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{{Infobox organization
|name = West Bengal Chess Association
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|caption = Official logo of WBCA
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|abbreviation = WBCA
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|formation = 1959
|dissolved = 2012
|type = Sports organisation
|status = Association
|purpose = [[Chess]]
|headquarters = Room No. 28<br> Netaji Indoor Stadium<br> Eden Gardens<br> Calcutta - 700 021
|location = Around West Bengal
|region_served =Entire West Bengal
|membership = Affiliated Districts and Academies/Clubs
|language = Bangla
|leader_title =President
|leader_name = Ramola Chakraborty
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|parent_organization =
|affiliations = [[All India Chess Federation]]
|num_staff = 12
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|website = [http://www.wbca.co.in/ Official Website]
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The '''West Bengal Chess Association''' (WBCA) the apex body for the game of chess in [[West Bengal]], India, was dissolved in 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/sureka-elected-presidentbengal-chess-association/91740/|title=BCA formed after the dissolution of the WBCA|accessdate=13 August 2019}}</ref> after the formation of the [[Bengal Chess Association]]. It was formed in the late 1959s and was affiliated with the [[All India Chess Federation]].<ref name="ab">{{cite web|url=http://www.wbca.co.in/about.htm|title=About West Bengal Chess Association|publisher=Official Website of WBCA|accessdate=13 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="cd">{{cite web|url=http://www.catchcal.com/cic/sports/chess/w_b_chess.asp|title=West Bengal Chess Association|publisher=Catchcal|accessdate=13 February 2010}}</ref>

==Affiliates==
The WBCA used to have a number of affiliated districts bodies, academies and clubs under it.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="cd" />

===Affiliated District Associations===
*North 24 Parganas District Chess Association
*South 24 Parganas District Chess Association
*Howrah District Chess Association
*Hooghly District Chess Association
*Burdwan District Chess Association
*Purba Midnapur District Chess Association
*Jalpaiguri District Chess Association
*Darjeeling District Chess Association
*Murshidabad District Chess Association
*Coochbihar District Chess Association
*Uttar Dinajpur District Chess Association
*Nadia District Chess Association

===Affiliated Academies and Clubs===
*Alekhine Chess Club
*Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy
*Calcutta Chess Academy
*Calcutta Chess Club
*Behala Chess Club
*Lake Town Cultural Organization
*Sealdah Sports & Cultural Organization
*Gariahat Chess Club
*City Chess Forum
*Pulse Chess Academy

==Events==
The WBCA had organised some notable events in the state.<ref name="cd" />
*On December 4 to 14, 1996, the WBCA organized for the first time in India the Commonwealth Open Chess Championship at [[Kolkata]].
*In 1999, the WBCA organised the National Age Group Chess Championship at Howrah.
*In 2000, WBCA held All India Fide Rated Chess Tournament at Kolkata.

== See also ==
* [[Gariahat Chess Club]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.wbca.co.in/ Official Website of WBCA]

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