Indian Chess Championship

The National Premier Chess Championship is the annual national chess championship of India. It was established in 1955 by the Andhra State Chess Association as a biannual event, but since 1971 it has been played yearly. The first edition was held in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh from 15 May to 28 May 1955 and was jointly won by Ramchandra Sapre and D. Venkayya with 9/12 points. Earlier, G. S. Dikshit of Pithapuram won the Andhra and Madras State Championships for three consecutive years, 1952–54.

The women's championship commenced in 1974. The first ten editions were dominated by the Khadilkar sisters Vasanti, Jayshree and Rohini. Rohini is the youngest and won the championship five times, Jayshree won four titles, and the eldest, Vasanti, won the championship in the inaugural year.

Winners- Men Champion

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! Nr !! Year !! City !! Men's winner
 * 1 ||	1955	||	Eluru	||	Ramchandra Sapre D. Venkayya
 * 2 ||	1957	||	Pune	||	Ramdas Gupta
 * 3 ||	1959	||	Delhi	||	Manuel Aaron
 * 4 ||	1961	||	Hyderabad	||	Manuel Aaron
 * 5 ||	1963	||	Bombay	||	Farooq Ali
 * 6 ||	1966	||	Madras	||	Rusi Madon
 * 7 ||	1967	||	Pune	||	Nasir Ali
 * 8 ||	1969	||	Bangalore	||	Manuel Aaron
 * 9 ||	1971	||	Bikaner	||	Manuel Aaron
 * 10 ||	1972	||	Simla	||	Manuel Aaron
 * 11 ||	1973	||	Ahmedabad	||	Manuel Aaron
 * 12 ||	1975	||	Rourkela	||	Manuel Aaron
 * 13 ||	1976	||	Patna	||	Ravi Sekhar
 * 14 ||	1976	||	Calcutta	||	Manuel Aaron
 * 15 ||	1978	||	Cochin	||	Rafiq Khan
 * 16 ||	1979	||	Tiruchi	||	Tiruchi N. Parameswaram
 * 17 ||	1979	||	Vijayawada	||	Ravi Sekhar
 * 18 ||	1981	||	New Delhi	||	Manuel Aaron
 * 19 ||	1982	||	Kanpur	||	Praveen Thipsay
 * 20 ||	1983	||	Agartala	||	Dibyendu Barua
 * 21 ||	1984	||	Ahmedabad	||	Praveen Thipsay
 * 22 ||	1985	||	Tenali	||	Praveen Thipsay
 * 23 ||	1986	||	Bombay	||	Viswanathan Anand
 * 24 ||	1987	||	Tumkur	||	Viswanathan Anand
 * 25 ||	1988	||	Neyveli	||	Viswanathan Anand
 * 26 ||	1989	||	Bikaner	||	Praveen Thipsay
 * 27 ||	1990	||	Kozhikode	||	D. V. Prasad
 * 28 ||	1991	||	Pondicherry	||	D. V. Prasad
 * 29 ||	1992	||	Patna	||	Praveen Thipsay
 * 30 ||	1993	||	Pune	||	Praveen Thipsay
 * 31 ||	1994	||	Hyderabad	||	Praveen Thipsay
 * 32 ||	1995	||	Madras	||	Ponnuswamy Konguvel
 * 33 ||	1996	||	Kanhangad	||	Tiruchi Parameswaran
 * 34 ||	1997	||	Bhilai	||	Abhijit Kunte
 * 35 ||	1998	||	Muzaffarpur	||	Dibyendu Barua
 * 36 ||	1999	||	Nagpur	||	Krishnan Sasikiran
 * 37 ||	2000	||	Mumbai	||	Abhijit Kunte
 * 38 ||	2001	||	Delhi	||	Dibyendu Barua
 * 39 ||	2002	||	Nagpur	||	Krishnan Sasikiran
 * 40 ||	2003	||	Mumbai	||	Krishnan Sasikiran
 * 41 ||	2003	||	Kozhikode	||  Surya Shekhar Ganguly
 * 42 ||	2004	|| Visakhapatnam	||	Surya Shekhar Ganguly
 * 43 ||	2006	|| Visakhapatnam	|| Surya Shekhar Ganguly
 * 44 ||	2007	||Atul|| Surya Shekhar Ganguly
 * 45 || 2008   ||      Chennai     || Surya Shekhar Ganguly
 * 46 || 2008   ||      Mangalore       || Surya Shekhar Ganguly
