World chess federation

FIDE World Junior Chess Championship: Padma Vibhushan Awardee and former 5-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand will inaugurate the FIDE World Junior Chess Championship at Radisson GIFT City Club at Gandhinagar on Sunday. The Gujarat State Chess Association (GSCA), under the aegis of the All-India Chess Federation (AICF) and World Chess Federation (FIDE), is set to host the World Junior Chess Championship-2024 in Gujarat with 228 players from around 40 countries in the fray.

With Gujarat hosting the event for the first time, the stage is set for an exhilarating battle to claim the World Junior Chess Championship title.

On this occasion, Anand expressed his joy at India hosting the FIDE World Junior Chess Championship 2024.