Coimbatore hosts national chess tournament for visually impaired.Byline: ANI Coimbatore, Oct. 24 (ANI): The first All India All India is a phrase used to refer the all the states/regions of India together, esp. during the pre-independence days of India. During the period "All India" essentially included what is now as separate nations such as Pakistan, Bangladesh. Open Chess Tournament for the visually impaired kicked off in Coimbatore on Saturday. Over 200 players from 21 states are participating in the five-day national chess tournament for blind. The tournament will have nine rounds and will be played under the Swiss league system and under FIDE FIDE Fédération Internationale des Échecs (French: World Chess Federation) FIDE Fédération internationale de droit européen (French: International Federation for European Law) (an international chess organisation). Vaishali Salavkar, a gold medallist in international chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a chess event which has been officially organized by FIDE since 1927 and takes place in even-numbered years. Prior to World War II the event was occasionally held annually. , Greece, is also participating in the tournament. "I am very happy today to have participated in this national chess tournament being held in Coimbatore. Before this, I had participated in state level chess competition and also national level chess tournament and won many prizes. I represented India at the international level in Spain and Barcelona and in 2004, I represented India in Athens," said Salavkar. Another participant Srikrishna Udupa, India's first gold medallist in international chess said that the competition would help him to perform better in the 2012 Chess Olympiad. "I want to achieve better in the 2012 Chess Olympiad and also Chess World Championship to be conducted in Europe in 2010. So I need to practice, to have a practice and to see the tournament and to play with our fellow chess players This is a list of chess players. Chess players The people in this list are men and women who are primarily known as chess players, and their biographies are presented in the Wikipedia. , I am here," said Srikrishna Udupa, a participant. Charudatta Jadhav, general secretary of All India Chess Federation for the Blind, lamented la·ment·ed adj. Mourned for: our late lamented president. la·ment  ed·ly adv. the federal government's apathy towards
chess for blind.
"The game of chess has to be recognised by the government of India The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार [3]Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government and the simple facility what certain players get, as a sportsmen for example, employment facility for playing this game, the awards and the recognition," said Jadhav. The winners of the tournament will have the opportunity to participate in the 2012 International Olympiad to be held in India. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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