Boys and girls from 27 districts of Tamil Nadu will participate in a chess championship organised by Neyveli lignite Corporation
The 44th Tamil Nadu state junior open and 29th state junior girls chess championship 2015 is being organised by NlC limited, at NlC Middle School, Block-9. One hundred and fifty two boys and 83 girls from 27 districts of Tamil Nadu State are participating in this championship. NS Ramalingam, CGM/TA, the chief guest, inaugurated the championship by a symbolic move in the august presence of R Anantharaman, vice president, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and chairman, Arbiters Commission of India and RK Balagunasekharan, joint secretary, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association.
In his inaugural address, Ramalingam highlighted the achievements of chess champion Viswanathan Anand and stressed the need for having good educational career while pursuing sports career. He honoured Selvi Srija Seshadri, daughter of P Seshadri, ACM/IE wing, and student of Jawahar Matric Higher Secondary School, Neyveli with a trophy and medal for her international chess achievements and her academic excellence of scoring a total of 1,144 marks out of 1,200 from the recent results of HSC examinations. He also honoured A Pavanasam, manager, Sports Control Board, for having coached Seshadri for more than a decade .
Anantharaman appreciated the efforts of NlC in organising such an event at Neyveli, while Balagunasekharan felicitated the participants who have responded in large number and also appreciated the efforts of the company for making excellent arrangements for the tournament. K Murugan, CM, Sports, Sports Control Board welcomed the gathering.