Tuesday, April 17, 2007

First Fide Rated in Thrissur

Chess Association Thrissur has created history. The first ever FIDE rated chess tournament in Thrissur was inaugurated by the Hounarable Speaker K. Radhakrishnan on 15th April 2007 at Lakshmi Kalyana Mandapam, Thrissur. The Tournmanent attracted a record entry of more than 200 chess players all over India. IM Saptharshi Roy, IM Konguvel, IM Lakshmanan and Kerala's second IM K Rathnakaran are the four International Masters participating. The players from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Anthra Pradhesh, Orissa, West Bengal, and Arunachal Pradesh are playing. V Ravichandran and veteran TN Sheshadri are arbitors. It is a Ten round Swiss for six days. Tournament will be ended on 20 th April. The main personalities behind the curtain are TMS Namboothiripad, BalaGopal and TJ Suresh Kumar.

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