On behalf of Alekhine Chess
Club, I welcome all chess lovers to visit our web site. It is one of the oldest chess
clubs in India promoting the game of chess since 1976.
The
Club at Gorky Sadan, Kolkata
The club, housed in the famous Gorky Sadan, Kolkata courtesy the then
Soviet Union, and named after the former world champion, Alexander Alekhine, was
launched by a few chess enthusiasts on 26th February 1976.
Since inception, the club is imparting
the education on chess to young children and also started organizing different level of
tournaments including schools' chess championships, world youth international,
grandmasters' chess, rapid chess and many other events - it is a record that more than 100
grand masters took part in different events organized by the club at Gorky Sadan, Kolkata.