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Official Website of Bengal Chess Association
The parent body for conducting chess in the state of West Bengal. Formed in the year 2012, Bengal Chess Association ( BCA) is an affiliate of the All India Chess Federation ( AICF), the apex Body of chess in India from 18th November 2012.
Bengal Chess Association ( BCA ) is responsible for conducting, selection and supporting chess players for Nationals in all age group & senior categories, promoting chess in all Districts and Educational Institutions in West Bengal, and for co ordinating chess activities and tournaments through out the state.




GM Sandipan Chanda finishes joint first in 21st Bavarian International Chess.
The recently concluded 21st Bavarian International Chess Open attracted almost 500 participants of whom around two dozen were Grandmasters. In fact, the top six seeds were rated above Elo 2600! There were only two Indian GMs in this super strong fiel more...

BCA EC Meeting on 4th November 2017 at ICCR. The President presenting his vision for Bengal Chess in his inaugural address
A new President of Bengal Chess Association, Mr Saikat Basu was sworn in and Bharat Singh Chauhan visited West Bengal for the first time after taking over as Secretary of the All India Chess Federation more...

Bengal Chess dominated East Zone University Team Chess Championship 2017
University of Calcutta won East Zone University Men Team Chess Championship 2017. The team remained undefeated and won all 7 rounds scoring 100% with 14 match points. Diptayan Ghosh, Sayantan Das and Sumit Kumar all of them won Board Prize each for more...

Arpita Mukherjee secures runner-up and Mitrabha Guha secures second runner-up position in Dr. N. Mahalingam 28th National Under-17 Chess Championships 2017 in Girls and Open category respectively
Arpita Mukherjee secures runner-up and Mitrabha Guha secures second runner-up position in Dr. N. Mahalingam 28th National Under-17 Chess Championships 2017 in Girls and Open category respectively The tournament went on from 24th October 2017 to 1st more...