 * 47 || 2009   ||    New Delhi     || Baskaran Adhiban
 * 48 || 2010   ||    New Delhi     || Parimarjan Negi
 * 49 || 2011 || Aurangabad || Abhijeet Gupta
 * 50 || 2012   ||   Kolkata        || G. Akash
 * 51 || 2013   ||   Jalgaon        || Krishnan Sasikiran
 * 52 || 2014   ||   Kottayam       || S. P. Sethuraman
 * 53 || 2015   ||   Tiruvarur      || Karthikeyan Murali
 * 54 || 2016   ||   Lucknow        ||  Karthikeyan Murali
 * 55 || 2017   ||   Patna          || Babu M.R. Lalith
 * 56 || 2018   ||   Jammu          || Chithambaram Aravindh
 * 57 || 2019   ||  Majitar           || Chithambaram Aravindh
 * 58 || 2022   ||  Kanpur           || Arjun Erigaisi
 * 59 || 2023   ||  New Delhi           || Karthik Venkataraman
 * }
 * 31 ||	1994	||	Hyderabad	||	Praveen Thipsay
 * 32 ||	1995	||	Madras	||	Ponnuswamy Konguvel
 * 33 ||	1996	||	Kanhangad	||	Tiruchi Parameswaran
 * 34 ||	1997	||	Bhilai	||	Abhijit Kunte
 * 35 ||	1998	||	Muzaffarpur	||	Dibyendu Barua
 * 36 ||	1999	||	Nagpur	||	Krishnan Sasikiran
 * 37 ||	2000	||	Mumbai	||	Abhijit Kunte
 * 38 ||	2001	||	Delhi	||	Dibyendu Barua
 * 39 ||	2002	||	Nagpur	||	Krishnan Sasikiran
 * 40 ||	2003	||	Mumbai	||	Krishnan Sasikiran
 * 41 ||	2003	||	Kozhikode	||  Surya Shekhar Ganguly
 * 42 ||	2004	|| Visakhapatnam	||	Surya Shekhar Ganguly
 * 43 ||	2006	|| Visakhapatnam	|| Surya Shekhar Ganguly
 * 44 ||	2007	||Atul|| Surya Shekhar Ganguly
 * 45 || 2008   ||      Chennai     || Surya Shekhar Ganguly
 * 46 || 2008   ||      Mangalore       || Surya Shekhar Ganguly
 * 47 || 2009   ||    New Delhi     || Baskaran Adhiban
 * 48 || 2010   ||    New Delhi     || Parimarjan Negi
 * 49 || 2011 || Aurangabad || Abhijeet Gupta
 * 50 || 2012   ||   Kolkata        || G. Akash
 * 51 || 2013   ||   Jalgaon        || Krishnan Sasikiran
 * 52 || 2014   ||   Kottayam       || S. P. Sethuraman
 * 53 || 2015   ||   Tiruvarur      || Karthikeyan Murali
 * 54 || 2016   ||   Lucknow        ||  Karthikeyan Murali
 * 55 || 2017   ||   Patna          || Babu M.R. Lalith
 * 56 || 2018   ||   Jammu          || Chithambaram Aravindh
 * 57 || 2019   ||  Majitar           || Chithambaram Aravindh
 * 58 || 2022   ||  Kanpur           || Arjun Erigaisi
 * 59 || 2023   ||  New Delhi           || Karthik Venkataraman
 * }
 * 46 || 2008   ||      Mangalore       || Surya Shekhar Ganguly
 * 47 || 2009   ||    New Delhi     || Baskaran Adhiban
 * 48 || 2010   ||    New Delhi     || Parimarjan Negi
 * 49 || 2011 || Aurangabad || Abhijeet Gupta
 * 50 || 2012   ||   Kolkata        || G. Akash
 * 51 || 2013   ||   Jalgaon        || Krishnan Sasikiran
 * 52 || 2014   ||   Kottayam       || S. P. Sethuraman
 * 53 || 2015   ||   Tiruvarur      || Karthikeyan Murali
 * 54 || 2016   ||   Lucknow        ||  Karthikeyan Murali
 * 55 || 2017   ||   Patna          || Babu M.R. Lalith
 * 56 || 2018   ||   Jammu          || Chithambaram Aravindh
 * 57 || 2019   ||  Majitar           || Chithambaram Aravindh
 * 58 || 2022   ||  Kanpur           || Arjun Erigaisi
 * 59 || 2023   ||  New Delhi           || Karthik Venkataraman
