Overview

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 took active role to strengthen Indo-Russian Friendship and 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 200 grand masters took part in different events organized by the club at Gorky Sadan, Kolkata.

Coaching at club

Coaching is provided to young students. There are several chess coaches attached with the club looking after the development of the games of chess of the students. Both theoretical and practical classes are taken by the coaches. Besides, several practical tournaments are organized by the club for the students so that they do not face much problems in taking part in Chess Tournaments. Importance is given to gain international ratings by the students of the club.

Classes are usually taken in the evening from Monday to Saturday and in the morning on Sunday. Coaches fix the class of any particular student as per students' understanding the game of chess. Both English and Bengali medium of instructions are arranged as per need.

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Admission Procedure

For seeking admission for coaching, please drop one application stating details of the student and the parents. As soon as the present coaching session is over, you will receive a letter from the club for an interview.

The club has different chess classes depending upon level of understanding the game of chess by the students. Classes are usually taken from Monday to Saturday in the evening and on Sunday in the morning. After the interview, coaches fix necessary class for the newly admitted student. Medium of instructions is Bengali or English. 

Preferred age for admission is between 5 and 7. Usually newly admitted students are allotted one/ two classes a week. 

Those who know the game and secured more than 5 points in any Rating Chess Tournament/ State Level Tournament/ National Level Tournament/ The Telegraph Schools Chess Tournament, may approach the club for direct admission to an appropriate class to be fixed by the coaches/ coach in charge. 

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Milestones

vThe only Club which has helped the neighboring countries like Bangladesh and Nepal to promote the game of chess in respective countries.

vThe only Club which has been successfully running a coaching programme since 1977 from the grass root level without a break.

vThe only Club in India which has produced the maximum number of National Champions in different age group categories.

v The only Club in India which has produced the maximum number of grandmasters.

v The only Club in India which has helped the maximum number of players in India get GM and IM norms.

vThe only Club in West Bengal which has been helping various schools to promote chess.

vThe only Club in India which has organized the maximum number of International events (more than 25 international events which is a record in Asia).

vThe only Club in India where over 250 grandmasters including World Champions have participated, which is a record in Asia.

vThe only Club in India which has organized the maximum number of simultaneous chess exhibition matches by renowned grandmasters.

vThe only Club in India which has helped other state chess associations organize The Telegraph Schools’ Chess Championships in Jamshedpur, Bhubaneswar and Guwahati.

vThe only Club which was honoured with the presence of maximum number of celebrities such as Mother Teresa, Satyajit Ray, Vishwanathan Anand, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, B.S. Bedi, Ajit Wadekar,Jawagal Srinath, Leslie Claudius, Baichung Bhutia,P.K.Banerjee, Gurbux Singh, Sailen Manna, Chuni Goswami, Laxman Singh, Naresh Kumar, Vece Paes and many others.

vThe only Club in West Bengal where prominent intellectuals like Late Satyajit Ray, Late Premendra Mitra, Late Chinmoy Chattopadhyay, Late Anil Chatterjee, Late Samaresh Bose, Late Subhash Mukhopadhyay and many others were closely associated with the Club.

vThe only Club to have conducted the maximum number of chess clinics by National and International chess experts.

vThe only Club which has been helping the visually challenged organizations in organizing various events and coaching programmes.

vThe only Club which has won several Quiz contests at State and National level.

vThe only Club which has been accorded the status one of the best seven organizers by FIDE (World Chess Federation).