Chennai: Jaigopal Garodia Memorial Chess Academy hosted a two day State Level Open Rapid Chess Tournament for school children recently at Smt.Durgadevi Choudhary Vivekananda Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School Sakthivel Nagar, Chennai.
According to a release, about 602 students from all over our state participated in the tournament, which had various levels like Under 7, Under 9, Under 11, Under 13 and Under 17. It was inaugurated by Principal, J Thanukrishnan.
Jaigopal Garodia Memorial Chess Academy had been initiated by Founder and Chairman of JGVV Trust, Jaigopal Garodia, with an objective to popularize the game of chess and to expose the young champions to the State and National level Tournaments. The wish is being carried out effectively by Managing Trustee of JGVV Trust, Ashok Kedia, added the release.
According to the release, about 120 students won the prizes in this year’s tournament and the first place winners in all the categories were honoured with silver coins, cups and certificates. The second, third, fourth and fifth place winners of all the five categories were awarded with cash prizes worth of Rs.10,000 including cups and certificates. Coach of Indian Railways Chess Team, TJ Sureshkumar presided over the valedictory event and felicitated the winners.