High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Indian Chess Championship is a yearly national chess championship of India. It was established in 1955 by the Andhra State Chess Association as a two-yearly event, but since 1971 it has been played yearly. The first edition was held in Eluru (Andhra Pradesh) from May 15-May 28 and was jointly won by Ramchandra Sapre and D. Venkayya with 9/12.