GUWAHATI: The 2nd Edition of the Late Kailash Nath Sarma Memorial All India Online Inter-School Children Chess Championship 2020 came to end on 6th September 2020.
Altogether 300 school students from 15 states of the country registered for this 3 day chess event where competition were held in three groups namely- Upto Class 4, Class 4 to 8 and Class 9 to 12.
The closing ceremony was held online through a video conference in which Sri Dharmakanta Mili, Director of Sports and Youth Welfare, Government of Assam attended as the chief guest while renowned Chess Grandmaster Srinath Narayanan of Tamilnadu was the guest of honour.
Mrs Bijaya Sarma, Daughter in law of Late Kailash Nath Sarma who was also present in the function expressed her gratitude to all the participants and officials for making this event a grand success and congratulated all the winners of the event.
The tournament was conducted by Assam first and only International Arbiter Biswajit Bharadwaj and VL Anandh Babu of Tamilnadu.
The top five position holders in each of the category of this tournament received scholarship in the form of online chess coaching by renowned trainer which include Grandmaster Srinath Narayanan, International Master Atanu Lahiri, Fide Trainer Biswajit Bharadwaj and Nandan Buragohain.
Prize winners
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CLASS 9 TO 12 | ||
POSITION | NAME | SCHOOL |
1ST POSITION | Dhrupad Kashyap | Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti |
2ND POSITION | Shahil Dey | Maria’s Public School |
3RD POSITION | Shankhadeep maity | Tamluk Hamilton High School |
4TH POSITION | Shivesh singh | Sunbeam Varuna varanasi |
5TH POSITION | Tanisha A.R. Som | Pragjyotika English School, Titabar |
CLASS 5 TO 8 | ||
POSITION | NAME | SCHOOL |
1ST POSITION | Shahil Dey | Maria’s Public School |
2ND POSITION | Aslesha Talukdar | Shrimanta Shankar Academy |
3RD POSITION | Nihad Islam Hazarika | Maria’s Public School |
4TH POSITION | Souradeep Deb | Don Bosco School,Silchar |
5TH POSITION | KESHAV SINGHAL | Sunbeam School Lahartara |
BEST PLAYER | SHAHIL DEY | Maria’s Public School |
FAIR PLAYER | Karnav P Deka | Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti |
BEST SCHOOL | Maria Public School |