A three-day State level inter district chess tournament started in Daltonganj today at IMA ground.
It was inaugurated by DC Palamu Shantanu Kumar Agrahari. He was accompanied by president of the Palamu district chess association Vibhakar Pandey, vice president Rana Arun Singh patrons namely Gyanchand Pandey, Dr Arun Shukla and Suresh Jain.
DC in his speech said “ Chess is a global game known for mental sharpness as here muscles take a back seat while mind the front one.”
He urged the players to be more mentally tough in their battle with life.
Vice president Rana Arun Singh said teams both junior and senior ones have come here from Bokaro, Hazaribag, Garhwa, Latehar, Palamu, Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad.
CEO Jharkhand unit of All India Chess Association Preetam Singh has come here said president Vibhakar Pandey to see the game goes on without any hindrance.
There are two judges for the 100 plus participants of this state level chess tournament. The chief judge is Jayant Kumar Bhuiyan.
The other judge is Binod Kumar Sahu. The tournament will be over on October 14. Prize is to come in cash like 11,000, 7,000 and 5,000 for the senior wing while for the junior wing it is 5,000, 3,000 and 2,000 said pandey.