Our Founders
MEET THE V4Chess Team
V4 CHESS is a group formed by four of Hyderabad based prominent Chess Players from 1990s. The four Chess Friends namely Ramu Kandi (FIDE Master & FIDE Trainer), Sardar Amithpal Singh (Candidate Master & FIDE Instructor), Sardar Rishpal Singh (FIDE Master & FIDE Trainer) and Beenish Bhatia (Former Under 14 & 18 National Champion) have joined hands together to promote the game of CHESS through various programs such as Chess Tournaments, Training Camps and other promotional activities that will take the game of CHESS to masses and help the budding & aspirant Chess player to realise their potential and dreams.
As part of it’s first initiative, V4 CHESS is organizing two ALL INDIA OPEN Chess Tournaments namely #1.“SARDAR BISHAN SINGH JI MEMORIAL ALL INDIA OPEN FIDE RATING TOURNAMENT” from 10 to 14 January 2023 and #2. V4 CHESS ALL INDIA OPEN FIDE RATING TOURNAMENT FOR BELOW 1600 RATED PLAYERS from 03 to 05 Febuary 2023 at Kotla Vijay Bhasker Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda Hyderabad.
The first Tournament was named after Late. Shri Bishan Singh ji who was a prominent chess player, coach, national arbiter and organizer. To promote any sport’s one has to be passionate about it. And passion for the game of chess came naturally to Bishan Singh ji, although he was district Champion, Bishan Singh ji knew that Chess had to be promoted to the level where it can be looked upon as a career option for young and budding talents. This work first started in Karimnagar, with laying the foundation of Karimnagar district chess association and eventually progressed to other districts of the state. He became the office bearer of AP State Chess Association in the early nineties. He worked selflessly in making chess popular in the state. An example of which can be seen in all his four sons whom he encouraged to play chess and they were all successful national level players and finished in the medal bracket multiple times in national championships. Hereby standing in front of you we take great pride in conducting his memorial tournament with family and friends and taking his legacy forward.
Ramu Kandi, M.B.A
Founder Chess Mavericks IM Norm holder FIDE Master FIDE Trainer Playing since 32 years Training since 22 years
Sardar Amithpal Singh, M.C.A
Founder Maestro Chess Academy IM Norm Holder Candidate Master FIDE Instructor Playing since 32 years Training since 22 years
Sardar Rishpal Singh M.C.A
Founder Deccan Chess Academy FIDE Master FIDE Trainer Playing since 32 years Training since 22 years