Punjab Chess Association organizes Open Rapid Chess Tournament at DBS
Ferozepur, September 26, 2020: Punjab State Open Rapid Chess Tournament was inaugurated today organized by Punjab Chess Association at Das & Brown World School in which more than 150 Chess lovers from different districts across the state participated in the tournament. The program was inaugurated by Anirudh Gupta, CEO of DCM Group of Schools and President of Sports Association Ferozepur.
State Secretary of the Association, Dr. JS Cheema said that he has been organizing this tournament for more than two decades, but the pleasure that he got by coming to Das & Brown School, such joy has never come before. While praising the school management with an open heart, he said that the arrangements made here for the participants and the association members are commendable.
Welcoming the organizers and participants, Chief Guest Anirudh Gupta said that he promises that soon a national level competition of chess will be organized in the border district and chess lovers from all over the country will participate in that tournament. Gupta said that by organizing such events, grandmaster players like Vishwanathan Anand are born from among the participants.
District head Tajinder Singh, Secretary Pankaj Sharma said that Chess is an age-old game and through this maximum intellectual development of human being takes place. On this occasion Prof. Vikramjit Singh, Ashish Bhargava, Dr. Saline, Anoop Sharma, Rubal, Radhe Mohan Sharma and others were present.