| Bengal Chess Association | |
| Size: | 150px |
| Abbreviation: | BCA |
| Formation: | 2012 |
| Type: | Sports organisation |
| Status: | Association |
| Purpose: | Chess |
| Location: | Around West Bengal |
| Region Served: | Entire West Bengal |
| Membership: | Affiliated Districts and Academies/Clubs |
| Language: | Bangla |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Santanu Lahiri[1] |
| Affiliations: | All India Chess Federation |
| Website: | Official Website |
The Bengal Chess Association (BCA) is a chess promotion and organising body in West Bengal, India.
It was formed on 2012 after the West Bengal Chess Association was dissolved.
The erstwhile West Bengal Ad Hoc Committee, was given an elected form on 3 January 2012, where Sanjoy Sureka was elected president.[2]
The state body, West Bengal Chess Association was dissolved, as it failed to implement the Calcutta High Court's order, given on July 6, 1993 to conduct election within two weeks. Dibyendu Barua, the election officer and the Vice-President of the AICF, held the elections and elected the members of the organisation.
It was affiliated to the All India Chess Federation.[3]
The BCA has a number of affiliated districts bodies, academies and clubs under it.
| Chess associations affiliated with BCA | |
|---|---|
| Alipurduar District Chess Circle | |
| All Hoogly Chess Association | |
| All Howrah Chess Association | |
| All Jalpaiguri Chess Association | |
| All Nadia Chess Association | |
| Birbhum District Chess Association | |
| Bankura District Chess Association | |
| Coochbehar District Chess Association | |
| District Chess Association of North 24 Parganas | |
| District Chess Association of Paschim medinipur | |
| District Chess Association of South 24 Parganas | |
| District Chess Association of Uttar Dinajpur | |
| Gorkha Hill Chess Association | |
| Jhargram District Chess Association | |
| Kalimpong District Chess Association | |
| Kolkata Metropolitan Chess Association | |
| Malda District Chess Association | |
| Murshidabad District Chess Association | |
| Paschim Burdwan District Chess Association | |
| Purba Burdwan District Chess Association | |
| Purulia District Chess Association | |
| South Dinajpur District Chess Association |
The BCA has been able to organize some notable events in the state.[5]
It organizes the State Selection trials for the National Challengers Chess Tournament every year along with the different age-group tournaments for selecting players for various National Championships.