 * }
 * 53 || 2015   ||   Tiruvarur      || Karthikeyan Murali
 * 54 || 2016   ||   Lucknow        ||  Karthikeyan Murali
 * 55 || 2017   ||   Patna          || Babu M.R. Lalith
 * 56 || 2018   ||   Jammu          || Chithambaram Aravindh
 * 57 || 2019   ||  Majitar           || Chithambaram Aravindh
 * 58 || 2022   ||  Kanpur           || Arjun Erigaisi
 * 59 || 2023   ||  New Delhi           || Karthik Venkataraman
 * }
 * 57 || 2019   ||  Majitar           || Chithambaram Aravindh
 * 58 || 2022   ||  Kanpur           || Arjun Erigaisi
 * 59 || 2023   ||  New Delhi           || Karthik Venkataraman
 * }
 * 59 || 2023   ||  New Delhi           || Karthik Venkataraman
 * }

Winners- Women Champions

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! Nr !! Year !! City !! Women's winner
 * 1	||	1974	||	Bangalore	||	Vasanti Khadilkar
 * 2	||	1975	||	Calcutta	||	Jayshree Khadilkar
 * 3	||	1976	||	Kottayam	||	Rohini Khadilkar
 * 4	||	1977	||	Hyderabad	||	Rohini Khadilkar
 * 5	||	1979	||	Chennai	||	Rohini Khadilkar
 * 6	||	1979	||	Sangli	||	Jayshree Khadilkar
 * 7	||	1981	||	New Delhi	||	Rohini Khadilkar
 * 8	||	1982	||	Rajnandgaon	||	Jayshree Khadilkar
 * 9	||	1983	||	Bikaner	||	Jayshree Khadilkar
 * 10	||	1983	||	Kottayam	||	Rohini Khadilkar
 * 11	||	1985	||	Nagpur	||	Bhagyashree Sathe
 * 12	||	1986	||	Jalandhar	||	Bhagyashree Sathe
 * 13	||	1987	||	Calcutta	||	Saritha Reddy
 * 14	||	1988	||	Kurukshetra	||	Bhagyashree Sathe
 * 15	||	1989	||	Durg	||	Anupama Abhyankar
 * 16	||	1990	||	Vijaywada	||	Anupama Abhyankar
 * 17	||	1991	||	Kozhikode	||	Bhagyashree Thipsay
 * 18	||	1991	||	Mumbai	||	Anupama Gokhale
 * 19	||	1993	||	Kozhikode	||	Anupama Gokhale
 * 20	||	1994	||	Bangalore	||	Bhagyashree Thipsay
 * 21	||	1995	||	Chennai	||	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
 * 22	||	1996	||	Salem	||	Mrunalini Kunte
 * 23	||	1997	||	Calcutta	||	Anupama Gokhale
 * 24	||	1998	||	Mumbai	||	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
 * 25	||	1999	||	Kozhikode	||	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
 * 26	||	2000	||	Mumbai	||	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
 * 27	||	2001	||	New Delhi	||	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
 * 28	||	2002	||	Lucknow	||	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
 * 29	||	2003	||	Mumbai	||	Aarthie Ramaswamy
 * 30	||	2003	||	Kozhikode	||	Humpy Koneru
 * 31	||	2005	||	Bangalore	||	Nisha Mohota
 * 32	||	2006	||	Vizag	||	Swati Ghate
 * 33	||	2006	||	Chennai	||	Tania Sachdev
 * 34     ||      2007    ||      Pune        ||      Tania Sachdev
 * 35     ||      2008    ||      New Delhi   ||
 * 36     ||      2009    ||      Chennai     ||      Harika Dronavalli
 * 37     ||      2010    ||      Bhubaneswar ||      Soumya Swaminathan
 * 38     ||      2011    ||      Chennai     ||
 * 39     ||      2012    ||       Jalgaon    ||
 * 40     ||      2013    ||      Kolkata     ||
 * 41     ||      2014    ||      Sangli      ||      Padmini Rout
