Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 26: The 34th MPL National U-10 Chess Championship for boys and girls commenced today at Kangra Fort banquet hall, Barnai, here.
About 500 persons including 245 players, coaches, managers, arbiters, live game operators and other various officials from 26 States are participating in this event.
The event carries a total prize fund of Rs 5 lakh which will be distributed among top 15 from each category, the first prize being of Rs 70000 in each category. The event is a direct selection for World, Asian and Commonwealth events.
Secretary J&K Sports Council Nuzhat Gul was the chief guest on the occasion, who interacted with various players of J&K and wished them good luck. She also interacted with players of other States.
Divisional Sports Officer Ashok Singh, AICF Vice President Dr Vipnesh Bhardwaj and Punjab State Association President Muneesh Thapar were special guests on the occasion.
Dr AS Bhatia HOD Bio Sciences GMC Jammu, Raj Kumar, Chief Prosecution Officer, Baldev Raj Vice President AJKCA, Ajit Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Arvindu District Association Members and Advocate Himani Kohli were also present on the occasion among others.
Chairman Organizing Committee and President All J&K Chess Association Atul Kumar Gupta told that Crown Trust is organizing this event under the banner of All J&K Chess Association with the support of J&K Sports Council.
He expressed gratitude to Digvijay Singh Samkaria, Owner of Kangra Fort for personally monitoring the grand arrangements.
The medical support is also being arranged for players by the Association. Top 10 Games will be telecast live worldwide with the support of DGT Boards which are used first time in J&K.
Top expert K Moorthy from Tamil Nadu has been invited for Live games coverage. Besides, Chess Base India Cameraman Aditya has also been invited by association for worldwide coverage of the event for whole 6 days.
Dr Vipnesh Bhardwaj International Arbiter from Chandigarh is chief arbiter of this event. 10 other Arbiters and 25 persons support staff are supporting him including Deputy Chief Arbiter Salim Beig besides local arbiters from J&K.
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