Tuesday, December 24, 2013

State chess team to take part in 3 tournaments

GANGTOK, 23 Dec: Sikkim Chess Association [SCA] is all set to participate in different prestigious tournaments in and outside the country in the month of December 2013 and January 2014. During the tour, SCA teams will be representing the state in three different tournaments.
An 11-member SCA team will be leaving on Tuesday to participate in the Dhurba Tara International Rating Chess Tournament to be held from 25 to 30 December at Damak in Nepal. The team will be accompanied by SCA general secretary, Mahendra Dhakal, who will also be serving the tournament as a FIDE Arbiter.
The team comprises of Rakesh Gurung, Thendup Tamang, Rohit Gurung, Rahul Gurung, Bhoj Bahadur Chettri, Priya Chettri, Dinesh Chettri, Shejal Rai, Manisha Gurung, Chetiz Rai and Sourab Subba.
After this tournament, a three-member SCA team will move forward to represent the state in the Grand Master Chess Tournament scheduled to be held in Gurgaon from 01 to 08 January 2014. Rakesh Gurung, Thendup Tamang and Rahul Gurung will be taking part in the tournament. Mr Dhakal, who will be accompanying the team, will again be serving the tournament as a FIDE Arbiter.
The same three-member team will then participate in the Grand Master Chess Tournament to be held at Parsunath in Delhi from 09 to 12 January 2014.
Speaking to NOW!, Mr Dhakal said that the team members have been going through rigorous preparation for the tournament. The team is in high spirits for the tour which will give wider exposure to young players of the state to prepare them for future competitions, he added.
“This tour will also prepare local players for the upcoming North East FIDE Rating Chess Tournament scheduled to be held in Arunachal Pradesh from 29 January to 04 February”, Mr Dhakal added.
SCA president, HS Sharma and other executive members have also expressed their best wishes to the state team.

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