 * 42     ||      2015    ||      Kolkata     ||    Padmini Rout
 * 43     ||      2016    ||      New Delhi   || Padmini Rout
 * 44     ||      2017    ||       Surat|| Padmini Rout
 * 45     ||      2018    ||       Jaipur  || Bhakti Kulkarni
 * 46     ||      2019    ||       Karaikudi  || Bhakti Kulkarni
 * 47     ||      2022    ||       Bhubaneswar  || Divya Deshmukh
 * 48     ||      2023    ||       New Delhi||Padmini Rout
 * }
 * 25	||	1999	||	Kozhikode	||	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
 * 26	||	2000	||	Mumbai	||	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
 * 27	||	2001	||	New Delhi	||	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
 * 28	||	2002	||	Lucknow	||	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
 * 29	||	2003	||	Mumbai	||	Aarthie Ramaswamy
 * 30	||	2003	||	Kozhikode	||	Humpy Koneru
 * 31	||	2005	||	Bangalore	||	Nisha Mohota
 * 32	||	2006	||	Vizag	||	Swati Ghate
 * 33	||	2006	||	Chennai	||	Tania Sachdev
 * 34     ||      2007    ||      Pune        ||      Tania Sachdev
 * 35     ||      2008    ||      New Delhi   ||
 * 36     ||      2009    ||      Chennai     ||      Harika Dronavalli
 * 37     ||      2010    ||      Bhubaneswar ||      Soumya Swaminathan
 * 38     ||      2011    ||      Chennai     ||
 * 39     ||      2012    ||       Jalgaon    ||
 * 40     ||      2013    ||      Kolkata     ||
 * 41     ||      2014    ||      Sangli      ||      Padmini Rout
 * 42     ||      2015    ||      Kolkata     ||    Padmini Rout
 * 43     ||      2016    ||      New Delhi   || Padmini Rout
 * 44     ||      2017    ||       Surat|| Padmini Rout
 * 45     ||      2018    ||       Jaipur  || Bhakti Kulkarni
 * 46     ||      2019    ||       Karaikudi  || Bhakti Kulkarni
 * 47     ||      2022    ||       Bhubaneswar  || Divya Deshmukh
 * 48     ||      2023    ||       New Delhi||Padmini Rout
 * }
 * 38     ||      2011    ||      Chennai     ||
 * 39     ||      2012    ||       Jalgaon    ||
 * 40     ||      2013    ||      Kolkata     ||
 * 41     ||      2014    ||      Sangli      ||      Padmini Rout
 * 42     ||      2015    ||      Kolkata     ||    Padmini Rout
 * 43     ||      2016    ||      New Delhi   || Padmini Rout
 * 44     ||      2017    ||       Surat|| Padmini Rout
 * 45     ||      2018    ||       Jaipur  || Bhakti Kulkarni
 * 46     ||      2019    ||       Karaikudi  || Bhakti Kulkarni
 * 47     ||      2022    ||       Bhubaneswar  || Divya Deshmukh
 * 48     ||      2023    ||       New Delhi||Padmini Rout
 * }
 * 44     ||      2017    ||       Surat|| Padmini Rout
 * 45     ||      2018    ||       Jaipur  || Bhakti Kulkarni
 * 46     ||      2019    ||       Karaikudi  || Bhakti Kulkarni
 * 47     ||      2022    ||       Bhubaneswar  || Divya Deshmukh
 * 48     ||      2023    ||       New Delhi||Padmini Rout
 * }
 * 47     ||      2022    ||       Bhubaneswar  || Divya Deshmukh
 * 48     ||      2023    ||       New Delhi||Padmini Rout
 * }
 * 48     ||      2023    ||       New Delhi||Padmini Rout
 * }