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All India Chess Federation: After the storm -- the elections, charges, and counter-charges -- there is calm at the All India Chess Federation (AICF), the apex body for Indian chess.

A new set of office-bearers has been elected unanimously to manage the affairs of the AICF till 2027, and it will be interesting to see what steps it takes on the earlier decision to go for a forensic audit of the Federation's accounts.

Though the election results were a foregone conclusion -- only 15 nominations for 15 posts were filed -- the formal announcement was made by the two poll officials, Justice G.S. Sistani (retd), and Justice Rang Nath Pandey (retd), at the AICF General Body meeting held in Delhi on Sunday.