Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club, in its unique effort to popularise chess among the school students, will hold its first international chess tournament at the club premises from tomorrow. Apart from Bangladesh budding chess players from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka will be participating in the five-day event.
The participants will be split into six categories – boy’s and girl’s from nursery to class two, three groups for boy’s only from class 3-4, class 7-5 and class 8-10 while girl’s from class 3-5 and class 6-10 will feature in the rest categories.
In a press conference held at the club premises yesterday Sarwar Hossain, one of the directors of the club presented the event to the media. “The registration is still open and we hope the number will be reaching 150 before it closes. Apart from the local players four from India, three from Nepal and one from Sri Lanka will be playing in the tournament,” said Sarwar.
The organisers said they have opted to award the winners with laptops, desktops, netbooks, digital and chess clocks and crests instead of handing over cash money. “This is a good effort and we have stepped up to provide all the technical assistance to the tournament and we hope it will add pace in the chess arena,” said Kazi Saiful Tareque, the general secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation who was also present on the occasion.
The final round and the prize distribution ceremony will be held on May 3.
