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'''Goodricke National Chess Academy''' is a chess training facility in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. It is run by the [http://www.alekhinechessclub.com/ Alekhine Chess Club] at [[Gorky Sadan]], Kolkata.

The club has fostered a number of youth talent including [[Diptayan Ghosh]] (winner, under-10 Asian Chess, Turkey<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alekhinechessclub.com/felicitation.html |title=Alekhine Chess Club |publisher=Alekhine Chess Club |date=2008-11-02 |accessdate=2010-08-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707104423/http://www.alekhinechessclub.com/felicitation.html |archivedate=2011-07-07 }}</ref>) and [[Sayantan Das]] ([[World Youth Chess Championship]] U-12 boys, 2008).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/04/stories/2008110452462000.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107082616/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/04/stories/2008110452462000.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-07 |title=Sport / Chess : Warm reception for Sayantan Das |date=2008-11-04 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2010-08-11}}</ref> Earlier protegees include
[[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] [[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]], [[Chanda Sandipan]], [[Neelotpal Das]] and Woman Grandmaster [[Nisha Mohota]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Tags : kolakta, sports Posted: Fri Oct 31 2008, 03:43 hrs |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/young-guns-shine-in-youth-chess/379707/ |title=Young guns shine in youth Chess |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=2008-10-31 |accessdate=2010-08-11}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Chess in India]]
[[Category:Chess organizations]]

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