Indian Chess Championship
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
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 May 15 to May 28 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.