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7th National School Chess Championship 2018 starts

by Shahid Ahmed - 29/01/2018

7th edition of National School Chess Championship 2018 started in the capital city of Odisha, Bhubaneswar. The tournament was inaugurated in presence of Mr.Achyuta Samanta, founder of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology. The magnitude of this event is huge as this is the biggest school level national championship in Indian chess. From here, you can spread the awareness of chess all over the country. The tournament is taking place at the exact same place where World Junior Chess Championship took place last year. ChessBase India will bring you unparalleled coverage of this event. Photos and captions by: Niklesh Jain

Founder of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Mr Achyuta Samanta inaugurated the 7th National School Chess Championship 2018

Do not forget the games will take place in Bhubaneswar

The inaugural moves were made on a giant chess board

When the number of participants is over 750, then a huge number of parents' presence is quite natural

Chief Arbiter is IA Nandakumar N K

This is a game of adventure

It is time to enjoy the game

Let us play some fun games

Do not worry, everything will be alright

Don't you know how to write the notations? Okay I will show you.

Ready for action

Playing chess gives me a lot of joy

Let the game begin
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