012 LAHORE – Punjab Women Chess Championship will be held on Wednesday (June 27) here at a local hotel. Chess Association of Punjab (CAP) was organising the event at the same venue where...
National chess championship set to be held in Karachi
National chess championship set to be held in Karachi KARACHI: The national chess championship will be held in Karachi from July 1, it was announced by the Pakistan Chess Federation. The event, which will be for both men and...
Lodhi returns from Iran with improved rating
Lodhi returns from Iran with improved ratingFrom the Newspaper | Sports |22nd March, 2012 KARACHI: Pakistan’s top-ranked chess player International Master Mahmood Lodhi returned here on Tuesday after taking part in three international events held in different cities of...
The Pakistani Chess Queen
The chess queenSource: http://www.dawn.com It was a lazy sunny afternoon and the children waiting for their ride to pick them up from the tuition centre were getting bored. That’s when Mr Hafeez, their tutor, thought of a way to...