NTPC Mining Jharkhand Chess Festival promoting young budding talent

Hazaribagh District Chess Association (HDCA) is organising the 22nd Jharkhand Chess Festival on March 21,2023 under the banner of NTPC Mining Jharkhand Chess Festival 2023. This is for the first time NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi has taken the initiative for co-branding the chess event championship.

Around 300 to 400 players are going to participate from all over the State of Jharkhand in this tournament. The Chess Tournament will be held for under-7, 9, 11, 13 Open & Girls Chess Championship - 2023 & Jharkhand State Sub Junior FIDE(The International Chess Federation, which governs international chess competition and rankings ) Rating Chess Championship 2023 at Hazaribagh from March 21 -28,202 at Naman Vidya Complex.

NTPC Coal Mining is constantly striving to undertake various CSR activities in Jharkhand including sports which includes Throwball, Basketball, Athletics etc under its CSR initiative. NTPC is supporting the organisation of the tournament under CSR initiative to promote chess sport in Jharkhand state which will help in identifying the budding talent as the winners will be selected for National Championship and players will get a chance to play at national level from Jharkhand and represent Jharkhand state.

NTPC Mining Jharkhand Chess Festival was inaugurated by Shri Vidya Bhushan, Sadar SDM, Hazaribagh.This is for the first time that the Hazaribagh District Chess Federation is organizing such a big state-level chess competition for the students.

Shri Partha Mazumder, Regional Executive Director (Coal Mining) conveyed his heartfelt greetings to the players and called for them to bring out & showcase their best talent in the chess tournament. He wished HDCA for the successful organization of the event.

On the occasion, HDCA and AICA expressed their heartfelt gratitude to NTPC for this cooperation. Organisers also expressed gratitude towards Naman Vidya for providing international level campus and other facilities.

The championship is going to be concluded on March 28 ,2023 and winners were felicitated by the dignitaries.

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