All Assam Inter District Chess Championship-2021 begins

Our Sports Reporter

GUWAHATI: All Assam Inter District Chess Championship-2021 (Senior), organized by All Assam Chess Association, got under way today at Shemford Futuristics School, Guwahati. Altogether 141 players from Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, North Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Jorhat, Sonitpur, Cachar, Karimganj, Darrang, Kamrup (R), Nagaon, Morigaon, Nalbari, Barpeta and Guwahati are participating in the tournament. Top seed Rahul Singh, second seed Trailokya Nanda, third seed Santanu Borpatra Gohain, fourth seed Rakesh Chakraborty and fifth seed Simanta Das started their campaign in the meet with win.

Earlier the tournament was inaugurated by Mausumi Ganguli, Principal, Shemford Futuristic School, Guwahati. M Arun Singh, Vice President of All Assam Chess Association and its treasurer Madhab Sarma were also present in the opening ceremony.

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