Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, June 14: Meenal Gupta of Ace Chess Academy brought laurels to J&K State by winning silver medal in 3rd National Schools U-13 Girls Chess Championship held at New Delhi.
The Championship was organized by Delhi Chess Association on behalf of All India Chess Federation. Meenal is a student of K V Sunjuwan and trainee of Ace Chess Academy.
Arushi Kotwal and Soham Kamotra also played well, who missed medals by whisker.
Soham Kamotra while playing on 1st table in 7th round lost the draw game by just 10 seconds on the time.
More than 500 players from different states of India participated in 7 different age categories.
Total 10 players from J&K participated in the event in different age categories.
other players were Ayush Gupta, Deewang Gupta, Arushi Kotwal, Priyanka Sharma, Soham Kamotra, Kavish, Soham Gupta, Kanav Gupta and Avni Gupta.
President and secretary All J&K Chess Association Atul Kumar Gupta and Ashiq Ahmad Kolu have lauded the efforts of Meenal for bringing laurels to State.
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