Siliguri hosts gripping Chess Tournament with over 130 student participants

Siliguri Times Desk01 Sept 2024, 4:22 pm

Siliguri, 01st September: The Siliguri Round Table 220 (SRT 220) and Siliguri Ladies Circle 140 (SLC 140) successfully hosted a chess tournament at Mittal Garden in Siliguri, with over 130 student participants.

The event featured over 130 students from various schools actively competing in the tournament. Significantly, the competition was aimed to promote strategic thinking and intellectual growth among the students. The tournament concluded with a prize distribution ceremony, where winners received trophies and certificates.

In this regard, Chairman of SRT 220, Utsav Mittal, and Chairperson of SLC 140, Cherry Agarwal, acknowledged the success of the tournament and expressed their enthusiasm for hosting similar events in the future.

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Siliguri hosts gripping Chess Tournament with over 130 student participants

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