All India Railway Chess Championship is being held at Visakhapatnam | So Good News

All India Railway Chess Championship-2022 was inaugurated by Divisional Railway Manager Anup Satpathi at Subham Indoor Sports Complex in Visakhapatnam. Chess league matches started on Monday.

Organized by East Coast Railway Sports Association Waltair, the championship will continue till November 13. Fourteen teams are participating in the three-day team championship and four-day individual competition. A star-studded ICF team of four grandmasters – former Asian junior champion Dipan Chakravarty, former national rapid and blitz champion RR Laxman, NR Vishah, P Karhikeyan and two-time GM norm holder P Shyam Nikhil – topped the team list. is in place. average rating is 2471. The team of all Southern Railway IMs is a mix of youth and experience is second to none, said a statement issued by senior divisional commercial manager AK Tripathi.

Northern Railway, Southern Railway, Integrated Coach Factory (ICF), South Eastern Railway, South East Central Railway, Eastern Railway, Western Railway, South Western Railway, East Coast Railway, South Central Railway road, Metro Rail, West Central 14 team participants. Railways, North Western Railway and Railway Wheel Factory (RWF) are involved.

The inaugural program was attended by ADRM (infra) Sudheer Kumar Gupta, ADRM (Operations) Manoj Kumar Sahoo, HL Luwang, East Coast Railway Chief Commercial Manager, Sports Officer Praveen Bhati, Senior Divisional Engineer (Coordination) AK Maharana, Sports Assistant. M. Haranath, B. Avinash and others.