Victorious Chess Academy: Master Chess Skills

- Conducted:-
  - VCA 35th to 40th Internal tournaments.
  - 1st VCA Simultaneous Exhibition with WGM Swati Ghate and NI Kapil Lohana.
  - 2nd VCA Simultaneous Exhibition with GM Harshit Raja.
  - Shatranj Se Ghazal Tak Concert.
  - Victorious Chess League (VCL) Season 4 with YouTube streaming.
  - FM Sajjandas Joshi Sir's Camp for VCA Champions.
- Engaging chess coaching at Symbiosis pre-school (Symbi Stars).
- Started training to underprivileged children at Snehawan (NGO), Pune.
- VCA got Best Academy prize at LBHM chess Festival 2024.
- Atharva Madkar Sir (Trainer of VCA) won Agra and Goa FIDE Classical rating tournaments.
- VCA students remarkable performance at Singapore International Open Tournament.
- Conducted:-
  -6 Internal Tournaments (From 29th to 34th).
  -5 IITPK U-15 Pune Open Chess Tournaments (Over the Board).
  -1st KLF chess tournament.
  -Victorious Chess League (VCL) Season 3.
  -Offline camp by India’s 35th GM Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury.
  -Simultaneous by GM Harshit Raja at VCA Main branch.
- Won 90 Awards.
- VCA reached in 30 Countries.
- Conducted - 6 Internal Tournaments (From 23rd to 28th)
- Conducted - 5 IITPK U-15 Pune Open Chess Tournaments (Over the Board)
- VCA reached in 27 Countries.
- Celebrated International Chess Day with Tech Mahindra, Pune. (Chess Gala)
- Conducted Chess Fun Fair with Amanora Mall, Pune.
- Conducted - Victorious Chess League (VCL) Season 2
- Visited 44th Chess Olympiad conducted at Chennai
- Our former student Harshit Raja became India’s 69th GrandMaster.
- Our founder, Kapil Lohana’s captaincy for e-Zest team in WORLD CORPORATE chess championship.
- Gargi Sane received National Instructor (NI) title from FIDE.
- Sameer Ghela received Developmental Instructor (DI) title from FIDE.
- Celebrated Chess International Day with students.
- VCA reached in 17 countries.
- Conducted - 6 internal tournaments (From 17th to 22nd)
- Conducted:-
  - 11th Internal Chess Tournament.
  - 12th Internal Chess Tournament.
  - 13th Internal Chess Tournament.
  - 14th Internal Chess Tournament.
  - 15th Internal Chess Tournament.
  - 16th Internal Chess Tournament.
- 1st International Shailesh Nerlikar online tournament.
- Conducted:-
  - 8th Internal Chess Tournament.
  - 9th Internal Chess Tournament.
  - 10th Internal Chess Tournament.
  - 1st War of Wits Open Rapid Chess Tournament.
  - Rotary Club one day Rapid Chess Tournament.
- Conducted:
  - State open rapid tournament.
  - 4th Internal chess tournament.
- Conducted:-
  1st Shailesh Nerlikar Memorial State Rapid Chess Championship.
  - 1st State Arbiters seminar.
  - State open rapid tournament.
  - 5th Internal chess tournament.
  - 6th Internal Chess Tournament.
  - 7th Internal Chess Tournament.
- Started new branches at Hinjewadi, Wakad and Mukund Nagar, Pune, India.
- Launched 1st promotional video of VCA.
- Tie up with Vibgyor High school and First five school for chess in school program.
- Conducted:
  - State open rapid tournament.
  - 4th Internal chess tournament.
- Started conducting Internal tournaments for VCA students.
- Conducted following events:
  - 1st internal chess tournament.
  - 2nd internal chess tournament.
  - 3rd internal chess tournament.
  - Coaching camp at Vidarbha.
- Student of VCA represented India at Catalan circuit tournaments in Spain.
- Conducted:
  - State open rapid tournament.
  - 4th Internal chess tournament.
- Represented India at 2nd World Chess Championship for disabled at Germany with our beloved student and a dear friend Late. Shailesh M. Nerlikar.
- Started 6 more branches at Aundh, Baner, Pashan, Magarpatta, Sopan Baug and Nana Peth in Pune, India.
- Student of VCA represented India at World Youth Chess Championship at Durban, South Africa.
- The organisation founded in October 2013 by National Instructor Kapil Lohana with a vision to spread the beautiful game of chess.
- Started with Main branch in Karvenagar - Pune, India.

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