Calcutta, July 24 :    Calcutta, July 24:  The All India Chess Federation (AICF) has big plans this year, and much of it is high-tech. Apart from hosting the Fide men's world championship (where Alexander Khalifman will be defending his title) in New Delhi from November 25 to December 16, and the women's world championship at the same venue at the same time, the AICF is busy putting together a plan for a novel meet over the Internet, involving mainly Indian Grandmasters. AICF secretary and Fide vice-president P. T. Ummerkoya said here today that these were busy days, but, keeping in mind that India plans to become the first country in the world to host its national meet over the Internet (a meet, he says, to be organised by the end of the year), the new round-robin championship should be a logical precursor. 'The India-based Grandmasters should not pose a problem,' said Koya. 'I will have to see if Viswanathan Anand will be agreeable to take part from Madrid.' The Indian GMs are in diferent cities. Dibyendu Barua is in Calcutta, Abhijit Kunte is in Pune, Pravin Thipsay in Mumbai and K. Sasikiran in Chennai. The round-robin championship, planned for December, will have a title round. The players will be in their home cities, playing over the Net in real time. The AICF website (in the pipeline) will be monitoring the game and will have the requisite expert feedback facilities for followers. Ummerkoya said: 'Chess today is a game with immense potential to become the biggest sport in the country. The world championship in New Delhi is expected to be the biggest sporting extravaganza ever in this country.' With money pouring into the game and now that the country also has its first Woman Grandmaster in Subbaraman Vijaylakshmi (final norm confirmed in Hyderabad today), the AICF wants to cash in on the popularity. More so, because the US and European countries are rushing to make their own Net versions of the game viable. Big prize purse The $ 3 million prize-money men's world championship will be played till the semi-finals in New Delhi with the final going over to Teheran who have offered $ 2.2 million. The women's meet (prize money $ 500,000) will be gone through till the end in New Delhi. Players will benefit from every stage of the world championship this year. Even first-round loser will gain $ 6,000, the amount going up to $ 15,000 in the second round. The champion gets $ 1 million, and the runner-up $ 600,000. Over 100 countries, with 80 per cent GM participation, will be in the men's world meet. With the abolishing of the Candidates system, this meet can see an entirely new set of finalists.