Hariharan appointed secretary of Indian chess federation

Former international V Hariharan has been appointed as secretary of the All India Chess Federation while Bharat Singh was named Chief Executive Officer at the AGM held here.
According to an AICF press release issued Monday, Kishore Bandekar of Goa was nominated as the joint secretary in place of Hariharan while Singh has agreed to serve as the CEO, but has declined a salary.
Hariharan replaced Singh who had to step down as per the government guidelines on tenure of office bearers in national federations, the release added.
Hariharan is a former National A player and represented India in the Asian Team Chess Championship held at Singapore in 1987.

The AICF approved a lifetime ban on Delhi player D K Chopra who was found guilty of various misdeeds during the past four years.
Several complaints were received against Chopra, especially regarding his misbehaviour with women and children, during tournaments, the release said.