National U-17 Chess C’ship enters final three rounds

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 3: The National U-17 Boys and Girls Chess Championship entered its final three rounds at Kangrafort Banquets and Resorts, Barnai, with Vedant Garg of Chandigarh leading the boys' section with 7.5 points and Prishita Gupta of Delhi topping the girls' section with seven points.

A record 286 players from 30 States/UTs, including 38 from J&K, are participating in the championship, besides around 200 coaches, managers, arbiters and accompanying persons.

The event is being held under the supervision of Atul Kumar Gupta, Chairman, Planning and Development Commission, All India Chess Federation (AICF). The arbiter team is headed by Jismon Mathew of Kerala, with Arbind Singh of Bihar as Deputy Chief Arbiter.

Organised by All J&K Chess Association under the aegis of J&K Sports Council and on behalf of AICF, the championship is being conducted under FIDE Laws of Chess in Swiss system over 11 rounds.